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The Faculty of Psychology and Logic was opened at Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan in 1948-1949, which was reorganized into the Faculty of Pedagogy in 1956, with its School and Preschool Departments. Later, in 1957, Psychology Research Laboratory was established in the Faculty.

The Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy was established in 1996 to prepare professionals to work in educational institutions, Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Justice.

Accordingly, they were granted the qualifications of psychologist/pedagogue, legal psychologist and military psychologist.

The Faculty was renamed Faculty of Education Psychology and Sociology in 2011. The Faculty greatly contributes to the formation, development and expansion of the science and practice of Psychology in the Republic of Armenia.

In recent years, the Faculty has strengthened its leading role in the region as a training centre that prepares scientific and pedagogical staff in the fileds of Psychology, Pedagogy and Sociology.

The Faculty successfully combines research with innovative teaching and learning processes and expands the scope of international cooperation in compliance with relevant research areas of its Chairs.

The Faculty also works consistently to stimulate the interest and curiosity of undergraduate and graduate students in scientific research, to improve the quality of research, revitalize the activity of the Scientific Society.

One academician, 13 Doctors of Science and 39 Candidates work in the Faculty.

Staff

Chair of Sociology and Social Work

The Chair of Sociology and Social Work was created in 2009 on the basis of scientific research conducted by the Laboratory for Social Research.

The Chair has made a remarkable contribution to the formation, development and promotion of Sociology (Social Science) in Armenia. Great was the role of Yuri Gasparyan and Academician Gevorg Poghosyan in the formation of Social Science in the country.

A number of republican and international conferences have been organized with the support of the Chair. Every year members of the Chair participate in international congresses, collaborate with foreign scientists and implement joint research projects.

Many textbooks and manuals were published by the Chair in the field of Sociology. Also, valuable scholarly monographs have been published with the efforts of staff members.

Leading specialists in the sphere, including Doctors of Social Science/Professors, Candidates of Science, work in the Chair. The Chair employs one PhD Candidate, three degree-seeking candidates, four Doctors of Science/Professors, one Candidate/Associate Professor, three candidates, one Assistant Professor, one candidate, eleven lecturers and one specialist/coordinator.

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Chair of Psychology named after Academician Mkrtich Mazmanyan

In the 1946-1947, the first Chair of Psychology in Soviet Armenia was opened in the Armenian State Pedagogical Institute named after Khachatur Abovyan. Vera Darbinyan, Shavarsh Simonyan, Drastamat Ter-Mkrtchyan and Mkrtich Mazmanyan were lecturing in the chair under the leadership of Gayane Hovsepyan, who was a graduate student of the prominent Soviet psychologist Sergey Rubinstein.

Professor Mkrtich Aram Mazmanyan (was a deputy director of the institute for scientific affairs until 1934, in 1940 he became a candidate of science, 1965- doctor of science, 1966- professor, 1967- full member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the USSR, 1965- honored figure of science of the USSR). In 1951 he was appointed the head of the psychology department, and in 1957 he founded the problem laboratory of psychology. In 1965, the first union of psychologists in Armenia was founded. After Mkrtich Mazmanyan’s death in 1977-83 the chair was headed by Assyr Hakobyan, who was at that time an associate professor of M.Sc. Ph.D.

In 1967 Professor Karlen Voskanyan was a candidate of science, in 1983- doctor of science, 1988 -professor). 1992-96, 2003-05 Professor Sergey Arzumanyan (1972, candidate of science, 1988, doctor of science, 1989, professor) was appointed the head of the chair, later he was appointed as the head of the psychology problem laboratory department.

In 1991 he was leading the Armenian Psychological Society. From 2005 to 2011 an associate professor Susanna Pilosyan became the Head of the Department of Theory and History of Psychology. Her successor Professor S. Mkrtumyan leaded the department from 2011 to 2016, due to him, in 2014 The "Laboratory of Psychology of Crisis and Emergency Situations" was opened next to the chair. In 2016-17 Srbuhi Gevorgyan, Ph.D., professor, chairman of the professional council of psychology 064 (2021 - rector of the university), has already been appointed as the acting head of the psychology department.

