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In this editorial, the author notes that a critical examination of the history of psychology exposes an unfortunate tendency for many psychologists to do what the poet William Butler Yeats described in his poem The Scholars: "think what other people think." This is reflected in the tendenc...

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Published in:Peace and conflict 2019-08, Vol.25 (3), p.179-181
Main Author: Moghaddam, Fathali M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Settings
Academic Specialization
Academic staff
Behavioral psychology
Conflict
Dominance
Interdisciplinary aspects
Peace
Psychologists
Psychology
Schools
Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939)
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Summary:In this editorial, the author notes that a critical examination of the history of psychology exposes an unfortunate tendency for many psychologists to do what the poet William Butler Yeats described in his poem The Scholars: "think what other people think." This is reflected in the tendency for certain schools of thought, such as behaviorism, to gain dominance for long periods and become the mainstream, even though at a later stage, most psychologists look back and wonder in bewilderment at just how such “obviously wrong” perspectives could have become dominant for so long in their discipline. The author asserts that the the practical challenges facing academics in the domains of peace and conflict require broad multidisciplinary perspectives and solutions. They can succeed only by breaking out of rigid specializations and narrow conceptual orthodoxies. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:1078-1919
1532-7949
DOI:10.1037/pac0000415