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Paris Institute of Psychology

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Institute of Psychology
TypeGraduate school
Established1920
Parent institution
Paris Cité University
PresidentIsabelle Jambaqué-Aubourg
Academic staff
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Address
71 avenue Édouard-Vaillant, Boulogne-Billancourt
,
France
Websitehttps://psychologie.u-paris.fr

The Institute of Psychology is a graduate school of psychology and constitutes the department of psychology of the Paris Cité University. It is currently located at the Centre Henri-Piéron, 71 avenue Édouard-Vaillant, Boulogne-Billancourt. Being the birthplace of French psychology, the institute was founded in 1920 by Henri Piéron, with the mission of providing psychology education and a center for research.[1] It is the oldest psychology-specific education institution in France.[2] The last three stories of the 6-stories building are assigned to research laboratories, and the basement hosts the oldest psychology-dedicated library in France (which received the CollEx [fr] label of excellence).[3]

History

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Created in 1920 by Henri Piéron, the Institute of Psychology is the first university institute (the term 'institute', as opposed to 'school', underlines the important focus on research activity)[4] of the University of Paris.[5] It was meant to gather psychologists from the University of Paris, the Collège de France, and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, and delivered a one-year diploma of psychological studies with specialities in "Psychology", "Pedagogy", or "Applied Psychology".

In 1947, Daniel Lagache implements a two-year psychology bachelor's degree with specialities in "General Psychology", "Child Psychology", "Social Life Psychology", and "Psychophysiology".

In 1959, the institute moves to the building of the Sociétés savantes [FR], on Serpente street.

In 1965, Paul Fraisse becomes the institute's director.[inconsistent]

In 1999, as part of a plan to regroup all the research laboratories scattered across Paris, the institute gets transferred to its current location in Boulogne-Billancourt.

In 2020, the Institute of Psychology joins the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Paris Cité University.

Curriculum

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Social Sciences

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Life Sciences

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The doctorate degree is delivered through within the doctoral school Cognition, comportement, conduites humaines (ED 261) which includes 18 research laboratories.

Directors

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  • 1920 : The institute is originally directed by a board including Henri Piéron (EPHE), founding member until 1951, as well as Henri Delacroix (Sorbonne, Lettres), Georges Dumas (Sorbonne, Lettres), Étienne Rabaud (Sorbonne, Sciences) and Pierre Janet (Collège de France).[1]
  • 1952 : Paul Fraisse replaces Henri Piéron with a director board including Daniel Lagache (Sorbonne, lettres), Jean Delay (Faculté de médecine), and Pierre-Paul Grassé (Sorbonne, Sciences).
  • 1960 : Daniel Lagache steps back from co-directorship.
  • 1961 : Paul Fraisse becomes the only director.
  • 1969-1993 : The institute splits into the 'Institute of Psychology' proper and the 'Unit of Formation and Research (UFR) - Institut de Psychologie'
    • (Institute) 1968-1974 : Hélène Gratiot Alphandéry
    • (Institute) 1974-1980 : Claude Lévy-Leboyer
    • (Institute) 1981- 1988 : Roland Doron
    • (Institute) 1988-1992 : Jean-Claude Sperandio
    • (UFR) 1969-1973 : Paul Fraisse
    • (UFR) 1973-1974 : Pierre Oléron
    • (UFR) 1974-1977 : Guy Durandin
    • (UFR) 1977-1981 : Germaine de Montmollin
    • (UFR) 1981-1985 : Colette Chiland
    • (UFR) 1985-1989 : Hervé Beauchesne
    • (UFR) 1989-1993 : Pierre Coslin
  • 1993-1998 : Roger Lécuyer
  • 1998-2002 : Serban Ionescu
  • 2002-2007 : Jean-Didier Bagot
  • 2007-2012 : François Marty
  • 2012-2017 : Ewa Drozda-Senkowska
  • 2017-2022 : Isabelle Jambaqué-Aubourg

References

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  1. ^ a b "Les 100 ans de l'Institut de Psychologie". psychologie.u-paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Institut de Psychologie - Université Paris Cité". psychologie.u-paris.fr. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Henri Piéron Library". psychologie.u-paris.fr/en/henri-pieron-library/. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Difference entre faculté, école et institut à l'université". julesinfo.blog4ever.com (in French). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ Charmasson, Thérèse (2016). "Instituts d'université et instituts de faculté au sein de l'université de Paris. Une réponse à de nouvelles fonctions pour l'université?". Quaderns d'història de l'enginyeria. 15: 39–65.