| Abstract: | Notes that psychologists' participation in work on nuclear-war-related problems since 1945 has been sporadic and suggests that this sporadic research is related to fluctuating modulations in government policy. The history of these activities is viewed as a case that can be used to evaluate both the underlying forces of psychological research and the feasibility of a professional model of psychologists' social responsibility. The recent activities of psychologists suggest some alternatives for their involvement in global issues, specifically for rethinking what is psychological about such issues and for determining what problems might or should concern psychologists. It is suggested that psychologists must go beyond simply evaluating their science as a corpus of either intellectual innovations or ideologies. (88 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
