Research Methods for Social Psychology

by Dana S. Dunn (Moravian College)

• ISBN13: 9781405149808
• ISBN10: 1405149809
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Research Methods for Social Psychology teaches students to think like an experimental social psychologist. Striking a balance between theoretical sophistication and hands-on activities and exercises, this engaging text offers a friendly approach to methodology and a successful means of motivating students to design and execute their own social psychological research. Active learning activities on social psychology in each chapter, as well as thought exercises at the end of each chapter Guidance on developing social psychology research topics, advice on ethics reviews of research projects, instructions on how to design independent and dependent variables, and assistance with performing a post-experimental interviews with participants A stand alone chapter on basic data analysis, in addition to directions for putting statistical results into words Guidance on writing APA-style summaries of social psychology experiments, as well as giving oral and poster presentations; includes a sample annotated APA-style lab report Instructor test bank with questions and answers for each chapter available at www.wiley.com/go/dunn

Author Biography

Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA. Among other works, he is the author of Statistics and Data Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2001), and A Short Guide to Writing about Psychology (2004), as well as several works currently in preparation, including Best Practices for Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology (with Randolph Smith and Jane Halonen; 2009), Psychology Applied to Modern Life: Adjustment in the 21st Century, 9th edition (with Wayne Weiten and Margaret A. Lloyd; 2009), and the second edition of The Practical Researcher: A Student Guide to Conducting Psychological Research (Wiley Blackwell; 2010). Dana Dunn is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and a charter member of the American Psychological Society (APS).

Table of Contents

Detailed Table of Contents

List of Active Learning Exercises

Preface

Acknowledgments

Studying Social Psychology

Developing Research Topics in Social Psychology

Ethical Issues in Social Psychological Research

Basic Experimental Design

Alternatives to Experimental Research in Social Psychology

Developing Questionnaires and Surveys

Introducing a Difference: Independent Variables

Measuring What Happens: Dependent Variables

Validity and Realism in Research

Conducting Social Psychology Experiments: Practical Matters

Data Analysis

Presenting Social Psychological Research

Major Journals in Social Psychology

Reading Journal Articles in Social Psychology

Annotated Student Research Paper

References

Author Index

Subject Index

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