Discovering Research Methods in Psychology

by L. D. Sanders (University of Wales, Cardiff, UK )

• ISBN13: 9781405175319
• ISBN10: 1405175311
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• 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

L.D. 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

Introduction

Ethics

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Experiment - A Randomised Controlled Trial

Music And Stress Experiment - A Matched Pairs Design

Competitive Anxiety Experiment - A Repeated Measures Design

Change Blindness Experiment - A Single Sample Design

Acoustic Preferences Experiment - A Programme Of Experiments - Animal Studies

Cognitive Costs Of Racial Prejudice Experiment -Unrelated Three Factor Design, Between Groups And Between Conditions

Mate Selection Strategies Experiment - A Mixed Two Factor Design Within And Between Groups

The Autistic Spectrum Structured Observation

Cognitive Maps Clinical/Laboratory Observation

Eating Disorders And The Media Observation - Quantitative Content Analysis

Eating Disorders - The Experience Observation - Qualitative Content Analysis

Face Recognition Observation - Clinical Case Study

Choices And Decisions Survey Methods - Quantitative Questionnaire

Measuring Romance Survey Methods - Scale Development

Paranoia Survey Methods - Interview

Understanding Heavy Drinking Survey Methods - Quantitative And Qualitative

Attributing Success /Failure Cross Cultural Study - Mixed Methods

Contrasting the methods

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