a branch of developmental psychology that studies mental processes, behavior and personality changes in the elderly. Gerontopsychology studies the features of the relationship between the general physiological process of aging and the psychological state of a person in old age. One of the main subjects of study of gerontopsychology is the personal shift of a person after a change in the habitual nature of activity caused by the natural aging of the body. One of the main goals of gerontopsychology is to continue the active life of a person in the process of aging.