Social and Psychological Characteristics of the Combination of Economic and Environmental Culture in the Teaching of «Economic Psychology»

The article deals with the combination of social and psychological characteristics of the combination of economic and environmental culture in the teaching of «Economic Psychology». In the course of studying the discipline «Economic Psychology» for the specialty «Psychology» of OS «Bachelor» the introduction of elements of ecological culture is directed to study the following topics: economic psychology (evolution, role and place in society); economic consciousness; attitude of the person to the property; financial psychology; psychological value of money (consumption, consumer behavior); general principles of psychology of entrepreneurship; psychological theories of entrepreneurship; psychology of the entrepreneur's personality; types of entrepreneurs; psychology of entrepreneurial activity; psychology of business organization; psychology of enterprise advertising management. Management of the educational process is carried out in accordance with the following social and psychological characteristics of the group. The basis for the implementation of environmental education, namely the formation of ecological culture of youth laid down with three components: information component (is covered in the lecture material and establishes clear links between economic activity and environmental parameters; motivational and value component (implementation of environmental performance) as a basis for the perception of these results in society, and vice versa, rejection by society of environmentally threatening approaches, even if high economic efficiency is observed); behavioral and activity component (coverage of the nature-appropriate model of behavior and activity in economic processes can be organized at scientific workshops). Examples of the combination of classroom work in teaching the discipline of «Economic Psychology» and scientific and practical seminars on areas of environmental and economic psychology research, which were conducted by the society of young scientists, students, graduate students, doctoral students of the «Science of the Future» Mukachevo State University on the following topics: «Psychological portrait of an entrepreneur», «Environmental and energy management». It has been noted that in the sharp social and economic changes «in the economy there has become just as much economy as there is psychology in it». Since the realization of the skills and competencies of economic psychology takes place not only in the «Man-Man» system, but also in the «Man-Nature» system Therefore, the teaching of the discipline «Economic Psychology» is relevant in compliance with the principle of nature-centrism.