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PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Sinha Durganand
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207598408247512
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , action (physics) , international psychology , philosophy of psychology , asian psychology , social psychology , theoretical psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , paleontology , philosophy , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
Unlike other social sciences, psychology has for long remained outside the orbit of social change and national development. Because of the very nature of socio‐economic development that is taking place in the Third World countries, psychology has a distinct role. Temporal compression and cacophonic nature of changes have caused conditions of instability that have brought to the fore many socio‐psychological problems requiring immediate attention. The role of psychology in this context and the factors underlying the limited impact it has made so far have been discussed. Some robust findings in psychology that have obvious implications for policy formulation and action programme are outlined.