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- Title
The Journey Towards Africanising Psychology in Ghana.
- Authors
Oppong, Seth
- Abstract
Psychology has come a long way since its origin in Africa and Ghana in particular. In this paper, an attempt is made to explore the current state of psychological knowledge in Ghana as well as the associated problems in the application of such knowledge. It was concluded that the approach to the study and application of psychological knowledge and tests has been too Eurocentric and westernized. As a result, it limits the applicability of the approach to the African setting, and yet, Western theorists may expect African psychologists to apply the theories to Africans. On the basis of this criticism, the scope of Pan-African psychology is defined and suggestions for pursuing an Africanisation project are presented. It is expected that the strategies that this paper advocates for indigenizing psychology in Africa can equally be useful to psychologists in other developing regions of the world.
- Subjects
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cross-cultural studies; THEORY of knowledge; AFRICAN American psychologists; PAN-Africanism; AFRICANIZATION
- Publication
Psychological Thought, 2016, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2193-7281
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5964/psyct.v9i1.128