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In celebration of the life and work of Kuo-Shu Yang, this discussion argues for a psychology that better meets the needs of the global 99%. The growth of psychological science outside the First (the United States) and Second (other industrialized nations) Worlds of psychology has been impressive since the 1980s when the Three Worlds of psychology were identified. In the major countries of Africa, Asia, and South America, there are now national and regional psychological associations, conferences, and journals. Along with this growth, major standardized psychological tests of personality and intelligence originating in the First and Second Worlds, as well as numerous research instruments, have been translated and standardized for use in the Third World societies of Africa, Asia, and South America. In this respect, it could be argued that psychology has become more global. However, at the global level, psychology still tends to cater more to the needs of the 1%. We argue that psychological science needs to focus far more on the needs of the 99%.
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Hendricks, M.J., Moghaddam, F.M. (2020). Psychology for the Global 99%. In: Sundararajan, L., Hwang, KK., Yeh, KH. (eds) Global Psychology from Indigenous Perspectives. Palgrave Studies in Indigenous Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35125-0_9
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