A Conceptual Looking Back(for)wards to Foster Justice in Psychometrics

• Autores: Evan Bishop, Martin Camiré
• Localización: Avaliaçao Psicologica: Interamerican Journal of Psychological Assessment, ISSN-e 2175-3431, ISSN 1677-0471, Vol. 24, Nº. Extra 2, 2025
• Idioma: portugués
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Una Reflexión Conceptual Retro(pro)spectiva para Fomentar la Justicia en la Psicometría
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  • español

    Aunque se reconozca el legado de la evaluación psicológica en la investigación en psicología, la psicometría tiene una historia controvertida que debe ser abordada. Con vínculos estrechos con la eugenesia y el colonialismo, es necesario interrogar cómo los fundamentos de la psicometría moldaron un sistema que continúa perpetuando la injusticia epistémica (es decir, prácticas injustas relacionadas con el estudio filosófico del conocimiento). El propósito de este artículo de comentario es realizar una reflexión conceptual retro(pro)spectiva para promover la justicia en la evaluación psicológica. El artículo está dividido en cinco secciones: (a) breve visión histórica de la psicología, específicamente los valores positivistas y eurocéntricos; (b) investigación sobre las raíces de la psicometría y los vínculos estrechos con la eugenesia; (c) discusión sobre la colonialidad y la injusticia epistémica en la psicometría; (d) exploración del testimonio epistémico como forma de investigar nuevas direcciones decoloniales para la investigación en psicometría; y (e) consideraciones finales sobre responsabilidad y capacidad de respuesta.

  • português

    Although psychometrics has contributed to many facets of research in psychology, it has a troubling history that must be grappled with. With close ties to eugenics and colonialism, there is a need to interrogate how the foundations of psychometrics shape systems of thought that continue to perpetuate epistemic injustice (i.e., unjust practices related to matters of knowledge). The purpose of this commentary paper is to enact a conceptual looking back(for)wards to foster justice in psychometrics. The paper is divided into five sections: (a) a brief historical overview of psychology, specifically examining its positivistic and Eurocentric values; (b) an interrogation into the roots of psychometrics and its close ties to eugenics; (c) a discussion of coloniality and epistemic injustice in psychometrics; (d) an exploration of epistemic witnessing to instigate new decolonial directions for psychometrics; and (e) some concluding thoughts on responsibility and response-ability.

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