Critical Psychology A Realistic Perspective
Critical Psychology: A Realistic Perspective
Kathleen M. Davis
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Critical Psychology: A Realistic Perspective
Globalization in the human society has existed for thousands of years. Historically, globalization related to the process of trade, a way in which peoples interacted with one another to obtain necessary or luxurious goods (The Levin Institute, 2013). With the evolution of technology, our world has become much smaller, from a communication standpoint. Media makes it possible to know world events in a manner of seconds. The culmination of a technology-driven global society has brought forth many of the world’s utmost concerns, from poverty, oppression, disease, natural disasters, pollution, …show more content…
Post-Americanized psychology movements combine the process of assimilation or acceptance of other cultures, and accommodation, the inclusion of cultural viewpoint. Global psychology needs to include a collective construction (Moghaddam, Erneling, Montero, & Lee, 2007) rather than individualistic construction. This approach builds on the Gestalt concept of the “whole being greater than the sum of its parts.” Rather than viewing individuals from mental disorders in a narrow vein, this concept encourages viewing how the individual operates within the society. While these concepts have merit, it is too simplistic from a realistic perspective, to radicalize how society ought to be with how society actually …show more content…
But, the reality of truly making a global psychology work will have to involve the system, otherwise, global psychology, which holds so much promise will be viewed as a small group of neo-hippie radicals with little substantive data to offer. The global society in which the helping professions serve is based on a system of insurance companies, government agencies, non-profit organizations, medical agencies, mental health organizations, corporations, politics and bureaucracy, all of whom have a contribution and a large say in the matter. Critical psychology is just that—it criticizes the status quo, but offers very little in offering concrete solutions. Compromise is a more likely solution than rebelling against the system. And, it will allow further growth of a very promising evolution of
Kathleen M. Davis
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Critical Psychology: A Realistic Perspective
Globalization in the human society has existed for thousands of years. Historically, globalization related to the process of trade, a way in which peoples interacted with one another to obtain necessary or luxurious goods (The Levin Institute, 2013). With the evolution of technology, our world has become much smaller, from a communication standpoint. Media makes it possible to know world events in a manner of seconds. The culmination of a technology-driven global society has brought forth many of the world’s utmost concerns, from poverty, oppression, disease, natural disasters, pollution, …show more content…
Post-Americanized psychology movements combine the process of assimilation or acceptance of other cultures, and accommodation, the inclusion of cultural viewpoint. Global psychology needs to include a collective construction (Moghaddam, Erneling, Montero, & Lee, 2007) rather than individualistic construction. This approach builds on the Gestalt concept of the “whole being greater than the sum of its parts.” Rather than viewing individuals from mental disorders in a narrow vein, this concept encourages viewing how the individual operates within the society. While these concepts have merit, it is too simplistic from a realistic perspective, to radicalize how society ought to be with how society actually …show more content…
But, the reality of truly making a global psychology work will have to involve the system, otherwise, global psychology, which holds so much promise will be viewed as a small group of neo-hippie radicals with little substantive data to offer. The global society in which the helping professions serve is based on a system of insurance companies, government agencies, non-profit organizations, medical agencies, mental health organizations, corporations, politics and bureaucracy, all of whom have a contribution and a large say in the matter. Critical psychology is just that—it criticizes the status quo, but offers very little in offering concrete solutions. Compromise is a more likely solution than rebelling against the system. And, it will allow further growth of a very promising evolution of