Post by rollerk on Oct 20, 2017 16:28:31 GMT
Moghaddam brings up the topic of political neutrality in psychology in his discussion on feminist psychology. He also refers back to the chapter on intelligence as being a politically charged. Interestingly enough, most topics discussed in previous chapters have some sort of political implications. Largely, we keep coming back to the idea of what should be done about psychological findings (ie. resource allocation, changes in laws, policies in therapy, construction of ethically acceptable practices). How we should change our world or world views is at the heart of psychological research.
In short, I don't believe it is possible to remove political biases. We all have biases, and most times are hoping that research will find results in harmony with this biases. Ie. a feminist psychologist is unlikely to publish research findings that prove significant intellectual differences between males and females because of the political implications such a finding would have.
In short, I don't believe it is possible to remove political biases. We all have biases, and most times are hoping that research will find results in harmony with this biases. Ie. a feminist psychologist is unlikely to publish research findings that prove significant intellectual differences between males and females because of the political implications such a finding would have.