Expanding the Remit of Psychology across Time and Space

Psychology is a young science. Its definition and scope have shifted over the discipline’s short history. Here, we call for psychology to become a historical and geographical science. We list four underlying reasons as to why such a transformation, a chronospatial revolution, has yet to take off: problems in data, scope, synergy, and theory. We discuss the need for psychology to adopt a more holistic lens—one that incorporates the rich mosaic of shared history, the dynamism of cultural shifts, and the variations ingrained by ecology and cross-regional differences. Such an integrated approach not only enriches our microscopic understanding of Homo sapiens but also draws a more telescopic map of human psychology that encapsulates the human journey.