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July/October 2012 Issue 24: 2-3 July/October, 2012 The IAAP Bulletin The IAAP Bulletin The International Association of Applied Psychology Covering the World of Applied Psychology Volume 24, 2012 Number 2-3 Volume July/October, United Nations Headquarters in New York pages pages 1–160 In this issue: Special Section on the Work of the IAAP Representatives to the United Nations, President’s Corner, Division News, News of Conventions and Conferences, Psychologists’ Response to the New Zealand Earthquakes, History and Activities of the Interamerican Psychological Society (SIP), Toward Understanding Violent Islam, and Bob Morgan’s Commentary. Editor: Valerie Hearn, USA Email for submissions: vchearn@comcast net 001_apnl_v24_i2-3_OC(5.77mm).indd 1 5/15/2012 4:14:04 PM Editorial Here we have a very special edition of the Bulletin for your reading pleasure. Our IAAP team of representatives to the United Nations is doing many impressive projects with the UN that benefit so many people around the world. These projects are described in a Special Section of this Bulletin which has been edited by Judy Kuriansky, the main IAAP representative to the UN. Many thanks to Judy and all of the IAAP reps. Have you renewed your IAAP membership? If you are sitting on the fence, reading the President’s Corner will undoubtedly persuade you to do so. The title is: IAAP President José Maria Peiró’s Personal Answer to the Question: “Why Did I Renew My IAAP Membership This Year?” There are so many benefits to belonging to IAAP. For me, one of the best is the joy of becoming friends with so many wonderful people. As I write this, I am visiting Ray and Sandy Fowler for the weekend and having a splendid time, as always. I am happy to report that Ray is doing very well, thanks mostly to the marvelous care he receives from his wife, Sandy. Conferences, conferences! A very successful regional conference (RCP) took place in the Bahamas in November of last year. We have a report of that conference in this Bulletin written by Janel Gauthier, our Secretary General. I am very excited about the upcoming 30th International Congress of Psychology which will be held this summer in Cape Town from July 22 to 27. The theme is Psychology Serving Humanity. This important event is described in this Bulletin by Prof. Norman Duncan who is the ICP 2012 Scientific Committee Chair. The article will certainly pique your desire to attend. For all the information you could ever want to know about ICP 2012, visit the website: www.icp2012.com. In the Division News section you will read about the activities of our Divisions whose members will participate in the ICP. Also, read further for a tiny preview of our own ICAP which will be held in Paris in 2014. We are so lucky to have another personal account of the activities of one of our members and his fellow psychologists. This time it is Neville Blampied, who is the Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. He describes the response of psychologists to the tragic September 4th, 2010 and February 22nd, 2011earthquakes in New Zealand. It is a firsthand account of Psychology Serving Humanity. Helio Carpenterio, President of Division 18, has given us a very interesting and informative article describing some of the history and activities of the Interamerican Psychological Society (Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia [SIP]. Near the end of this issue, you will find an opinion piece called “Toward Understanding Violent Islam” written by our distinguished IAAP member, Harry Triandis. Harry is no stranger to sharing his opinions. His book, Fooling Ourselves, is fascinating and full of Harry’s opinions. It is very worthwhile reading. And, last, as usual, but never least (just like desert) we have the Commentary written, as always, by Bob Morgan. –Valerie Hearn, Editor, IAAP Bulletin 002_apnl_v24_i2-3_IC(5.77mm).indd 1 5/15/2012 4:14:14 PM IAAP President José Maria Peiró’s Personal Answer to the Question: “Why Did I Renew My IAAP Membership This Year?” During the last few months you probably have had received one or more letters from me as President of IAAP inviting you to renew your membership for the year 2012. When I was reading the last draft of that letter, I was trying to guess which of the reasons presented for your consideration would be the most appealing one to influence your decision to renew your membership. Would it be the services provided by IAAP (journals, bulletin, congresses, etc.)? Would it be the one referring to the importance of belonging to a prestigious large international association, which has members coming from more than 80 countries of the world and which aims to advance scientific applied psychology? Or, would it be the focus on the promotion and subsidy of the membership for psychologists from low income countries and for students? Before renewing my membership this year, I also asked myself what the main reasons were for me to make this decision. I certainly value the benefits that our Association provides me and I appreciate very much the contributions from all of those who make possible, thanks to their voluntary and altruistic work, the Congresses, Journals, Bulletin, Division activities, Task forces, governance of the association, etc. However, the most important reason, in my case, is the conviction of the need to promote the international identity of Psychology in the current world and to connect social capital for the flourishing of Applied Psychology in the different parts of the globe. In my view, Psychology has made, all through its history, important contributions to the promotion of the dignity, flourishing and well-being of people in many places in the world. I am convinced that its potential contribution is much larger than what has been realized. It is important to continue to increase our contributions in the different parts of the world, in the different disciplines, and in the different fields of practice. To do that, psychologists need toengage in productive and respectful “dialogues” to find innovative approaches and contributions to the relevant problems and challenges our world is confronted with. Etymologically, “dialogue” means across (dia-) words and rationales (-logos). It is interesting to acknowledge that different people and different groups in different contexts may have different “logos” and it is important to go across them in order to find a better rationale and if possible the truth. When we contribute to the development of IAAP we support a privileged platform of bridging social capital and we promote the “dialogue” in psychology across the regions, ethnic groups, disciplines, professional practices, gender, generations, and contexts. It all pays an important service to the productive development of Psychology for the sake of humankind in different world contexts. When we support IAAP we promote the “dia-logue” for the exchange of scientific knowledge, the promotion of competences in professional practice, the ethical approach to interventions and the exchange of experiences. All this is done at the same time that boundary conditions in different contexts are identified in the development and provision of psychological services. It needs to be done not only at the country or regional level but also at the international and global one. When we support IAAP we contribute to the presentation of relevant inputs from Psychology to the international organizations and bodies and to make Psychology visible and heard in the “fori” where the global goals and policies are analyzed, discussed and formulated. apnl_v24_i2_3.indd 1 5/15/2012 5:24:32 PM When we support IAAP we contribute to enhance the visibility of Psychology and to promote capacity building in different regions of the world (e.g. promoting Regional Congresses of Psychology), and we facilitate psychologists from all over the globe benefiting from this dia-logue. All these reasons have informed my decision to renew my IAAP membership in 2012. However, in some cases, these goals and missions appear too ambitious and hardly achievable, and I need to turn to more concrete experiences. During the last weeks, I have participated in an international Winter School of about 50 psychology students coming from about twenty countries of different regions of the world. The first phase of the Winter School consisted in working in virtual teams for three months with team-members from different parts of the world. To do their work they had to deal with language difficulties with work scheduling given the different time zones and also with cultural and religious requirements. Moreover, cultural diversity has to be managed through the work processes. One of the assignments consisted of identifying the relevant contextual factors in a given region of the world, not familiar to any of the team members, and to figure out their implications for the practice of Psychology in that region. Later on, during the second phase (two weeks in-residence in a Mediterranean town in the east of Spain) the students contrasted what they found with the views from other students coming from the region studied. These and other activities aimed to help them to develop their competences for working in different contexts and cultures in cooperation with colleagues from different backgrounds. It was encouraging to see how the new generations of psychologists are really open and eager to learn from their colleagues living in different regions of the world and how much they enjoyed cooperating among themselves, learning to work effectively and with respect to their differences and benefiting from them. Often in the evaluation of this learning experience we find testimonies like the following one: “I enjoyed getting to know other peers with similar interests from different parts of the world.
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