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The article analyzes the problem of self-cognition development in the school children. The research suggests theoretical analysis of the approaches to the problem of the influence of the image of ?the other? on the self-cognition development. The empirical research has been made on the sample group of more than 300 school children age 8–17 from several Volgograd schools. Method of free self-description has been used as the major one. It has been stated that there are characteristics of the significant ?other?

The article gives analysis of self-cognition process in the primary school students on the basis of comparison between their per­sonal traits and personal traits of their peers. The study shows the role of peer image in the process of formation of idea of oneself and opportunities of one’s own development. The article describes the peculiarities of organization of step-by-step development of self-cognition in the primary school students on the basis of com­parison to the image of a perfect and a real peer.