Latin America (Early) Historical Antecedents
Which Indigenous group from modern-day Columbia considered the brain to be "the seat of the mind"?
Inca
Define cathedrae.
formal endowed courses, including in psychology
Who was the first Latino psychologist in the US?
George I. Sanchez
What important findings were presented at the Dulles Conference?
racial and ethnic bias in intelligence testing among Black and Latino individuals based on George Sanchez' work
Who was the Columbian psychiatrist-psychologist-sociologist to first conduct studies with Columbian samples using the Binet-Simon Intelligence Test?
Lopez de Mesa
What is susto?
A physical and mental health condition treated by ancient individuals from Mexico regarded as one of the earliest depictions of a psychosomatic disorder
Who taught the first cathedra in psychology, translated Titchener's work into Spanish, and is regarded by some as the "first Mexican Psychologist"?
Ezequiel A. Chavez
Who founded the Instituto Psicologico de Puerto Rico in 1966 to provide culturally sensitive training for mental healthcare for Puerto Ricans?
Carlos Albizu
Which Latina psychologist served as a founding editor for APA Division 45's flagship journal, Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology?
Lillian Comas-Diaz
Why did applied psychological research manifest faster in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina in comparison to Bolivia?
More governmental support and funding; military coupes in Bolivia halting scientific progress
Who published Physica Speculatio in 1557, bringing Aristotle's teachings to much of Latin America?
Friar Alonso de la Vera Cruz
Roberto Rivarola
Who was the first Latina to earn a doctorate in psychology in the US?
Martha Bernal
Spanish Speaking Mental Health Research Center
clinical, industrial, psychopedagogical, and criminological
Name two prominent Latin American phrenologists from the 1830s.
Jose Ramon Pacheco (Mexican) and Mariano Cubi y Soler (Spaniard)
In which city was the first psychological laboratory in Latin America formed in during 1891?
Whose work challenged early deficit based understandings of Mexican and Puerto Rican cultures in the US?
Edward Casavantes
Which conference led to the founding of the National Hispanic Psychological Association (now known as the National Latinx Psychological Association)?
The Lake Arrowhead Conference
1957 marked the year of the founding of which psychotherapy organization in Mexico?
Mexican Psychoanalytical Association