Despite lacking scientific proof, thinking about extraterrestrials and extraterrestrial intelligence is part of our psychological reality. It is often stated that cultural and scientific reception and representation of these strange entities suffer from anthropocentric bias. To profoundly investigate such bias and the minds of extraterrestrials, we propose a revised definition for the psychological discipline called “exopsychology.” We define exopsychology as a sub-discipline of psychology, which investigates the cognition, behavior, affects, and motives of extraterrestrial agents and their human-specific representation. It is argued that the concept of intelligence is not suited for application in SETI. Thus, inherent in exopsychology is the conception of extraterrestrials as higher-order cognitive agents and as strangest strangers. We discuss the possibilities and limitations of conclusions about extraterrestrials, which leads us to hypothesize that limited statements about them might be possible, even though still influenced by anthropocentrism. We argue that it is possible to utilize anthropocentric knowledge and distinguish between admissible and inadmissible anthropocentrism. Although the first contact between extraterrestrials and humanity might never occur, scientific thinking about extraterrestrials will improve our understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe.

尽管缺乏科学证据，但思考外星人和外星人的智慧是我们心理现实的一部分。人们常说，对这些奇怪实体的文化和科学的接受和表现受到以人类为中心的偏见。为了深入研究这种偏见和外星人的思想，我们为心理学学科提出了一个修订的定义，称为“外星心理学”。我们将外星心理学定义为心理学的一个子学科，它研究外星代理的认知、行为、影响和动机及其人类特定的表征。有人认为智能的概念不适合在 SETI 中应用。因此，外星心理学中固有的概念是将外星人视为高级认知代理和最奇怪的陌生人。我们讨论了关于外星人的结论的可能性和局限性，这使我们假设关于他们的有限陈述可能是可能的，即使仍然受到人类中心主义的影响。我们认为有可能利用人类中心主义知识并区分可接受和不可接受的人类中心主义。尽管外星人与人类的第一次接触可能永远不会发生，但对外星人的科学思考将提高我们对自己和我们在宇宙中的位置的理解。我们认为有可能利用人类中心主义知识并区分可接受和不可接受的人类中心主义。尽管外星人与人类的第一次接触可能永远不会发生，但对外星人的科学思考将提高我们对自己和我们在宇宙中的位置的理解。我们认为有可能利用人类中心主义知识并区分可接受和不可接受的人类中心主义。尽管外星人与人类的第一次接触可能永远不会发生，但对外星人的科学思考将提高我们对自己和我们在宇宙中的位置的理解。