Pathfinders in International Psychology

Grant J. Rich, Uwe Gielen, Grant J. Rich, Uwe P. Gielen

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9781681231433
  9781681231440
• eBook ISBN:
  9781681231457
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Education General
• Index: Psychology

This book provides a global overview of pioneers in international psychology with contributions from distinguished authors from representative nations around the world. Chapters offer biographical profiles describing the personal histories and professional contributions of leading figures in psychology from across the globe that represent the diversity of psychology. This volume can serve as a core or supplemental text for a broad range of courses in Psychology, International Studies, and Education, with particular interest to those teaching international psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and history of psychology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Pathfinders in International Psychology
• Pathfindersin International Psychology
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• 1: THE RISE OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY: From Western Intellectual Ancestry to Global Practice
• I: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING AND THE EMERGENCE OF PSYCHIATRY
• II: PSYCHOLOGY AS A GROWING INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN SCIENCE
• III: TWO AMERICAN AMBASSADORS OF INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• IV: THE WORLDWIDE EXPANSION OF PSYCHOLOGY
• V: OVERCOMING AFRICA’S COLONIAL HERITAGE AND RACISM
• ABOUT THE EDITORS
• ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX