Psychology in Social Context

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

Auteur

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.

Résumé
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

Contenu
About the Authors. Preface.

1 The Nature of Psychology.

2 Psychology and Society.

3 Psychology, Intelligence, and IQ.

4 Psychology and Race.

5 Psychology and Women.

6 Beyond Nature Versus Nurture.

7 Psychology in Service to the State.

8 Ethical Standards in Psychology.

9 Personality and Personality Tests.

10 Psychology and Mental Health.

11 Freud and Psychology.

12 Parapsychology.

13 Psychology in Everyday Life.

14 Further Issues in Psychology.

15 Psychology at Issue?

Selected Glossary.

References.

Index.