title: Is multicultural psychology a-scientific?: diverse methods for diversity research.
abstract: This article asks, and answers three separate questions: What is multicultural psychology? What is psychological science? Are multicultural psychology and (empirical/positivist) psychological science incompatible? A brief overview of the history of science is provided emphasizing the emancipatory impulses behind a modernist, empirical, positivist approach to science. It is argued that such an approach is not incompatible with multicultural psychology. The author concludes that multicultural psychological will be strengthened if psychologists draw upon both qualitative and quantitative methods, including those that come from a positivist tradition, when investigating psychological and social issues as they affect diverse populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98125, USA. cauce@uw.edu
authors.forename: Ana Mari
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cauce
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011584:Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design; D012586:Science