INDIGENIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE - PERCEPTIONS AND OPINIONS OF INDIAN AND BANGLADESHI PSYCHOLOGISTS

Surveys were conducted of the attitudes and opinions of Indian and Ban gladeshi psychologists. A series of questions assessed their perceptio ns of the intellectual climate within universities, their research pub lication preferences and practices within both national and foreign jo urnals, and the communality of their opinions regarding research prior ities and practices within their national psychology Differences betwe en countries, and within-sample comparisons of psychologists with and without foreign experience and strong preferences to publish in foreig n journals revealed some insights about the development of the discipl ine that may generalize to other developing countries. Strategies for overcoming the lack of a constructive intellectual climate, a major ob stacle to discipline development in India and Bangladesh, are consider ed.