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

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...

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Autor principal:	Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos
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Lenguaje:	EN ES
Publicado:	Universidad de San Buenaventura 2008
Materias:	Psychology in Latin America Clinical Psychology Psychoanalysis Cognitive Psychology Experimental Psychology Cognitive Science. Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:89ebd4b6fd204cff87846fb9859261bc2021-11-25T02:24:20ZA call to arms: time to do cognitive science in Latin America10.21500/20112084.9192011-20842011-7922https://doaj.org/article/89ebd4b6fd204cff87846fb9859261bc2008-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/919https://doaj.org/toc/2011-2084https://doaj.org/toc/2011-7922Previous 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.Fernando Marmolejo-RamosUniversidad de San BuenaventuraarticlePsychology in Latin AmericaClinical PsychologyPsychoanalysisCognitive PsychologyExperimental PsychologyCognitive Science.PsychologyBF1-990ENESInternational Journal of Psychological Research, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2008)
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topic	Psychology in Latin America Clinical Psychology Psychoanalysis Cognitive Psychology Experimental Psychology Cognitive Science. Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	Psychology in Latin America Clinical Psychology Psychoanalysis Cognitive Psychology Experimental Psychology Cognitive Science. Psychology BF1-990 Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos A call to arms: time to do cognitive science in Latin America
description	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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