Reading:
Van Ommen, C. & Painter, D. (2008) (Eds). Interiors: a history of
psychology in South Africa. Cape Town: University of South Africa
Press.
BEGINNINGS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Custodialism
- Late 19th/early 20th century
Interventionism (1920s)
- Appointment of psychologists
- Standardisation of intelligence tests
Overarching spirit of scientific racism
- Hierarchy of races (SAAAA - 1920)
- Justification for segregation
WHY SEGREGATION?
The ‘poor white’ problem
concentration camps
white landlessness
Farmer debt/bankruptcy
cheap black labour
- Fear of miscegenation
- Overturning of the existing racial order
Study into “poor white’ problem
E.G. Malherbe calls for an interdisciplinary
Carnegie Corp. set aside funds (1927)
‘poor white’
recommendations included:
- Job reservation
- Segregation in the workplace
Based on (rigged) norms // Boston Naming Test
Psychology proved its usefulness
Psychology served racial capitalism
(in this case, to screw people over)
OTHER MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Muya Koloko PSY1004F
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