INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: ORIENTATION

Definition

Mission

    Communication and Collaboration

Foci and Mechanisms for Achieving Foci

    Scholarship
    Advocacy
    Curriculum
    Networking

Related Fields

    Cross-cultural Psychology
    Ethnic Studies (multicultural psychology)
    Economic and Political Psychology

Sources for Growth

    Economic and Political Health
    Dissatisfaction with Reductionistic Psychology
    Movement toward Indigenization

International Psychology Organizations

    American Psychological Association

        Committee on International Relations in Psychology
        Division of International Psychology

    International Association of Applied Psychology

    International Council of Psychologists

    International Union of Psychological Science

Global Scope of Knowledge and Practice
   
    Intergroup Conflict (e.g., civil war)
       
        Collective Worldviews
        Peace-building
   
    Threats to the Natural Environment (e.g., overcrowding)
   
        Social Science Perspective
        Sustainability
       
    Risks to Physical and Mental Health

        Physical

            Poverty
            HIV/AIDS (women, children, refugees)

        Mental Health

            Depression (domestic violence)
            PTSD (child soldiers)
            Acculturative stress (migrants/refugees)

    Special Topics

        Globalization
        Terrorism
       
    Special Populations

        Women
        Children, Adolescents, and the Elderly
        Migrants/Refugees and the Poor

DISCUSSION:

➢    Is international psychology a distinct field or the application of psychology to global phenomena (e.g., what makes for uniqueness)?

➢    Is psychology more applicable to some global concerns than others?