The mind has been the subject of fascination since ancient times, and every cultural tradition has folk theories related to meaning-making, attributions, and explanations about being human. In this sense, the subject of Psychology is as old as humanity, although its rise as a global, scientific discipline is relatively recent, emerging from 20th-century Europe and America. Theoretical ideas and methods generated during the growth of the discipline were aligned with beliefs about human nature and scientific methods specific to Euro-American cultures. Although “preached” and practiced universally as a science, this culturally circumscribed and ideologically bound history of the discipline needs further examination. Rather than “thinking globally” and “acting locally,” the agenda of Psychology has been the reverse; “think locally and act globally,” as critics of mainstream Psychology have pointed out. The predominance of individual, intra-mental, laboratory-tested, quantifiable dimensions of human conduct are based subliminally on Western ideology. The alternative methods of approaching real-life experiences, literature, art, inter-mental phenomena, and other qualitative dimensions of human interactions remain relatively under-explored. The dominant mainstream Psychology is seen as an objective, measurable, and universal science that has had far-reaching consequences for ordinary people around the world. This somewhat sinister side of conventional Psychology is the subject of this article, where we argue that despite significant exceptions and scholarly dissent, the popularity and prevalence of experimental Psychology has marginalized “others” at the expense of its own progress. We use illustrations primarily from teaching, research and practice in Psychology in Indian Universities.

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“世界后院”中的心理学：印度的经验

自古以来，思维就一直是人们着迷的主题，每一种文化传统都具有与意义形成，归因和关于人类的解释有关的民间理论。从这个意义上讲，心理学学科与人类一样古老，尽管它作为一门全球性的科学学科的兴起相对较新，它起源于20世纪的欧洲和美洲。在该学科发展过程中产生的理论思想和方法与对人性的信仰和欧美文化特有的科学方法相一致。尽管“突破”并作为一门科学被普遍实践，但该学科的文化界定和思想束缚历史需要进一步研究。心理学的议程不是“全球思考”和“本地行动”，而是相反的。“在本地思考，在全球范围内行动，正如主流心理学的批评家指出的那样。个体的，心理上的，实验室测试的，可量化的人类行为主要基于西方意识形态。处理现实生活中的经验，文学，艺术，心理现象以及人类互动的其他定性维度的替代方法仍然相对不足。主流心理学占主导地位，被认为是一门客观的，可衡量的，普遍的科学，对世界各地的普通百姓产生了深远的影响。传统心理学在这方面有些险恶的一面是本文的主题，我们认为尽管有重大例外和学术异议，实验心理学的普及和盛行却以牺牲自己的进步为代价将“其他”边缘化。