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Toward Equalizing the Developmental Opportunities of Infants and Preschool Children
Author(s) -
Hunt Joseph McVicker
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1982.tb01918.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , psychology , associate editor , sociology , computer science
The social issues that we psychologists study are always complex. They concern distressing states of affairs that we call social problems. These problems are, in part, a function of values held. People differ in the values they embrace and in their beliefs about causation. The belief about causation determines whether an individual will consider a given value relevant to a given problem. Thus, solving a social problem calls for locating and understanding the cause, using this understanding to formulate a means of coping with the problem, testing the efficacy of this means of coping, obtaining sufficient agreement among people to obtain the support required for concerted action. In a democracy, dissemination of understanding of problem causation, choosing plans for coping, and executing them must all come about through the political process. When I was an undergraduate exam-grader in economics at the University of