Influences Shaping African Psychology Quiz
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What is the fundamental bias held by respected European and North American thinkers, according to the text?

  • Challenging American and European theories
  • Questioning the humanity of Africans (correct)
  • Promoting African cultural traditions
  • Advocating for African psychology
  • What is the primary aim of African psychology, as mentioned in the text?

  • To import Western approaches
  • To challenge American and European theories
  • To reconstruct the African image (correct)
  • To promote African cultural traditions
  • What is the main reason for the need to interrogate the meaningful relevance of American and European theories and practice for African contexts?

  • Imported Western approaches do not promote meaningful theoretical engagement with African cultural traditions (correct)
  • To integrate African and European cultural traditions
  • To advocate for the import of African theories to the West
  • To challenge the dominance of American and European theories
  • What kind of counter discourse does African psychology aim to provide?

    <p>Corrective counter discourse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a psychological significance of important African cultural traditions mentioned in the text?

    <p>Promotion of individualistic values</p> Signup and view all the answers

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