Role of Key Contributors in the Development of Indian Psychology

A set of 30 fill-in-the-blank practice flashcards testing key figures, dates, texts, and theoretical concepts in the history and development of Indian Psychology.

Classical Indian thought treated psychology as __________, which means the science of the Self.

adhyātma-vidyā

In classical Indian psychology, the multi-layered model of mind is known as __________.

antaḥkaraṇa

In Sāṁkhya philosophy associated with Kapila / Iśvarakṛṣṇa, dualism is defined between __________ and prakṛti.

purușa

Patañjali's Yoga Sūtras describe the practical psychology of mind control as __________.

citta-vṛtti-nirodha

The Āyurvedic stream provides a personality typology based on the __________.

tridoṣa

__________ (1864–1938) helped design the first postgraduate programme in psychology at Calcutta University around 1916.

Brajendranath Seal

Narendranath Sengupta trained at Harvard under __________, who was a student of Wundt.

Hugo Münsterberg

In 1926, Narendranath Sengupta founded the Indian Psychological Association and launched the __________.

Indian Journal of Psychology

Girindrasekhar Bose earned the first doctorate in psychology from an Indian university in 1921 for his thesis titled __________.

Concept of Repression

Girindrasekhar Bose corresponded with psychoanalyst __________ for nearly two decades.

Sigmund Freud

The Indian Psychoanalytical Society was founded by Girindrasekhar Bose in the year __________.

1922

__________ produced a comprehensive early modern exposition of classical Indian psychological thought starting with 'Indian Psychology: Perception' in 1933/1934.

Jadunath Sinha

Sri Aurobindo developed a psychology of consciousness evolution through his system of __________ Yoga.

Integral

Aspects of Sri Aurobindo's thought were later formalized as 'Integral Psychology' by __________ and others.

Indra Sen

Durganand Sinha (1922–1998) was a pivotal figure who articulated the 'crisis of __________' in Indian psychology during the 1960s–1970s.

relevance

In September–October 2002, more than 150 psychologists gathered in __________ for the National Conference on Yoga and Indian Approaches to Psychology.

Pondicherry

The declaration issued during the 2002 Pondicherry conference was titled the Manifesto on __________.

Indian Psychology

K. Ramakrishna Rao conducted extensive work from Indian philosophical perspectives on consciousness, meditation, yoga, and parapsychology or __________ phenomena.

psi

K. Ramakrishna Rao co-authored the book 'Psychology in the Indian Tradition' (2016) with __________.

Anand C. Paranjpe

'Psychology in the Indian Tradition' presents Indian Psychology as the study of the person, or __________, as a composite of body, mind, and consciousness.

jīva

K. Ramakrishna Rao, Anand C. Paranjpe, and Ajit K. Dalal co-edited the landmark 'Handbook of Indian Psychology' in the year __________.

2008

For his extensive academic and administrative contributions, K. Ramakrishna Rao received the __________ award.

Padmashri

Anand C. Paranjpe authored the 1984 book titled 'Theoretical Psychology: The Meeting of __________'.

East and West

Anand C. Paranjpe published 'Self and Identity in Modern Psychology and Indian Thought' in the year __________.

1998

Girishwar Misra served as the former editor of the journal __________.

Psychological Studies

Ajit K. Dalal contributed significantly to indigenous healing and __________ psychology.

health

Matthijs Cornelissen, Girishwar Misra, and S. Varma edited the multi-volume work 'Foundations of Indian Psychology' published in __________.

2011

In Sāṁkhya philosophy, reality is analyzed into 25 __________ and three guņas.

tattvas

The ultimate goal of Indian psychology and self-realization is liberation, referred to as mokṣa or __________.

kaivalya

Narendranath Sengupta (1889–1944) is often regarded as the father of __________ psychology in India.

experimental