Title: PSYCHOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Abstract: Unlike other social sciences, psychology has for long remained outside the orbit of social change and national development. Because of the very nature of socio‐economic development that is taking place in the Third World countries, psychology has a distinct role. Temporal compression and cacophonic nature of changes have caused conditions of instability that have brought to the fore many socio‐psychological problems requiring immediate attention. The role of psychology in this context and the factors underlying the limited impact it has made so far have been discussed. Some robust findings in psychology that have obvious implications for policy formulation and action programme are outlined.
Publication Year: 1984
Publication Date: 1984-02-12
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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