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host the 23rd Congress 1984 in Acapulco. Although now assured by holding the current congress
in China, globalization and the nature of scientific psychology, especially in its applied and
professional areas, continues to be debated.
1001.3 Gaining and sharing information about national and international psychology, M.R.
Rosenzweig, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
As President I undertook a survey about important national features of psychology, such as: 1)
Numbers of psychologists; numbers who do research. 2) Financial support for research. 3) Social
recognition for research. The results were published in a book that also contained chapters on
some main areas of psychology, from an international perspective (Rosenzweig, Ed., 1992). A
further international survey that I conducted was reported in part in chapters 1 and 30 of the
International Handbook of Psychology (Pawlik & Rosenzweig, Eds., 2000). It seems to be typical
of psychology, and in its best interests, to try to be well informed about its status, problems, and
prospects.
1001.4 International psychology in the 1990s, K. Pawlik, University of Hamburg, Hamburg,
Germany
Towards the close of the last century the agenda for international psychology widened once again:
The IUPsyS had to respond, in membership and capacity building ventures, to national transitions
as in Eastern Central Europe. Its methodological profile of a biological and social science of
behavior opened for psychology growing opportunities (and commitments) bridging between
classical social and bio-sciences, as in the new research arena on global change. And new
priorities arose: in literature and data archiving, in interfacing psychological science and practice,
and in responding to growing global needs for regionalization.
1001.5 IUPsyS and its relationship with basic and applied psychology, G. d’Ydewalle,
University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium
The statutes of IUPsyS refer to the aim of development of psychological science, whether “pure”
or applied. However, a mixed picture emerges from the history of the Union’s activities during the
last thirty years. While the International Congresses under the auspices of the Union always
included both, basic and applied research, scientific programs of recent Congresses show
gradually a much stronger presence of presentations on basic research. Looking at the background
of elected Executive Committee members, there is in recent years a shift to a more pronounced
presence of colleagues from applied psychology. Are the congresses going into another orientation
than its constituent body?
1001.6 Continuing challenges for psychology in a new century, M. Denis, University of Paris,
Paris, France
Since they have entered into a new century, the international organizations of psychology are
facing important challenges, of which I will discuss two. The first one consists in taking care that
scientific research not only benefits to the academic community, but also to the professionals who
are at the service of the public. The second challenge pertains to the fact that psychology is
developing in a multidisciplinary environment and must invent original collaborations with other
disciplines to offer more satisfying solutions to its users' needs. I will argue for the special role of
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