ABSTRACT
Psychological globalization embraces every country throughout the world, and is crystalized as the The Three Worlds of Psychology. In this theory, the United States is considered the first world because to date it is the major producer of psychological knowledge that is exported to both the second world of psychology (e.g., England, Canada, and Australia) and the third world of psychology (i.e., developing countries such as Nigeria, Cuba, and India). This theory presumes that each of the three worlds has an unequal capacity to produce and disseminate psychological knowledge that shapes the field of psychology. As all countries on the globe continue to be interconnected by economics, media, and travel, the field of psychology continues to grow globally, with the number of psychologists in the world, in both the traditional academic/research field and health service provider specializations, nearly doubling between 1980 and 1991. Interestingly, there also has been a recent strong move toward the formation of regional organizations, as reflected in the formation of the European Federation of Professional Psychologists’ Association (EFPPA) and the Interamerican Society of Psychology (Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia; SIP), which reflect the dynamics between global and regional local forces seen throughout the world.
