It would seem that European schools of Psychology have a penchant for placing more weight on endogenous factors to explain personality and intelligence. As a matter of fact,any controversy re genetic vs environmental influences starts in Europe.The early history of psychology would indicate that the Europeans were on a mind trip:structuralism,gestalt,psychoanalytic,depth psychology.Biological and insctintive theory may still predominate European psychology. American psychology,on the other hand, still carries an environmental bias: functionalism,humanism,behaviorism and Americanization principles underlying most aspects of human behavior.American psychology seem to have booted out the mind.
Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida ---
