UCO PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR EXAMINES HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC SEXISM AND RACISM IN NEW BOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n How can skewed psychological research impact society? Profoundly, according to\u00a0<\/strong>Caleb Lack, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology at the University of Central Oklahoma. He addresses the history of such scientific research and how it contributed to sexism and racism, and offers guides on how to conduct and evaluate comparative research, in his recently published book, \u201cPsychology Gone Astray.\u201d<\/p>\n Lack, along with co-author Charles Abramson, Ph.D., dedicated 10 years of work to the text. It includes 22 articles dating from 1895-1930 that illustrate how scientific research helped further the ideas of racism, sexism and eugenics.<\/p>\n \u201cThe book addresses an often-ignored issue in psychology: how the results of numerous poorly conducted psychological studies were used to support and justify both scientific and institutionalized sexism and racism,\u201d said Lack.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we do not learn how to spot such dubious research and results, we will likely fall prey to such problems again and again.\u201d<\/p>\n Lack is the author of more than 40 articles and book chapters, along with three prior books: \u201cTornadoes, Children, and Posttraumatic Stress,\u201d \u201cAnxiety Disorders: An Introduction,\u201d and \u201cMood Disorders: An Introduction.\u201d He has been internationally recognized for his innovative teaching and research, including an honorary degree from the Escuela de Psicologica at the Universidad Dr. Jose Matais Delgado in El Salvador.<\/p>\n \u201cPsychology Gone Astray\u201d can be purchased online from Amazon. For more information more about Lack, visit his blog at\u00a0skepticink.com\/gps<\/a>.<\/p>\n (end)<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s Note:<\/strong>\u00a0To download art associated with this release, visit\u00a0www.uco.edu\/photo\/Lack06.14<\/a>.<\/p>\n Cutline:<\/strong>\u00a0UCO assistant professor of psychology Caleb Lack, Ph.D., recently published his fourth book, \u201cPsychology Gone Astray.\u201d The text addresses an often-ignored issue in psychology: how the results of numerous poorly conducted psychological studies were used to support and justify both scientific and institutionalized sexism and racism.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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