Title
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Humanist Roots and Feminist Future
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1991
Abstract
The central theme of this article is that a feminist perspective is not only compatible with the history, objectives, and emphases of social psychology, but necessary for its continued vitality. In view of social psychology's humanist roots and its “nurturist” and “social optimist“ tenets, it is not surprising that feminist scholarship has flourished within it. Situational factors and group membership—the focus of social psychological inquiry—are also key to understanding how culture constructs gender, a central issue in the feminist agenda. Some of the important women in the early decades of American psychology are claimed as foremothers of social psychology and as feminist voices, and the feminist perspective is defined and identified in terms of its major interrelated themes. The influence of feminist scholarship on contemporary social psychology is illustrated, and it is argued that a feminist perspective will become increasingly more visible. Copyright © 1991, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Psychology of Women Quarterly
Volume
15
Issue
4
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Lott, Bernice. "SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Humanist Roots and Feminist Future." Psychology of Women Quarterly 15, 4 (1991): 505-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1991.tb00426.x.