ABSTRACT

Psychology is acquiring global dimensions (Mays, Rubin, Saboruin, & Walker, 1996; Rosenzweig, 1999). Its scholarship, once dependent mainly on contributions from persons in Western Europe and North America, is broadening to include research and other forms of scholarship from psychologists in many countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, and South America. Furthermore, its practices and technology are growing in popularity in many countries that recognize psychology’s potential contributions to important social goals (e.g., higher educational attainment, more effective and efficient industrial and managerial practices) and to resolving vexing social issues (e.g., mental illness, violence prevention, racial-ethnic understanding, population control).