ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explains how an increased sensitivity to the values and biases inherent in the worldviews of psychology encourage the field to be more inclusive of alternative worldviews and expand psychologist's own personal worldviews. It describes the characteristics and practical implications of two of the most influential worldviews in Western psychology, individualism and naturalism. The book discusses the notion of worldviews in relation to culture. It describes the notion that worldviews are just differing views of the same world, suggesting instead that ethical research and practice requires sensitivity to the nature of the differing worlds behind worldviews, especially when working with diverse populations. The book also explains how worldviews come to operate implicitly in the thinking of psychologists through their socialization in Western graduate training.
