Overcoming the ‘Chronic Doubt’: History of Psychology and Argentinian Psychologists’ Training and Education in the Context of Latin-American Psychology

The present study presents an empirical analysis of the relevance of psychologists’ historical education within the framework of Latin American psychology. The ‘chronic doubt’ about the formative aim of historiography is first characterized. The ways in which such historiography is a central input i...

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Autor: Fierro, Catriel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/16496
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/16496
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:history of psychology
teaching of psychology
education in psychology
critical thinking
Latin-American psychology
historia de la psicología
enseñanza de la psicología
formación en psicología
pensamiento crítico
psicología latinoamericana
histoire de la psychologie
enseignement de la psychologie
formation en psychologie
la pensée critique
psychologie latino-américaine
história da psicologia
ensino de psicologia
treinamento em psicologia
pensamento critico
Psicologia latino-americana
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Sumario:The present study presents an empirical analysis of the relevance of psychologists’ historical education within the framework of Latin American psychology. The ‘chronic doubt’ about the formative aim of historiography is first characterized. The ways in which such historiography is a central input in Latin American and Argentinian psychologists’ training and education is then described. The results of a descriptive, mixed socio-bibliometric analysis of the literature used as readings (n = 798) in undergraduate historical courses at Argentinian psychology programs are presented. Findings indicate a marked predominance of texts and scholarship by Argentinian authors, a marked scarcity of Latin American authors and themes, and a problematic depiction of psychology’s historical pluralism. We conclude on the implications of such results for a critical history in the Latin American psychologists’ education, and on the need to contextualize local history in regional history of science.