Editing Psychology (section)

=== Institutions ===
{{See also|List of psychology organizations}}
In 1920, [[Édouard Claparède]] and [[Pierre Bovet]] created a new applied psychology organization called the International Congress of Psychotechnics Applied to Vocational Guidance, later called the International Congress of Psychotechnics and then the [[International Association of Applied Psychology]].<ref name=BenjaminBaker /> The IAAP is considered the oldest international psychology association.<ref name=PickrenFowler>Wade Pickren & Raymond D. Fowler, "Professional Organizations", in Weiner (ed.), ''Handbook of Psychology'' (2003), Volume 1: ''History of Psychology''.</ref> Today, at least 65 international groups deal with specialized aspects of psychology.<ref name=PickrenFowler /> In response to male predominance in the field, female psychologists in the U.S. formed the National Council of Women Psychologists in 1941. This organization became the International Council of Women Psychologists after World War II and the International Council of Psychologists in 1959. Several associations including the [[Association of Black Psychologists]] and the Asian American Psychological Association have arisen to promote the inclusion of non-European racial groups in the profession.<ref name=PickrenFowler />

The [[International Union of Psychological Science]] (IUPsyS) is the world federation of national psychological societies. The IUPsyS was founded in 1951 under the auspices of the [[UNESCO|United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO)]].<ref name=BenjaminBaker /><ref name=Staeuble>Irmingard Staeuble, "Psychology in the Eurocentric Order of the Social Sciences: Colonial Constitution, Cultural Imperialist Expansion, Postcolonial Critique" in Brock (ed.), ''Internationalizing the History of Psychology'' (2006).</ref> Psychology departments have since proliferated around the world, based primarily on the Euro-American model.<ref name=Paranjpe /><ref name=Staeuble /> Since 1966, the Union has published the ''International Journal of Psychology''.<ref name=BenjaminBaker /> IAAP and IUPsyS agreed in 1976 each to hold a congress every four years, on a staggered basis.<ref name=PickrenFowler />

IUPsyS recognizes 66 national psychology associations and at least 15 others exist.<ref name=PickrenFowler /> The American Psychological Association is the oldest and largest.<ref name=PickrenFowler /> Its membership has increased from 5,000 in 1945 to 100,000 in the present day.<ref name=Goodwin>C. James Goodwin, "United States", in Baker (ed.), ''Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology'' (2012).</ref> The APA includes [[Divisions of the American Psychological Association|54 divisions]], which since 1960 have steadily proliferated to include more specialties. Some of these divisions, such as the [[Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues]] and the [[American Psychology–Law Society]], began as autonomous groups.<ref name=PickrenFowler />

The [[Interamerican Psychological Society]], founded in 1951, aspires to promote psychology across the Western Hemisphere. It holds the Interamerican Congress of Psychology and had 1,000 members in year 2000. The European Federation of Professional Psychology Associations, founded in 1981, represents 30 national associations with a total of 100,000 individual members. At least 30 other international organizations represent psychologists in different regions.<ref name=PickrenFowler />

In some places, governments legally regulate who can provide psychological services or represent themselves as a "psychologist."<ref>For example, see [https://archive.today/20150406055541/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/lawsstatutes/2013ors675.html Oregon State Law, Chapter 675 (2013 edition)] at [http://www.oregon.gov/obpe/Pages/laws_rules.aspx Statutes & Rules Relating to the Practice of Psychology] {{Webarchive|url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160521020000/http://www.oregon.gov/obpe/Pages/laws_rules.aspx |date=21 May 2016 }}.</ref> The APA defines a psychologist as someone with a doctoral degree in psychology.<ref name=HallHurley>Judy E. Hall and George Hurley, "North American Perspectives on Education, Training, Licensing, and Credentialing", in Weiner (ed.), ''Handbook of Psychology'' (2003), Volume 8: ''Clinical Psychology''.</ref>