Re-examining Psychology: Critical Perspectives and African InsightsDespite psychology's high profile, various aspects of the discipline and the profession are in urgent need of attention. Re-examining Psychology takes a critical look at some of the principles underlying the discipline and offers an insight into alternative psychological perspectives deriving from sub-Saharan Africa. The text is intended to facilitate a greater awareness in psychology of its own identity, and prevent the unqualified adoption of mainstream principles and methodologies by psychologists from sub-Saharan Africa and other majority cultures. |
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Re-examining Psychology: Critical Perspectives and African Insights Len T. Holdstock Limited preview - 2013 |
Re-examining Psychology: Critical Perspectives and African Insights Len T. Holdstock Limited preview - 2013 |
Re-examining Psychology: Critical Perspectives and African Insights T. Len Holdstock No preview available - 2000 |
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