Investigating the Role of Psychology in National Development

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2022 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 9 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2022

Authors : Saeid Abdolmalaki

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V9I1P108

How to Cite?

Saeid Abdolmalaki, "Investigating the Role of Psychology in National Development," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 9,  no. 1, pp. 43-52, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V9I1P108

Abstract:

Development experts have come to understand the fact that development is not just an economic matter. Development is a psychological matter before it is an economic, political, cultural or social matter. The speed of change in societies in various dimensions depends on the speed of change in the attitudinal, mental and behavioral characteristics of the people of these societies. Development must take place in both cognitive and behavioral dimensions in order to witness the birth of a modernized human being and, consequently, a modernized society. Accordingly, national development, including economic development, political development, cultural and social development, and security-defense development, is ideal and defensible when the members of that society are cognitively and behaviorally developed. In other words, development begins first of all with mental, psychological and behavioral development. The development of the mind and its transition from simplicity to complexity is the first step in development. The cognition of each individual, which includes a set of beliefs, ideas, and higher functions of the mind such as thoughts, perceptions, reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making, needs to be developed qualitatively in order to hope for national development. Cognitive development brings with it behavioral development and leads to the development of behavior in the direction of positive and optimal actions. Therefore, a country and a society develop when there is a belief in development in the minds of the people of that society, and the behavior of its people rotates in the direction of development. In this article, an attempt has been made to analyze psychological variables and their role in the development and underdevelopment of societies.

Keywords:

Psychology, Developmentalism, Attitude change, Anti-Developmental behaviors, National development.

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