Critical psychology is a perspective on psychology that draws extensively on critical theory. Critical psychology challenges the assumptions, theories and methods of mainstream psychology and attempts to apply psychological understandings in different ways.

2023年9月29日 · Critical Theory is a social theory that aims to critique and change society as a whole. Critical theories attempt to find the underlying assumptions in social life that keep people from fully and truly understanding how the world works.

2014年3月14日 · Critical psychologists look at trends in psychology and psychotherapy with an eye toward how they either support the status quo or empower people. They are concerned with the way our society is...

Critical Psychology refers to various approaches to psychology that resist mainstream psychology, align with the Marxist critique of capitalism, and aim to advocate for marginalized groups. It emerged in Germany in the 1960s and is characterized by its application of the agenda of the New Left to the theory and practice of psychology.

Critical psychology alerts us to the limitations of mainstream research in the discipline, and it promises to put 'social' issues on the agenda in the whole of psychology.

Critical psychology (better: critical psychologies) has emerged using multifaceted approaches in theory and practice outside of the mainstream of psychology in many countries around the globe.

2024年9月15日 · At its core, critical psychology is a movement that refuses to accept the status quo. It’s a rebellious child of mainstream psychology, constantly pushing boundaries and asking the questions that others are afraid to voice. But what exactly is …

Critical psychology has become a generative and international movement in the last 5 decades, with self-identifying critical psychologists emerging from around the globe with publications and contributions, both theoretical and practical, in many areas of psychology.

Critical psychology comprises a broad range of international approaches centered around theories and practices of critique, power, resistance, and alternatives of practice. Although critical psychology had an axial age in and around the 1970s, many sources can be found decades and even centuries earlier.

Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology is a comprehensive reference work and is the first reference work in English that comprehensively looks at psychological topics from critical as well as international points of view.