INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY

Internationalizing the History of Psychology

    To Understand Disciplinary Assumptions

        Conceptual
        Methodological
        Practical

    To Generate New Approaches

Origins of Psychology

    Pre-psychology (philosophy, medicine)

Modern Psychology

        Multiple Beginnings
        Western Influences

Early Conferences

    Reflect an “International” Psychology    

The Shift to and Growth of U.S. Psychology

    General Features

        Objective
        Quantitative
        Practical

    Foci

        Individual Differences
        Adaptation
    
    Influences

        WWI and WWII
        APA

Outcomes of U.S. Dominance

    Contributions to Science and Practice
    Limited Generalizability and Applicability
    Muting Alternative Models

History of Psychology Around the World

    Psychologies Relevant to Local Culture

    Regionalization

        The Arab World (Egypt)
        Asia (China, Japan)
        Europe (EU and the EFPA)
        Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico)

DISCUSSION:

➢    W. Wundt believed that cultures give rise to different psychologies.  If so, to what extent is U.S. psychology itself culture-bound?

➢    In what way is the reduced dominance of U.S. psychology a positive and/or negative development?

➢    Should psychologists learn a foreign language and read foreign psychology journals and books?