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Psychology and Globalization: Understanding a Complex Relationship
Author(s) -
Marsella Anthony
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-4560.2012.01758.x
Subject(s) - globalization , popularity , discipline , macro , social science , psychology , sociology , epistemology , social psychology , positive economics , political science , economics , law , philosophy , computer science , programming language
Within the last two decades, globalization has emerged as one of the most popular topics for study among the social sciences. In contrast, however, to other social science disciplines that immediately grasped the importance of globalization as a trans‐disciplinary macro‐level concept capable of describing, explaining, and predicting social phenomena, globalization has not yet achieved widespread popularity in psychology. This article discusses the concept of globalization, its emergence, definitions, meanings, consequences, and critical implications for psychology.