On the history of political diversity in social psychology
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- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X14001137
On the history of political diversity in social psychology
Abstract
We argue that the history of political diversity in social psychology may be better characterized by stability than by a large shift toward liberalism. The branch of social psychology that focuses on political issues has defined social problems from a liberal perspective since at least the 1930s. Although a lack of ideological diversity within the discipline can pose many of the problems noted by Duarte et al., we suggest that these problems (a) are less apparent when the insights of social psychology are pitted against the insights from other social science disciplines, and (b) are less pressing than the need for other types of diversity in the field, especially ethnic and racial diversity.
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Political diversity will improve social psychological science.Behav Brain Sci. 2015;38:e130. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X14000430. Epub 2014 Jul 18. Behav Brain Sci. 2015. PMID: 25036715 Review.
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