The article studies the differences between older adolescents in terms of intellectual competence, conceptual, metacognitive and intentional abilities, depending on the severity of the characteristics of the moral development of the individual. The study involved 90 schoolchildren of older adolescents (15 years old). The methodological base of the study was: "Interpretation of the moral dilemma" (methodological method for assessing the characteristics of moral choices and the level of intellectual competence; indicators of the complexity of the interpretation text were evaluated), "Conceptual synthesis", "Mood", "Method for diagnosing the level of reflexivity", Modification of the methodology "Comparison of Similar Drawings" by J. Kagan. The results of the study show the lack of conjugation of indicators of conceptual (conceptual), metacognitive (voluntary and involuntary), intentional (mentality and beliefs) abilities and characteristics of the moral and moral development of a person in older teens. Such facts probably speak in favor of the insufficient degree of formation of the construct of moral and moral experience of man. The established facts improve our ideas about the moral development of the individual, inspiring us to study the dynamics of this important construct.

The article studies the specifics of the manifestation of useful conceptual structuring schemes and the relationship between preferred coping strategies in adolescents with indicators of the productivity of intellectual activity (school performance and general intelligence score). The high intensity of coping indicates a pronounced maladjustment, which is confirmed by negative relationships with indicators of intelligence. The sample consisted of 158 adolescents aged 16 years. Research methods: data of the student's electronic diary and questionnaire "Methods of coping behaviour" Lazarus. Results: the structure of coping behaviour strategies consists of three clusters, two of which involve active problem-oriented actions and the third is passive, avoidant behaviour pattern. A low level of intensity of the coping strategy indicates an adaptive variant of coping, and an average level indicates the presence of an adaptive potential of a person in a borderline state without significant connections with the productivity of intellectual activity. Nevertheless, all copings can be conditionally divided into "active, rational" and "passive, emotional", where the first group is associated with semantic (conceptual) abilities, for example, "self-control". In addition, the second one is creative, for example, "conflict" and "escape-avoidance".