In the textbook, personality psychology is presented as the history of the development of a changing personality in a changing world. Using previously scattered facts from evolutionary biology, cultural anthropology, history, sociology, philology and medicine, questions about the origin of man, the norm and pathology of personality, social programs of behavior, the role of conflicts and mutual assistance in the development of personality, personal motivation and man’s search for the meaning of existence are discussed. For teachers and students of university psychological faculties, as well as specialists in the border areas of human science who want to expand the horizons of their consciousness. 3rd edition, corrected and expanded.