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Influence of Evolutionary Biology in the Early Development of Experimental Psychology In Argentina (1891-1930)

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Argentina's first laboratory of experimental psychology was founded in 1891 by the educational psychologist Victor Mercante. Other laboratories were then opened in several universities during the following forty years, giving rise to a considerable development of experimental psychology. The emphasis on experimentation was a common feature of psychology in many other countries, including some Latin American ones. However, Argentine psychology differed from that of other Spanish-speaking countries in the relatively important influence of evolutionary biology on the thinking of several of the most influential psychologists, including Jose Ingenieros, Horacio G. Pinero, Victor Mercante, and Rodolfo Senet, whose ideas and work are described in this paper.

Source: International Journal of Comparative Psychology

DOI: 10.46867/c4r30c

Author: Mauricio R. Papini

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Experimental Medicine and Biology Institute

Language: English

Topic: Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology

Subfield: General Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W288505635

FWCI: 2.568

Cites: 8

Cited by: 9

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