Psychology's WEIRD problems / Guilherme Sanches de Oliveira, Edward Baggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliveira, Guilherme Sanches de, author.

Baggs, Edward, author.

Series:

Elements in Psychology and Culture, 2515-3986.

Cambridge elements. Elements in Psychology and Culture, 2515-3986

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Psychology.

Psychologists--Professional ethics.

Psychologists.

Racism in psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (68 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Psychology has a WEIRD problem. It is overly reliant on participants from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic societies. Over the last decade this problem has come to be widely acknowledged, yet there has been little progress toward making psychology more diverse. This Element proposes that the lack of progress can be explained by the fact that the original WEIRD critique was too narrow in scope. Rather than a single problem of a lack of diversity among research participants, there are at least four overlapping problems. Psychology is WEIRD not only in terms of who makes up its participant pool, but also in terms of its theoretical commitments, methodological assumptions, and institutional structures. Psychology as currently constituted is a fundamentally WEIRD enterprise. Coming to terms with this is necessary if we wish to make psychology relevant for all humanity. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Jun 2023).

ISBN:

9781009303521

100930352X

9781009303545

1009303546

9781009303538

1009303538

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access