Discovering Research Methods in Psychology: A Students Guide

Discovering Research Methods in Psychology presents an accessible, student–friendly introduction to the principal research methodology techniques that underpin the field of psychology. By utilizing a narrative approach, the text facilitates a clearer understanding of the complexities of research and the vital role it has played in the development of psychology. The majority of the text consists of clear summaries of carefully–chosen contemporary studies that reflect diversity while introducing the reader to the three main types of research methods used in psychology: observation, experimentation, and survey methods. An additional section featuring a comprehensive glossary of research terms that appear in the narrative provides further clarity. The text′s final section then offers expansive coverage of several important issues raised in the narrative such as Ethical Guidelines, Probability, Report Writing, and Referencing.
Discovering Research Methods in Psychology: A Student′s Guide offers a refreshingly readable alternative that ensures a thorough grounding in the fundamental methodology that is essential to the study of psychology.

Spis treści:
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction and How To Use This Book
2. Ethics
3. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Experiment –– A Randomised Controlled Trial
4. Music and Stress
Experiment –– A Matched Pairs Design
5. Competitive Anxiety
Experiment –– A Repeated Measures Design
6. Change Blindness
Experiment –– A Single Sample Design
7. Acoustic Preferences
Experiment –– A Programme of Experiments – Animal Studies
8. Cognitive Costs of Racial Prejudice
Experiment –– Unrelated Three–Factor Design Between Groups and Between Conditions
9. Mate–Selection Strategies
Experiment –– A Mixed Two–Factor Design Within and Between G roups
10. The Autistic Spectrum
Structured Observation
11. Cognitive Maps
Clinical/Laboratory Observation
12. Eating Disorders and the Media
Observation – Quantitative Content Analysis
13. Eating Disorders: The Experience
Observation – Qualitative Content Analysis
14. Face Recognition
Observation –– Clinical Case Study
15. Choices and Decisions
Survey Methods –– Quantitative Questionnaire
16. Measuring Romance
Survey Methods – Scale Development
17. Paranoia
Survey Methods –– Interview
18. Understanding Heavy Drinking
Survey Methods – Quantitative and Qualitative
19. Attributing Success and Failure
Cross–Cultural Study – Mixed Methods
20. Contrasting the Methods
Key Topics
BPS Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants
Glossary
References
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Lalage Sanders is Principal Lecturer at the Cardiff School of Health Science, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, U.K. She has authored more than 40 publications relating to lifestyle psychology and higher education research. She is also an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Health Psychologist, a Chartered Scientist, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Society. She co–edited Ambulatory Anaesthesia and Sedation: Impairment and Recovery, an example of how psychological research methods can be used in applied settings. She has been teaching research methods and statistics to university students since 1991.

Okładka tylna:
Discovering Research Methods in Psychology presents an accessible, student–friendly introduction to the principal research methodology techniques that underpin the field of psychology. By utilizing a narrative approach, the text facilitates a clearer understanding of the complexities of research and the vital role it has played in the development of psychology. The majority of the text consists of clear summaries of carefully–chosen contemporary studies that reflect diversity while introducing the reader to the three main types of research methods used in psychology: observation, experimentation, and survey methods. An additional section featuring a comprehensive glossary of research terms that appear in the narrative provides further clarity. The text′s final section then offers expansive coverage of several important issues raised in the narrative such as Ethical Guidelines, Probability, Report Writing, and Referencing.
Discovering Research Methods in Psychology: A Student′s Guide offers a refreshingly readable alternative that ensures a thorough grounding in the fundamental methodology that is essential to the study of psychology.