De temor y deseo: Reflexiones en torno a los futuros de la psicología

• Rodriguez Arocho, Wanda C. ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Puerto Rico System

     University of Puerto Rico System

     Puerto Rico

     
• Localización: Revista Puertorriqueña de Psicología, ISSN-e 1946-2026, Vol. 13, Nº. 1, 2002
• Idioma: español
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  • Of fear and desire: Reflections on the future of psychology
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  • This article examines some diagnoses of the state of psychology made in 1982 by a group of prominent psychologists and some prophesies they made at that point in time concerning the future of the discipline. Those prophesies are analyzes in the light of the changes and historic transformations in the last decades of the twentieth century. It is argued that such transformations have lead to discussions and debates about the very nature of psychology, its object of study and its methods of inquiry. The author shares fears about the adverse consquences that the ways in which the alluded-to discussions and debates are being held may have for the discipline. Se also express the desire and the hope for acts of meaning by which a broader understanding of the complexity of human actions may be achieved.