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100			_aMoghaddam, Fathali M _918133
245			_aHow psychologists failed: _bwe neglected the poor and minorities, favored the rich and privileged, and got science wrong
260			_bCambridge University Press _aCambridge _c2023
300			_axi, 253 p.
365			_aGBP _b22.99
490			_aProgressive Psychology Series
500			_aTable of content; Acknowledgements Preface 1. Why we must rethink psychology Part I. Psychological Processes: 2. Cognition and decision-making in societal context 3. Mis-measuring intelligence and justifying educational inequalities 4. Personality and the power of context 5. Consciousness: Decontextualized and contextualized approaches 6. Motivation and resilience: Self-help myths and the reality of invisibility 7. Group life and diversity Part II. Rethinking Behavior in the Larger World: 8. Mental health and 'be happy' psychology 9. Looking through the wrong side of prison bars: The psychology of injustice 10. Psychology for the masses in non-Western societies Part III. Looking Ahead 11. Rethinking research methods 12. Revolution and psychology Afterword Notes Bibliography Index. [https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/psychology/critical-psychology/how-psychologists-failed-we-neglected-poor-and-minorities-favored-rich-and-privileged-and-got-science-wrong?format=PB]
520			_aPsychology is a discipline with global influence, but continues to neglect disadvantaged minorities and continues to adopt an incorrect model of science. This volume explains what has gone wrong, and what steps should be taken for psychology to become a constructive international force. Historically, psychologists have focused only on causal explanations of behavior, neglecting normatively regulated behavior and intentionality. By giving greater importance to context and collective processes, moving from 'societies to cells,' psychologists can better understand and explain individual behavior. Poverty is an extremely powerful context that shapes cognitions and actions, with destructive consequences for disadvantaged individuals. The advocation of 'be happy psychology' and 'resilience' as solutions to problems faced by the disadvantaged leads to entrenched group-based inequalities, with the poor stuck at the bottom. Moving forwards, this volume proposes that psychologists should focus on normative systems to ultimately foster a more balanced field of study for the future. Provides readers with an accurate picture of how psychology has failed disadvantaged minorities and needs to change Demonstrates the scientific limitation of mainstream psychology and offers a way forward to achieve a stronger science Presents an alternative path for psychology to follow to become an effective and advantageous international science (https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/psychology/critical-psychology/how-psychologists-failed-we-neglected-poor-and-minorities-favored-rich-and-privileged-and-got-science-wrong?format=PB)
650			_aSocial psychology
650			_aPsychology--Moral and ethical aspects _919793
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