Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology

Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology presents an integrated view of Psychology by identifying underlying themes (such as the scientific nature of Psychology, cultural and gender differences), issues (ethical, methodological and conceptual), and debates (such as heredity vs. environment, free will vs. determinism, normality vs. abnormality) which permeate the discipline as a whole.

The text adopts a critical approach to ‘mainstream Psychology’, attempting to identify and challenge some of...