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German Society for Psychology

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German Society for Psychology
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie
PredecessorGesellschaft für Experimentelle Psychologie
Formation1904; 120 years ago (1904)
TypeNational society of psychologists
PurposeEducation and research in psychology
Location
Membership3000
Chair
Jürgen Margraf
Main organ
Psychologische Rundschau
WebsiteOfficial website

The German Society for Psychology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie) is the German national society of psychologists for education and research in psychology.

The society was founded in 1904 as the Gesellschaft für Experimentelle Psychologie; it adopted its present name in 1929. There are 3000 individual members; ordinary membership requires a Ph.D. and two scientific publications. The present chair of the Society is Jürgen Margraf. Its official publication is Psychologische Rundschau [de], published since 1949.