Society for Open Inquiry in Behavioral Science

The corrosive effects of political bias in psychology have been observed and examined by numerous scholars across a wide variety of mental health and psychology subdisciplines. In their review of the literature on political bias within professional and academic psychology, the editors and contributors have identified numerous problems with politicized psychology.

 

This text is designed not only as a treatise, but also as a reader for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses. It is the first of its kind to comprehensively explore the problem of politicized psychology in research, teaching, journal publications, clinical and professional practice, and professional organizations - and to suggest concrete proposals for minimizing its covert and overt influence in research and practice. The editors are pleased to showcase the work of over 40 eminent scholars representing a range of psychology subdisciplines (e.g., clinical, school, social, developmental, cognitive), who have contributed chapters on a variety of topics, which include: multiculturalism; professional psychology organizations; the history of psychology in other countries; undergraduate and graduate education in psychology; free speech; publication censorship; intelligence research; evolutionary psychology; racial bias and prejudice; moral psychology; punishment; memory research; sexual behavior and sexual orientation; gender issues; counseling psychology; and psychological measurement issues.