Discovering Research Methods in Psychology A Student's Guide

by Sanders, L. D.

• ISBN13: 9781405175302
• ISBN10: 1405175303
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-28
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Discovering Research Methods in Psychology: A Student's Guide presents an accessible introduction to the research methodology techniques that underpin the field of psychology Offers a unique narrative approach to introducing the complexities of psychological research methods to first year students Introduces the reader to the three main types of research methods used in psychology - observation, experimentation and survey methods Provides clear summaries of 21st-century published studies that reflect diversity and best illustrate issues in research methodology 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 Features a comprehensive glossary of all research terminology used in the narrative

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction and How To Use This Book	p. 1
Ethics	p. 4
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Experiment-A Randomised Controlled Trial	p. 15
Music and Stress: Experiment-A Matched Pairs Design	p. 27
Competitive Anxiety: Experiment-A Repeated Measures Design	p. 41
Change Blindness: Experiment-A Single Sample Design	p. 51
Acoustic Preferences: Programme of Experiments-Animal Studies	p. 67
Cognitive Costs of Racial Prejudice: Experiment-Unrelated Three-Factor Design, Between Groups and Between Conditions	p. 83
Mate-Selection Strategies: Experiment-A Mixed Two-Factor Design, Within and Between Groups	p. 96
The Autistic Spectrum: Structured Observation	p. 110
Cognitive Maps: Clinical/Laboratory Observation	p. 121
Eating Disorders and the Media: Observation-Quantitative Content Analysis	p. 134
Eating Disorders: The Experience: Observation-Qualitative Content Analysis	p. 146
Face Recognition: Observation-Clinical Case Study	p. 157
Choices and Decisions: Survey Methods-Quantitative Questionnaire	p. 166
Measuring Romance: Survey Methods-Scale Development	p. 181
Paranoia: Survey Methods-Interview	p. 196
Understanding Heavy Drinking: Survey Methods-Qualitative and Quantitative	p. 207
Attributing Success and Failure: Cross-Cultural Study Using Mixed Methods	p. 217
Contrasting the Methods: An Overview	p. 231
Key Topics	p. 246
BPS Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants	p. 268
Glossary	p. 275
References	p. 309
Index	p. 320
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