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Post by congl95 on Oct 26, 2017 22:04:50 GMT
Social constructionists are much more likely to explain psychological phenomena, almost exclusively, through a normative perspective. This is because of the importance social constructionists put on culture and language as forming psychological realities. Moreover, they see most psychological principles as non-universal, highly variable ideas which can change immensely depending on cultural norms and other arbitrary features of human life. When looking at IQ from a social constructionist perspective, they would look closely at the fact of how children are educated towards getting a good IQ score, and see if the local cultures they live in facilitate good learning and intellectual development. They would look at the societal pressures that children have towards academics in some cultures, and compare it to abilities children have in other cultures that don't put so much importance on IQ scores.
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