The textbook was created on the basis of developed and tested general educational programs in psychology in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Professional Education in the specialty “Psychology” based on a competency-based approach. The materials of the manual have a modular arrangement of topics and are collected on the basis of historical and modern information on psychogenetics with reference to a number of related disciplines: genetics, general psychology, psychology of higher nervous activity, differential psychology, psychophysiology, educational psychology, crisis and special psychology, etc. The manual contains a list of additional literature, an approximate list of questions for self-preparation for exams or tests, methodological recommendations, tests, tasks and samples of their solutions. For students and teachers of higher educational institutions, training psychologists, social and medical workers, as well as everyone interested in psychogenetics. dynamic, actively developing scientific field.2nd edition