Developing Research Skills: A Laboratory Manual

by Crawford, Helen J.; Christensen, Larry B.

• ISBN13: 9780205155699
• ISBN10: 0205155693
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Table of Contents

Scientific Observation	1	(14)
Relationship Between Learning Styles and Grade Point Average	2	(7)
Recall of Dreams	9	(1)
Content Analysis of Dreams	10	(5)
Problem Identification and Hypothesis Testing	15	(10)
Searching the Literature	23	(1)
Identifying Research Problems and Hypotheses	24	(1)
Operations Definitions	25	(12)
Defining the Concept of Anxiety	25	(2)
Operationally Defining the Concept of Anxiety	27	(2)
Self-Report Questionnaires Assessing Anxiety	29	(6)
Practice in Defining Concepts Operationally	35	(2)
Naturalistic Observation	37	(12)
Analyzing a Naturalistic Observation	37	(2)
Developing your Observational Skills	39	(1)
Observing Dyadic Conversation Distances	40	(3)
Book Carrying Behavior	43	(2)
Observing Driver Behavior	45	(4)
Archival Research	49	(6)
Violence in Television Programs	49	(4)
Graffitti	53	(2)
Surveys	55	(10)
Evaluating Surveys	55	(2)
Survey on Alcohol Use	57	(4)
Survey on Eating Disorders	61	(2)
Survey on ESP Attitudes and Experiences	63	(2)
Ex Post Facto Studies	65	(4)
Evaluating Ex Post Factor Studies	65	(2)
Gender Differences in Spatial Ability	67	(2)
Independent and Dependent Variables	69	(18)
Identifying Independent and Dependent Variables	69	(4)
Developing Independent and Dependent Variables	73	(4)
Paired-Associate Learning of Low and High Imagery Words	77	(6)
Jury Simulation Research	83	(4)
Control	87	(12)
Identifying Uncontrolled Variables	91	(1)
Production of Visual Illusion Reversals - Practice Effects	91	(8)
Control Techniques	99	(6)
Identifying Control Techniques	100	(1)
Assigning Subjects to Treatment Groups	101	(4)
Design	105	(22)
Designing an Obsesity Study	105	(4)
Designing an Interpersonal Attraction Study	109	(5)
Carrying Out an Interpersonal Attraction Experiment	114	(13)
Quasi-Experimental Designs	127	(4)
The Effects of Role Change on Attitudes	127	(1)
Employee Participation in Incentive Pay Plan	128	(1)
Intelligence and Achievement - Which is the Causal Agent?	128	(1)
Jay Walking Behavior	129	(2)
Single-Subject and Single-Group Designs	131	(12)
Evaluating Single-Subject Designs in Published Research	132	(1)
Designing Single-Group Study - Increasing Safety Seat Belt Usage	133	(7)
Designing Single-Subject Study - Behavior Modification of Nocturnal Enuresis (Bedwetting)	140	(1)
Designing Single-Subject Study - Behavior Modification of Bizzarre Verbalizations	141	(1)
Designing a Single-Group Study - Reducing Littering Behavior	142	(1)
Ethics	143	(12)
Ethics of Psychological Research	145	(4)
Evaluating and Developing Consent Forms	149	(4)
Developing a Debriefing Form	153	(2)
Analyzing Published Studies	155	(64)
Analyzing a Published Research Article	155	(2)
Appendices:
A. Surveys for Topic 6	157	(42)
B. Materials for Topic 7	199	(20)
C. Mental Rotations Test for Topic 10	219