ABSTRACT

By the end of the 24th International Congress of Psychology in Australia, it was apparent that a genuine global expansion of international psychology had been achieved. Not only had there been highly successful world congresses of psychology in Asia, Latin America, and the far reaches of the South Pacific, but the subsequent years following each congress were characterized by the involvement of psychologists from new national member societies representing the nations of the developing world where modern scientifically based psychology had more recently taken root. These changes were also gradually evident not only in the Assembly but also in the composition of the elected Executive Committee members who were responsible for carrying out the programs and policies of the Union.