THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOLOGY - MINDS IN BRAINS IN BODIES IN ENVIRONMENTS

The future of psychology lies in explaining how mind, the brain, other biological systems of the body, and human environments interact to pr oduce behavior: Political, scientific, and technical forces are shapin g psychology as a whole, but the subdisciplines of psychology are also acted on by their own forces. The influences of biology and computer science are especially important in the development of some subdiscipl ines. Infrastructure developments including electronic communication, mathematically bared methodologies, and imaging devices are affecting research in many of the subdisciplines. The future of psychology will be bright if the field can take advantage of periods of political favo r train new scientists to work collaboratively facilitate access to in frastructure, and broaden the view of what constitutes psychological r esearch.