Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98125, USA.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2011 Jul;17(3):228-33. doi: 10.1037/a0023880.
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.
什么是多元文化心理学？什么是心理学科学？多元文化心理学和（实证/实证主义）心理学科学是否不兼容？简要概述了科学史，强调了现代主义、实证主义、实证主义科学方法背后的解放动力。有人认为，这种方法与多元文化心理学并不矛盾。作者得出的结论是，如果心理学家在研究影响不同人群的心理和社会问题时，既借鉴定性方法，也借鉴定量方法，包括来自实证主义传统的方法，那么多元文化心理学将会得到加强。