3 doctors and professors of psychological sciences,18 candidates of sciences, associate professors, 8 post-graduate students and applicants are lecturing in the chair. 2017-20 Professor Vazgen Margaryan, was appointed as an acting head of the department, In 2020-21. Ruzanna Petrosyan, Dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Sociology of Education, 2021. Professor Kamo Vardanyan. From 2021, the acting head of the chair is Associate Professor Levon Sargsyan. In 2022 in honor to the academician Mkrtich Aram Mazmanyan, the chair of psychology was named after him.

In 2022, 3 conferences were organized, by the initiative of the chair under the headline Republican: with the title of Forensic Psychology, Theory and Practice, International:with the title of Social-Psychological Consequences of War, Student Psychological Research: with the title, the 1st and 2nd issues of the scientific periodical "Psychological Issues" were published. 1 doctor of psychological sciences is lecturing at the chair, a professor, 10 candidates, associate professors, 2 graduate students and applicants. There are 2 graduate students and 22 applicants in the chair. The department's specialists continue to develop and publish educational manuals and textbooks. Special importance is given to the development of international relations.

The chair serves 3 master's programs:

  • Personal psychology and psychological counseling,
  • Family psychology,
  • Crisis psychology and intervention.

The research directions of the chair are

  • General Psychology,
  • Personality Psychology and Counseling Psychology,
  • Family and Ethnic Psychology,
  • I/O Psychology and Psychological Safety,
  • Psychophysiology

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Chair of Applied Psychology

The Chair of Psychology and Pedagogy and the Chair of Psychology opened in 1996. In 2006, on the basis of these two chairs, the following chairs were established - Chair of Developmental and Applied Psychology and Chair of Theory and History of Psychology.

Until 2009, the Chair of Developmental and Applied Psychology was headed by Sergey Arzumanyan. In 1982, Sergey Arzumanyan was appointed Head of the Problem Laboratory for Psychology which conducted research on child, age and educational psychology. In 1991, Sergey Arzumanyan was appointed President of the Armenian Psychological Association. In 1992-1997, Arzumanyan headed the Chair of Child and General Psychology, in 1998-2000 – the Chair of Preschool Pedagogy and Child Psychology, in 2000-2006 – the Chairs of General Psychology and Applied Psychology, and in 2006-2009 – the Chair of Developmental and Applied Psychology. Professor Arzumanyan developed the psychological theory of "Criminal Behaviour” where he focuses on patterns of formation, development, and change of criminal behaviour. He created a school of legal psychology and developed a number of related fields - forensic psychology, criminal psychology, sociopathology, forensic psychological assessment.

In 2009-2011, the Chair was headed by Srbuhi Gevorgyan, who was also Dean of the Faculty of Education Psychology and Sociology.

In 2011-2021, the Chair was headed by Samvel Khudoyan who significantly contributed to the development of the Chair. During his tenure, the Chair was renamed Chair of Applied Psychology. Apart from teaching, most of the Chair representatives are engaged in psychological activity; they receive and work with visitors with various problems, and organize practical training. The Chair also provided psychological support to soldiers during wars, as well as psychological assistance to victims' families.

Under Khudoyan’s leadership, the Chair carried out research on age-related crises, psychological impact of inspiration and hypnotherapy.

ASPU Rector Srbuhi Gevorgyan currently teaches at the Chair of Applied Psychology.

Lists of new specializations have been developed in the Chair of Applied Psychology over the years. Bachelor’s degree programs have been updated. Together with other chairs the Chair of Applied Psychology offers the following Master's degree programs:

  • Military Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
  • Legal Psychology
  • Psychology of Management

The specialists of the Chair have developed curricula for narrow specializations, subject descriptions and subject lists for the aforesaid specializations.

Since December 2021, the Chair has been headed by Mariana Avetisyan. The Chair carries out research in the following directions:

  • Legal psychology, forensic psychological evaluation
  • Clinical psychology, clinical child psychology /psychology of special needs
  • Military psychology
  • Social psychology, psychology of management

 

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