Abstract

LEON, Ramón. Notes about East European psychologists and psychological theories in the history of psychology in South America. liber. [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.1, pp.55-72. ISSN 1729-4827.

Psychologists from Eastern Europe had an important role in the initial years of the development of psychology in South America. In the present communication is the work and influence of four of them: WaclawRadecki (1887-1953), BélaSzékely (1899-1955), F. Oliver Brachfeld (1908-1967) and Hélène Antipoff (1892-1974). Furthermore, theory from Russia and the Soviet Union found a wide resonance among South American Psychologists as Pavlov´s theory and the ideas of Vygotsky caught the interest of specialists in the region, who considered them valid alternatives to the psychology coming from the United States, at a time as in the 1960 when a strong anti-American atmosphere prevailed in that part of the world.

Keywords : Psychologists from Eastern Europe; psychology; South America.

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