1. The identity of a serviceman as an object of the commander's managerial activity 2. Methodology for studying the socio-psychological characteristics of military personnel 3. Taking into account socio-psychological characteristics in individual educational work. The management of military units is inextricably linked with the activities of command personnel to resolve numerous intra - collective problems of a socio-psychological nature. In this regard, when choosing the optimal means of educational influence on subordinate personnel, the commander cannot do without knowledge and constant study of the socio-psychological characteristics of military personnel. For many years, scientists have been trying to study the causes of people's actions, to learn how to manage their behavior. It is very difficult to understand and predict human activity, but science can help us in some ways. To manage people, you need to get acquainted with the psychology of a person as an object of managerial influence on the part of the manager. The primary structural element of any social group is the individual. In modern science, there are three main schools that have concentrated the main ideas about it. According to Sigmund Freud, author of the Theory of Psychoanalysis, the unconscious plays a greater role in shaping human behavior and thinking than conscious processes. They are the defining factors. In 1901, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov discovered the conditioned reflex, a temporary connection produced in humans under certain conditions. His followers believe that with the help of conditioned reflexes, a person can be taught everything and cultivate in him the necessary qualities that determine his further behavior ("Theory of Learning"). Studying human behavior based on its needs, the American psychologist Abraham Maslow developed the "Theory of Growth". In it, he built a hierarchy of human needs by levels. It does not always correspond to theory in real life, but it is of fundamenta ... Read more