Description In Section 4, we’ve engaging with so many changes that have come to discipline of psychology in the late 20th century. In this time, psychology faced many diverse challenges. One challenge involved its international effects, and the pushback to this as Western psychological theory and practice came to be seen by some as allied to colonialism. Relatedly in many ways, psychology was increasingly critiqued for its privileging European-American and male perspectives, and being embedded in institutional arrangements that projected the power of a privileged few. People of color and women were at the forefront of these critiques. A different challenge came to psychological theory especially behaviorism that had dominated early and mid-twentieth century psychology in America. In short, a concern for mind, and cognition returned, along with computational metaphors (mind/brain as computing device). Like Section 3, I’m wondering what stood out to you as especially noteworthy, interesting, or significant in this period in the history of psychology (and why). Some of the questions and issues that I continue to think about follow (though please feel free to draw on your own questions, and issues/themes). Drawing on the work of Martín-Baró on liberation psychology, should psychologists redesign their theoretical and practical tools from the standpoint of their people, from the standpoint of their own lives, sufferings, aspirations, and struggles i.e., should there be a Latin American psychology, which would be different from a traditionally European-American psychology, or African-American psychology? Drawing on the work of feminist psychologists, to what extent has psychology historically been dominated by a male perspective? In other words, how do the theories and practices produced through the discipline of psychology reflect the lived realities of men and obscure or distort the lived realities of women? Drawing on the material on cognition and the return of mind, is the mind as computational device metaphor apt for psychology? And, what have the effects of this technologically-premised approach been on our lives? Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, Ep. 4, just for fun..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9FGgwCQ22w
