Economic psychology: its place and function in modern science

Abstract

This study examined internal and external reasons of intensive development of economic psychology as a branch of scientific and practical science that influenced the progress of modern psychology.Analysis demonstrated difference between the main notions of economic psychology: economic consciousness, economic behaviour, subjects of economic behaviour (personality,small and large groups) The greatest attention is focused on double status of the economic psychology (in economic and psychological science, difference of their research paradigms) and interdisciplinary links with ethics and psychological branches of science (social psychology,management psychology).
The article highlights more intensive development of internal psychological level of interdisciplinary studies in economic psychology by comparison with external psychological level.