Events in Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean
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1900 - The first Brazilian research study published
1901 - First psychology faculty chair in Argentina
1907 - Maurício de Campos defended the thesis "Methods in Psychology"
1907 - The first psychological association in Latin America founded in Mexico
1908 - Argentine Psychology Society established
1908 - The first laboratory of psychology in Chile
1908 - The Society of Psychology of Buenos Aires was founded
1914 - A Pinto defended thesis "Of Psychoanalysis: The Sexuality of the Neuroses"
1914 - Experimental laboratory Escola Normal de São Paulo founded
1915 - H Delgado introduced psychoanalysis in Peru
1916 - First psychological laboratory in Mexico
1922 - Brazilian League of Mental Hygiene established
1923 - Laboratory in experimental medical psychology established in Brazil
1923 - Laboratory of Psychology of Engenho de Dentro established
1923 - W Radecki arrived in Brazil
1924 - Brazilian adaptation of Binet-Simon's scale
1924 - First Brazilian book on psychological tests
1925 - L Filho assumed the chair of Psychology at the Escola Normal de São Paulo
1925 - Selection and Professional Orientation Institute of Pernambuco established
1925 - Uruguay’s first psychology chair established
1926 - First Brazilian publications from the Institute of Hygiene, Brazil
1927 - H Pieron arrived in São Paulo
1930 - Argentine Psychological Society founded
1930 - Buenos Aires Society of Psychology reorganized
1931 - Institute of Psychology founded at the Universidad de Buenos Aires
1933 - W Radecki arrived in Uruguay and taught a course of General Psychology
1934 - Discipline of psychology becomes obligatory in some undergraduate courses
1935 - W Blumenfeld arrived in Peru and worked at the Universidad San Marcos
1937 - First psychology program in School of Philosophy and Literature in Mexico
1937 - Psychological laboratory incorporated by the University of Brazil
1939 - Spanish psychologist Mercedes Rodrigo arrived in Colombia
1941 - Instituto de Psicologia established at the Universidad de Chile
1941 - Psychology school established at the Instituto Psicopedagogico Nacional in Peru
1942 - The Ecuador Society of Psychological and Psychiatric Studies and Related Disciplines was established
1945 - Society of Psychology of São Paulo established
1946 - B Székely published Los tests
1946 - Decree 1023 regulates the formation of psychologists in Chile
1946 - Professional psychology began - Guatemala
1947 - Colombia’s first psychology training program established
1947 - Institute for Personnel Selection and Guidance opened
1947 - Professionalization of psychologists initiated in Chile
1947 - Psychology as a profession begins in Colombia
1948 - Instituto de Psicologia y Investigaciones Psicologicas established in Guatemala
1948 - Professional training programs for psychologists introduced in Chile
1949 - Brazilian Association of Applied Psychology founded
1949 - Brazilian Boletim de Psicologia introduced
1949 - The journal Arquivos Brasileiros de Psicotécnica founded
1996 - First Interamerican and Iberoamerican Meeting of Behavior Analysis
2000 - Universitas Psychologia: Pan American Journal of Psychology was founded.
2010 - 3rd SIP regional congress
2010 - Haitian Association of Psychology (AHPsy) founded
2011 - Grenada Psychological Association founded
2011 - The First Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology (CRCP2011), was held in Nassau, Bahamas.