ABOUT OUR SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: FROM PSYCHOLOGY TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND BACK

Abstract

The article presents the concept of social psychology development as a process of the natural-historical transformation of psychological science. Its dynamics is traced from Aristotle up to the present time. The emergence of social and psychological ideas within psychology is shown. Significant contribution of Aristotle, W. Wundt, L.S. Vygotsky and S. L. Rubinstein is stated. The thesis of social psychology unicity as a link (discipline) of the system of psychological sciences is supported. The mixture of social psychology with sociological psychologism is revealed. The idea that all branches of psychology, including social psychology, have the same object is given.