Educational psychology is the branch of psychology traditionally most developed in the Republic. In connection with the school reform and with transition of the school education to the 6-year-old level a number of experiments is being performed in the Republic since 1981; particular attention is given to adaptation of the 6-year-olds to the school life, and to their communication with age-peers and adults, to the problem of development of written speech in younger schoolchildren, etc. Another large area of scientific-applied research concerns different aspects of social-psychological work in the industrial context: problems of management, psychological climate in blue-and white-collar groups, factors of work efficiency, etc. Lately applied aims in the psychological research have been particularly stressed. At the same time it is to be said that the efforts of psychologists in the Republic are not centered around a fixed set of important issues, and there is still a lack of large scientific collectives.