Abstract

The future of psychology lies in explaining how mind, the brain, other biological systems of the body, and human environments interact to produce behavior. Political, scientific, and technical forces are shaping psychology as a whole, but the subdisciplines of psychology are also acted on by their own forces. The influences of biology and computer science are especially important in the development of some subdisciplines. Infrastructure developments including electronic communication, mathematically based methodologies, and imaging devices are affecting research in many of the subdisciplines. The future of psychology will be bright if the field can take advantage of periods of political favor, train new scientists to work collaboratively, facilitate access to infrastructure, and broaden the view of what constitutes psychological research.