Psych prof calls for change in APA stance on interrogation

Pyschologists should not be co-opted into participating in torture. Psychological research indicates that individuals do not ordinarily become whistleblowers, but instead tend to act like sheep. Why is the American Psychological Association allowing its members to work at detention sites? Other professional associations like the AMA and the psychoanalyst group will not permit their members to be placed in this situation.

EC Psych Profs Call for APA to
Change Stance on Interrogation

Oct. 4, 2007

Michael R. Jackson, associate professor of psychology at Earlham, invites colleagues from across the nation to join his department’s faculty and sign the Resolution Regarding Participation by Psychologists in Interrogations in Military Detention Centers.

RICHMOND, Ind. — The psychology department at Earlham College has passed a resolution calling for a change in the interrogations policy of the American Psychological Association (APA). Breaking new ground by taking this national leadership role, the Resolution Regarding Participation by Psychologists
in Interrogations in Military Detention Centers is the first of its kind issued by an American college or university academic unit.

Getting professional psychologists out of the torture business

The role of psychologists at sites like Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib is called into question by a psychologist at a small liberal arts college in the Midwest. Earlham College is a Quaker school and is aligned with traditional Quaker values such as peace and conflict resolution without violence.

Earlham College Psychology Department calls for APA interrogations policy change

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The Psychology Department at Earlham College (in Richmond, Indiana) has broken new ground by passing a resolution calling upon change in the American Psychological Association to change its policy regarding participation of psychologists in interrogations.