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Frequently Asked Questions:

 

I. General

1. Who came up with the idea of creating the IPSO?

2. How about the finances?

3. How about meetings?

4. Who has the power to make decisions in the General Assembly?

II. Student Members

1. What kind of benefits are involved for Student Members?

2. What kind of psychology students may become a member?

3. What kind of psychology students benefit most of the membership?

4. What kind of psychology students are the majority in the IPSO?

5. Why do we need Constituents in addition to Student Members?

III. Constituents

1. How can my student organization cooperate with the IPSO?

2. Why do we need Student Members in addition to Constituents?

IV. Professional Members

1. Why does the IPSO want or need Professional Members?

2. What happens next when I become a Professional Member?

I. General:

(1) Who came up with the idea of creating the IPSO?

As far as we know, Psi Chi (the American Honor Society of Psychology) first proposed the idea of an international association of psychology students. If you want to read more about the history of the IPSO, click here.

(2) How about the finances?

Maybe we will later on ask membership fees depending upon the GDP per capita of each country. Anyway we will try to find other sources of incomes through governmental orgs., psychological orgs., editors, universities, corporations (consultancies, travel agencies, ...).

(3) How about meetings?

Organizing meetings of our own will have to wait until we have enough active officers to spend (much) time on that. In the mean time, we will mainly meet at congresses like the ICP2004 in Beijing (China) and more regional events. Meeting each other face-to-face is important to create trust and shared meaning, but $ still is a problem so we will have to wait and see what we can do...

(4) Who has the power to make decisions in the General Assembly?

Constituents (affiliated organizations of psychology students) and Student Members (affiliated individual psychology students) all have one vote in the General Assembly, but - and that is important - there has to be a majority of votes in both categories for a proposal to be accepted. Thus, the constituents have equally much power as the individual members.

II. Student Members

(1) What kind of benefits are involved for Student Members?

Benefits of Student Membership include student-focused information and discounts on psychological journals, psychological meetings, and membership of psychological organizations, as well as international and cross-cultural contacts. This is not only fun, but also an excellent learning experience that provides you with more research opportunities, more research tools, a better view on your own background, easy ways to contact people abroad or to move abroad, etc. The IPSO also aims to represent psychology students towards professional organizations, governmental bodies, the UNESCO, etc.

(2) What kind of psychology students may become a member?

(3) What kind of psychology students benefit most of the membership?

(4) What kind of psychology students are the majority in the IPSO?

We believe that students with little knowledge of and experience in psychology would benefit relatively little from international contacts and therefor our target group consists mostly of PhD and graduate or master students. There are exceptions, though, so we don't apply it as an official rule. In addition, we aim for a worldwide membership and thus strongly encourage applications by students from countries where psychology still has a long way to go on the road to a respected and well-developed science and profession.

(1) How can my student organization cooperate with the IPSO?

What we can do for each other is evidently open for discussion, but we would like to suggest the following ideas already to begin the dialogue:

- informing our members of each other's existence and services (through our websites and mailing lists);

- informing each other's members about exchange programs, study programs, legal regulations, etc. of countries they want to move to (for study or work) [you for IPSO-members coming to your region and the IPSO for your members moving abroad];

- exchange other information that is interesting for psychology students (about congresses, journals, professional organizations, etc.);

- if you wish, you could also use our contacts (and especially the Constituents Council) to improve the overall functioning of your organization (for instance by asking for advice about web based management tools).