ASIEN – Nr. 12 (Juli 1984)
ASIEN – Nr. 12 (Juli 1984)

The History of Psychology in the People’s Republic of ChinaMatthias Petzold

ASIEN – Nr. 12 (1984) pp. 55–71

The author reviews the Western literature on Chinese psychology and outlines the history of psychology in China since 1907. Discipline of psychology interrupted by the Cultural Revolution. This discipline is being promoted today in China as never before. Western and Soviet influence on psychology. A specific Chinese paradigm for psychology is yet to develop.