HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The paper addresses the history of Czech psychology with special emphasis on the history of psychology both at universities and at specialized research institutes. The authors deal with the pre-history and origins of Czech psychology as well as the development of psychology after establishing the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918, including the beginnings of work and organizational psychology as psychotechnics. The autors base the article mainly on works of the historiographer of psychology Jiri Hoskovec, and they want to pay tribute to his work with this article. At the end also the current state of psychology - existing associations, journals and main trends in Czech psychology are introduced. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]