Gerontopsychology, a branch of gerontology and developmental psychology that uses general psychological tools and techniques to study the characteristics of the psyche and behavior of elderly and elderly people. Although interest in the problems of mental characteristics and changes during aging has existed for a long time, hypnosis as a special discipline began to take shape only in the second half of the 2th century. Its appearance is primarily due to social reasons: an increase (absolute and relative) in the number of elderly people, problems of their working capacity and life arrangement. G. studies the relationship during aging of general physiological and psychophysical characteristics and psychological characteristics of behavior, as well as personal shifts generated by a change in the nature of activity and value orientations. The general goal of G. is to find means of prolonging the active and full-blooded life of a person.
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