DISCLAIMER:
I do not claim this information as my own, these notes are made using the following textbook:
, Critical Psychology
Chapter 1:
Critical psych:
- It is not a theory but more an approach that questions the
contributions psychology has made
- Approaches aspects such as gender or racism
3 areas of focus:
- Theory -> evaluates theories within psychology and implications of
assumptions held by theories
- Context -> focus on what general psychological knowledge means in
our context; IQ
- Practices -> how can we use this knowledge to respond to issues
“we” experience
Power and psychology:
- At its core, CP looks at the relationship between power and
psychology
- Psychology is powerful and can be used to oppress others or enable
transformation; community engagement
- CP looks at kinds of knowledge produced by psych – what it accepts
as true, what it rejects, why
- The impact of this knowledge on others and the context they find
themselves in – is psychology objective value free?
Psychology as ideological:
- Ideology – ways meaning services to create and sustain relations of
power and domination. Ignored in psych bcs. they are “value free”
- CP examines political nature of psychology
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I do not claim this information as my own, these notes are made using the following textbook:
, Critical Psychology
Chapter 1:
Critical psych:
- It is not a theory but more an approach that questions the
contributions psychology has made
- Approaches aspects such as gender or racism
3 areas of focus:
- Theory -> evaluates theories within psychology and implications of
assumptions held by theories
- Context -> focus on what general psychological knowledge means in
our context; IQ
- Practices -> how can we use this knowledge to respond to issues
“we” experience
Power and psychology:
- At its core, CP looks at the relationship between power and
psychology
- Psychology is powerful and can be used to oppress others or enable
transformation; community engagement
- CP looks at kinds of knowledge produced by psych – what it accepts
as true, what it rejects, why
- The impact of this knowledge on others and the context they find
themselves in – is psychology objective value free?
Psychology as ideological:
- Ideology – ways meaning services to create and sustain relations of
power and domination. Ignored in psych bcs. they are “value free”
- CP examines political nature of psychology
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