Discovering Research Methods in Psychology

"Discovering Research Methods in Psychology: A Student's Guide" presents an accessible introduction to the research methodology techniques that underpin the field of psychology. It offers a unique narrative approach to introducing the complexities of psychological research methods to first year students. It introduces the reader to the three main types of research methods used in psychology - observation, experimentation and survey methods. It provides clear summaries of 21st-century published studies that reflect diversity and best illustrate issues in research methodology. It includes an emphasis on topics of most interest to students, from those with a personal perspective such as romantic relationships, prejudice and career decisions, to clinical topics including eating disorders, heavy drinking and paranoia. It features a comprehensive glossary of all research terminology used in the narrative.

ISBN 144431498X   DEWEY 150.72 ISBN13 9781444314984 (What's this?)   DEWEY edition DC22 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Pages 336 Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Published in Chicester Format Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item   Academic level Professional / Scholarly Publication date 05 Nov 2009

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 Groups 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

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