Psychology in Social Context

Issues and Debates

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, History
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Author: Philip John Tyson, Dai Jones, Jonathan Elcock ISBN: 9781444396232
Publisher: Wiley Publication: September 9, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author: Philip John Tyson, Dai Jones, Jonathan Elcock
ISBN: 9781444396232
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: September 9, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

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
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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.

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