Development of Social-Psychological Problems in Scientific Activity of IP RAS Laboratory: Historical-Psychological Research

Abstract

Article is devoted to history of scientific problems formation and development in activity of social and economic psychology laboratory Institute of psychology RAS. Dynamic of social-psychological problems is analyzed in connection with social-historical, social-economic conditions of Russian society living. Five main stages of scientifical problematic development in laboratory are highlighted. Changes in social life of the country, that generates social-psychological, economic-psychological effects in psyche and behavior of personality and group are accepted as criteria of these stages’ differentiation. It is shown that specific feature of laboratory scientific activity is variety and fundamentality of researching social-psychological problems. Contribution of IP RAS scientific department activity in development of Russian science and its applied branches is estimated. An integrative approach is emphasized in the study of socio-psychological problems, which combines works of employees performed in the humanitarian and natural science paradigms. New promising areas of research in IP RAS department scientific activity are highlighted.