Psychology in Latin America.

Ardila, Rubén

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“…Psychoanalysis has a strong tradition in Latin America, especially in Argentina (see Ardila, 1968;Hereford, 1966;Mustaca, 2006), and has been quite influential in psychology in general and in Clinical Psychology in particular. For this reason, it is c o m m o n p l a c e t o f i n d p s y c h o l o g y programs/research groups in Clinical Psychology with Psychoanalytical elements and vice versa (see Calvache, López, & Mayorga, 2002).…”

Section: A Concise Characterization Of Latin America's Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, taking up again the-lack-offunding-for-research topic, a strong research proposal should persuade the funding institution of the importance of acquiring particular equipment. Furthermore, thinking of Latin America's inclination towards applied Psychology research (see Ardila, 1968Ardila, , 2004, even research projects on basic cognitive processes can be presented in such a way that their applied implications are straightforward.…”

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A call to arms: time to do cognitive science in Latin America

Marmolejo‐Ramos¹

2008

Int. j. psychol. res.

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Previous theoretical reviews about the development of Psychology in Latin America suggest that Latin American psychology has a promising future. This paper empirically checks whether that status remains justified. In so doing, the frequency of programs/research domains in three salient psychological areas is assessed in Latin America and in two other regions of the world. A chi-square statistic is used to analyse the collected data. Programs/research domains and regions of the world are the independent variables and frequency of programs/research domains per world region is the dependent variable. Results suggest that whereas in Latin America the work on Social/Organizational Psychology is moving within expected parameters, there is a rather strong focus on Clinical/Psychoanalytical Psychology. Results also show that Experimental/Cognitive Psychology is much underestimated. In Asia, however, the focus on all areas of psychology seems to be distributed within expected parameters, whereas Europe outperforms regarding Experimental/Cognitive Psychology research. Potential reasons that contribute to Latin Americas situation are discussed and specific solutions are proposed. It is concluded that the scope of Experimental/Cognitive Psychology in Latin America should be broadened into a Cognitive Science research program.

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Section: A Concise Characterization Of Latin America's Psychologymentioning

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Section: Lack Of Research Training and Solutions To Overcome Itmentioning

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A call to arms: time to do cognitive science in Latin America

Marmolejo‐Ramos¹

2008

Int. j. psychol. res.

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“…Singh (2000) attributed the rapid growth of psychology in Singapore to four factors. First, if the “fundamental impetus for developing psychology in the [d]eveloping [w]orld is ﬁnancial” (Leung & Zhang, 1995, p. 703), then Singapore’s economic growth may be an important factor in the development of psychology (Ardila, 1982). Second, the quality of education is one of the top priorities of the Government of Singapore.…”

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Psychology at the National University of Singapore: The First 15 Years

Singh

Kaur

2002

Applied Psychology

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est assez courte. Le premier cycle de psychologie remonte à 1986. Néanmoins, le secteur psychologie du Département de Travail Social et de Psychologie s'est considérablement développé pour ce qui est de l'enseignement, de la recherche et des services. Les auteurs décrivent le développement de la psychologie à la NUS depuis son introduction. Nous décrivons le cursus, l'équipe enseignante et ses activités, et l'infrastructure de recherche. L'analyse des documents officiels prouve que ce département est un succès institutionnel. En outre, ce projet a contribué au développement de la psychologie théorique et appliquée.The history of psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is rather short. The undergraduate degree with psychology as a subject first became available in 1986. Nevertheless, the psychology program of the Department of Social Work and Psychology has grown considerably in terms of teaching, research, and service. The authors describe how psychology has been developing at NUS since its inception. The present review pertains to the existing academic programs, the teaching staff and their activities, and the infrastructure for psychological inquiry. Analyses of the official data disclosed that the Department of Social Work and Psychology at NUS can be regarded as a successful experiment in institution-building. Moreover, the psychology program has contributed to both basic and applied psychology.

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“…In Latin American countries, in the late 1950s and particularly the 1960s, psychology became one of the most popular fields of study (Ardila, 1985)..The main areas of research were experimental analysis of behaviour, developmental psychology, comparative psychology,. social psychology, political psychology and the history of psychology.…”

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Research in Psychology in the Developing World: An Overview

Sinha

1989

Psychology and Developing Societies

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In spite of enormous diversities, countries in the developing world display cionsiderable uniformities in the development of psychology. After the initial phase of replicative research there are signs of disillusionment with western concepts and models, and a tendency to outgrow the alien frame. Besides recent expansion and diversification in research activity, new trends that are appearing constitute: felt-need for problem oriented research, making psychology relevant to national needs, and effort towards developing culturally appropriate concepts, models and tools of research. There is a trend towards indigenisation of psychology. The impact of the new orientation is discussed. * Invited address to the mini

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Psychology in Latin America.

Cited by 28 publications

References 4 publications

A call to arms: time to do cognitive science in Latin America

A call to arms: time to do cognitive science in Latin America

Psychology at the National University of Singapore: The First 15 Years

Research in Psychology in the Developing World: An Overview

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