ABSTRACT
What this is (and isn’t) a history of Psychologists have been doing research across cultures for generations. They have also been busy establishing research traditions within their own cultures for some time (Rus & Pecjak, 2004; Hwang, 2005; Stevens & Gielen, 2007). Of course, these are two quite different things. The early history of psychology across cultures largely draws on the ideas and journeys of thinkers, explorers and ultimately social scientists from Europe who took it upon themselves to study people from other continents. Meanwhile the history of psychological traditions within cultures draws on what have become known as the indigenous psychologies. You’ll find an extended account of these in Chapter 5. The history of psychology across cultures is our focus in this chapter.
