Ardila The Future of Psychology

Some of the Most Distinguished Psychologists of the World Reflect About the Future of their Discipline
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-73804-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

This bookbrings together interviews with some of the most distinguished psychologists at the beginning of the 21st century on a world-wide level. It is a reflection about the future of psychology that presents the concepts, ideas, reflections, doubts, dreams and desires of the leaders of psychology at the dawn of the third millennium.

Participants are 48 renown psychologists – including former presidents of the American Psychological Association (APA) and former and current presidents of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPSyS) – from 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium,  Canada, China, Czech Republic, Colombia, Cuba, England, France, Germany,  Mexico, The Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United States  and Venezuela. 

will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners from all subfields of psychology who are interested in learning what are the most important challenges and opportunities to psychological research and practice in the 21st century.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ardila, Rubén

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Psychology and the future.- Chapter 2: Psychology as a discipline.- Chapter 3: The development of psychology.- Chapter 4: Scientific research.- Chapter 5: Professional applications.- Chapter 6: The big issues.- Chapter 7: The social context of psychology.- Chapter 8: Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Ruben Ardila is emeritus investigator of the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia and emeritus professor of psychology at the National University of Colombia (Bogotá). He received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA). He has been visiting professor in the United States, Germany, Spain, Argentina, and Puerto Rico. Dr. Ardila has published 34 books, some of them translated into other languages, and more than 300 scientific papers and book chapters, in several countries, and in several languages. He was during 12 years member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS),  member of the Executive Directors Board of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). Was vice-President of the Colombian Association for the Advancement of Science, and he belongs to many professional organizations, among them APA (fellow of several divisions, including Division  52, International Psychology,  among others), the  International Council of Psychologists (ICP), the  International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), and others. His work on historical issues has centered on international psychology and Latin American psychology. He has received several Awards, among them the Interamerican Society of Psychology (SIP) 1983 Award, and several degrees of . In 2004 the APA Division 52 granted him the “Distinguished Psychologist Award”. In 2007 the American Psychological Association (APA) granted him the “APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology”. In 2022 he received the “2022 International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP) Professional Contributions Award”.