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Association for Psychological Science
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- 1Psychological Science Faces a Double Standard Outside the Global North▼Outside of the Global North, Psychological Science Faces a Double Standard
The Association for Psychological Science argues that psychological research conducted outside the Global North is held to a different standard than work from wealthy Western institutions. The organization highlights how scientists in Africa, Latin America, Asia and other regions face greater scrutiny, fewer resources and biased assumptions about the quality of their research, calling for fairer treatment and greater recognition of scholarship from the Global South.