¿Psychology or psychologies?

Psychology traces its evolution path from the creation of the first experimental laboratory at the end of the 19^th century. This was a difficult attempt to detach itself from the mother of sciences, including going through numerous attempts to analyze and understand human behavior. However, in this search psychology has not managed to consolidate itself by way of comprehensive premises, but has promoted the development of different epistemological, theoretical, and methodological perspectives, starting from the definition of dissimilar objects of study. This situation maintains the debate within the psychological discipline, resulting in a perpetuation of the statement that there is no “psychology”, but a promotion of “psychologies” by a diversity of edges.

Transpersonal psychology emerged at the end of the 20^th century as result of this evolution, going through structuralism, functionalism, behaviorism, psychoanalysis, Gestalt psychology and other perspectives. It constituted an attempt to shape an integrative science capable of considering diverse perspectives to approach its targeted phenomena. Other authors advocate moving towards the term “psychological studies” which may include a wide range of studies and understanding of human activity and experience.