november study groups

Psych-IDS study groups give students a chance to study the change that psychology can make in the world, in a casual, peer-led setting (read: we argue over articles over tea). Check back at this site over the coming month - we'll be posting comments by the authors and psychologists active in the field, who will be available to continue our discussion in the talkbacks.




Friday, November 10, 2006 - 5 PM
736 Laporte (Place Saint-Henri metro, by the nice park)
Implications for Psychology in the Three Worlds (for password write psych-ids@ssmu.mcgill.ca)
Fathali Moghaddam, Georgetown
Over the years, Moghaddam has built a reputation questioning the ways in which psychology is exported to the Third World. As he wrote us: "National development is fundamentally about change in human thought and action - the UN agencies are now gradually recognizing this through their focus on human development. But few psychologists have given serious attention to change."

Friday, November 24, 2006 - 5 PM
McGill College Second Cup
Therapy with Victims of Political Repression in Chile (for password write psych-ids@ssmu.mcgill.ca)
David Becker et al., Latin American Institute of Mental Health and Human Rights (ILAS)
Becker's work on trauma in Chile and elsewhere "has required radical rethinking of the nature of the therapeutic bond." We hope to take a look at how the arrest of Pinochet has influenced the processes of grief, recovery and reconciliation.