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This article reviews briefly the history of psychology in East Asia and describes the present status of developmental psychology in Japan, Nationalist China (Taiwan), and mainland China. In Japan psychology is mostly experimental, and developmental studies cover a broad spectrum. In Taiwan the functionalist-behaviorist tradition continues, and developmental psychology stresses studies of personality, social development, and mental testing. Psychology in mainland China is similar to that in the U.S.S.R., and developmental psychology deals mostly with concept formation, conditioning, classroom learning, and perception.
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Layman, E.M. Developmental Psychology in East Asia: A Preliminary Report. Psychol Rec 19, 273–294 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393850
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