An Attempt to Explain Why There Are No Psychology Courses in the School Curricula of Nearly All Countries Worldwide

At the outset, the authors propose two selected methods of estimating the overall social and psychological condition of society. One of the tools suggested is the objective ranking compiled by the World Justice Project[1]. According to the authors, a preliminary review and analysis of the current geopolitical situation and the manifestations of people’s present mental state lead to the conclusion that a reasonable and justified way to counteract adverse social processes would be to disseminate knowledge derived from scientific and intellectual inquiries in psychology. However, the authors then review available data, which indicate that only a handful of countries worldwide include “psychology” as a compulsory subject in their school curricula. This prompts the authors to reflect on why this state of affairs exists and then to design a survey study. The study’s aim would be to estimate how a selected group of young individuals — who recently completed their secondary education—perceive the suggested reasons behind the absence of psychology instruction in schools. A discussion of the findings of this survey, along with several other facts concerning current social processes, leads the authors to conclude that the causes of this situation include a lack of approval from parents and even teachers for implementing compulsory psychology education in schools. In the authors’ view, this reluctance is rooted in fundamental, specific cultural factors that are prevalent in most societies — factors previously discussed in the authors’ earlier works[2][3][4][5]. Because the authors believe that the possible introduction of compulsory psychology education in schools in most countries could serve as a form of self-defense — potentially helping to avert further wars, conflicts, enslavement, and injustice — there is a need to outline the possible actions that would facilitate the implementation of psychology education in schools.