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Chronology of Milestones in International Psychology 529

The first Gulf Conference of
Psychology took place in
Kuwait.
The first World Conference on
Behavioral Economics
convened in Princeton, New
Jersey.

The first European Congress of
Psychology, sponsored by the
European Federation of
Professional Psychology
Associations, took place in
Budapest, Hungary.

The first International Congress
of Behavioral Medicine took
place in Uppsala, Sweden.
The first International Congress
of Health Psychology convened
in Mexico City.

The International Society for

Theoretical Psychology was

founded.

The Union of Estonian

Psychologists was founded.

The International Federation for

Psychoanalytic Education held its

organizing meeting in

Washington, D.C.

The Hellenic Psychological

Society in Greece was founded

(see 1963).

The Psychological Association

of Namibia was founded.

The Yemen Psychological

Association was founded.

The Association of Albanian

Psychologists was founded.

The Georgian Psychological

Association was founded.

1983

1984

1985

1986

1988

1989

1990

1991

The American Psychological

Association issued a

resolution deploring the

apartheid system and urging

U.S. psychologists to refuse

to collaborate in projects

supported by the South

African government.

On November 16, Ignacio

Martin-Baro and five other

Jesuit priests, along with their

two housekeepers, were

murdered by the Salvadoran

military on the campus of the

University of Central

America in San Salvador.

Martin-Baro was a social

psychologist who founded

Revista de Psicologia del El

Salvador.

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TABLE 25.1 (Continued)

Congresses Societies Events Publications