Psychology in the Third world 6-21 ppt

Question 1

mainly an importer of psychological knowledge from the first and second worlds; its own capacity to produce psychological knowledge is still very low.

Answer 1

The third world

Part of the reason for this situation is the duality and parallelism characterizing psychology in third-world countries (Moghaddam & Taylor, 1985).

Question 2

psychological knowledge developing countries import from developed countries remains limited to the ____ and does not extend to the traditional sector of third-world societies.

Answer 2

modem sector

Question 3

psychological knowledge developing countries import from ___ remains limited to the modem sector and does not extend to the traditional sector of third-world societies.

Answer 3

developed countries

Question 4

the psychology centers that have been established in the modem sector of third-world societies tend to work in parallel, rather than in cooperation. These centers tend to have close ties with, and to be modeled on, prestigious psychology centers in the first and second worlds, but tend to have relatively weak links with each other.

Answer 4

parallel, cooperation

Question 5

The differential capacity of the three worlds to produce and disseminate psychological knowledge and to shape the field of psychology can be demonstrated by considering the psychology industry in each of the three worlds. Key aspects of this industry are ___ ___ and ____ ____.

Answer 5

trained personnel, publication outlets.

Nigeria, a relatively powerful third-world country, still has only 58 academic psychologists. The United Kingdom, a second-world country with strong traditions of scientific research, has 602 academic psychologists. In contrast, the United States has 13,600 psychologists working in the university setting