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Psychological science in cultural context
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When one understands psychological science To be a by-product of the Western tradition, fashioned by particular cultural and historical conditions, the door is opened to a fresh consideration of the practice of psychology in the global context. By using examples from experiences in Turkey, New Zealand, and India, the reader is sensitized first to the problems inherent in the unreflective exportation of Western psychology. To presume Western concepts of the mind, along with its methods of study, not only lends itself to research of little relevance to other cultures, bur disregards and undermines alternate cultural traditions. Against these tendencies toward a univocal science, the authors argue for a multicultural psychology-one that celebrates the rich multiplicity of indigenous conceptualizations of the person along with varying means of acquiring knowledge. To realize such a psychology, new forms of dialogue must be sought and the sharing made relevant to ongoing challenges of practical cultural significance.
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“just recently have scholars begun to expand the concept of multiculturalism and to seriously question the uncritical, wholesale importation of U.S. psychology, including counseling, worldwide (e.g. Gergen, Gulerce, Lock, & Misra, 1996; Leong & Ponterotto, 2003).”
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- Authors
- Gergen, K. J., Gulerce, A., Lock, A., & Misra, G.
- Affiliations
- Swarthmore College (US)
- ORCID
- Gergen, Kenneth J.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 1996-05
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 496-503
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2104990833
- Cited by
- 370
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 26.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- Works - Scholarship, Research, & Creative Expression (Swarthmore College) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Representations and Identity
- Keywords
- multicultural psychology, Western psychology, cultural context of psychology, critique of Western epistemology
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