As an independent unit the Department of General and Age Psychology has existed since September 1989, after it was separated from the Department of Pedagogy. The first Head of the Department was Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor Tkachova Liubov. From 1995 to 2005 the Department was headed by Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor Ustimenko Svetlana. Since March 2005, the Department is headed by Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor Natalia Tokareva.

At present the quantitative staff of the department consists of 7 Associate Professors (1 Doctor of Sciences, 6 Candidates of Sciences) and 1 Assistant.

The Department of General and Age Psychology provides teaching of normative disciplines of the sub-cycle of general psychological and pedagogical Bachelor and Master training. The staff of the Department pays considerable attention to the scientific and methodological support of the educational process: lecturers work hard to increase the theoretical and methodological level of their lectures and practical classes, prepare methodological recommendations for students, develop work programs in the basic disciplines studied in the credit-modular system.