Ideology and Psychosocial Research in Third World Contexts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10219870 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maritza Montero (Central University of Venezuela, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 43-55 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1990.tb01933.x |
| OpenAlex | W1989625081 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper stresses the importance of the concept of ideology as an overarching category in psychosocial research. It shows how ideology mediates people's understanding of the world, distorting and hiding actual causes of events and social conditions through cognitive processes in which meanings and representations are socially and individually produced as a function of power differences between groups. This process is illustrated by two studies carried out in Venezuela, one regarding national autostereotypes, the other on rationalizations of torture as a necessary evil in a just social order. The results are linked to similar findings in other Third World regions, and discussed in light of the concept of economic and cultural dependency, indicating the ideological processes common to such situations
Cognition · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia · Cultural and political discourse analysis · Law · Memory, violence, and history · Psychology · Social Psychology
Aspiration to community
Social Sciences and Little Countries
Identity politics
Toward a psychological nationalism
The place and function of power in community psychology
Problematising the discourses of the dominant
Attributions for "Third World" Poverty
Selecting expatriates in developing areas
Public Policy, Participation and the Third Position
Elements of a psychology of human diversity
Psychological sense of community in a politically constructed group
Engaging with the Apartheid Archive Project
Ethnocentrism in dating preferences for an American sample
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2010 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |