Philip John Tyson & Dai Jones 
Psychology in Social Context 
Issues and Debates

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

Table of Content

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.

About the author

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.