Influence of Evolutionary Biology in the Early Development of Experimental Psychology In Argentina (...

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" Influence of Evolutionary Biology in the Early Development of Experimental Psychology In Argentina (1891-1930) "
Papini, Mauricio R.

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	935255
Doc. No	:	LA48w2t2pd
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Papini, Mauricio R.
Title & Author	:	Influence of Evolutionary Biology in the Early Development of Experimental Psychology In Argentina (1891-1930) [Article]\ Papini, Mauricio R.
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Comparative Psychology
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/2
Date	:	1988
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.