THE ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: WISHFUL THINKING AND REALITY
- 12 February 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 19 (1-4) , 159-167
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207598408247523
Abstract
The aim of this essay is to indicate that psychology as a science or profession has not played a significant role in the historical evolution of industrialized countries. It is further argued that the problems of developing countries are basically political and economic and to psychologize them might be both unproductive and immoral. It is suggested that psychologists might do a better service by studying ways and means of changing the behavior of people who control the material resources of the world.Keywords
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