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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.
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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.
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
Contents
About the Authors viii
Preface ix
1 The Nature of Psychology 1
2 Psychology and Society 18
3 Psychology, Intelligence, and IQ 35
4 Psychology and Race 54
5 Psychology and Women 71
6 Beyond Nature Versus Nurture 86
7 Psychology in Service to the State 104
8 Ethical Standards in Psychology 121
9 Personality and Personality Tests 139
10 Psychology and Mental Health 155
11 Freud and Psychology 173
12 Parapsychology 191
13 Psychology in Everyday Life 207
14 Further Issues in Psychology 223
15 Psychology at Issue? 237
Selected Glossary 254
References 257
Index 273
