Book description
Psychology in Social Context: Issues and Debates
provides a critical perspective on debates and controversies that have
divided opinion within psychology both past and present.?
- Explores the history of psychology through examples of classic and
contemporary debates that have split the discipline and sparked
change, including race and IQ, psychology and gender, ethical issues
in psychology, parapsychology and the nature-nurture debate
- Represents a unique approach to studying the nature of psychology
by combining historical controversies with contemporary debates
within the discipline
- Sets out a clear view of psychology as a reflexive human science,
embedded in and shaped by particular socio-historical contexts
- Written in an accessible style using a range of pedagogical
features - such as set learning outcomes, self-test questions, and
further reading suggestions at the end of each chapter?
Philip John Tyson
is Director of Studies for Biological and Behavioural Sciences in the
Department of Natural and Social Sciences at the University of
Gloucestershire. He has a special interest in mental health,
neuropsychology and critical psychology.
Dai Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University
of Gloucestershire. His interests include psychology in a social
context, everyday psychology, and connectionist approaches to
cognition.
Jonathan Elcock is a Senior Lecturer at the University of
Gloucestershire. His current research interests include historical and
conceptual issues in psychology, and how psychology interacts with
social class.
