Research Stories for Introductory Psychology

by Duntley, Joshua R.; Shaffer, Lary C; Merrens, Matthew R.

• ISBN13: 9780205520657
• ISBN10: 0205520650
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-28
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A unique collection of readings, retelling stories of 32 research studies in the field of Psychology."In order to think critically, you need to know that the findings of psychology are tightly laced to the methods." It is from this premise that Research Stories for Introductory Psychology begins. The unique collection of readings retells stories of key research that explain the very foundation of the discipline.For those who need an introduction to psychological research.

Table of Contents

Psychological Science and Methods

Oh Rats! Incorporating the research of Kim

Kalynchuk

Kornecook

Mumby

Dadgar

Pinel, and Weinberg

Object-Recognition and Spatial Learning and Memory in Rats Prenatally Exposed to Ethanol

Psychics and Scientists Incorporating the research of Wiseman

West, and Stemman

An Experimental

Test of Psychic Detection

Youre Driving Me Crazy Incorporating the research of Deffenbacher

Lynch

Oetting, and Yingling

Driving Anger: Correlates and Test of State-Trait Theory

Biopsychology

Zipping Up the Genes Incorporating the research of Bouchard and McGue

Genetic and Rearing Environmental Influences on Adult Personality: An analysis of Adopted

Twins Reared Apart

The Nose Knows Incorporating the research of Thornhill and Gangestad

The Scent of Symmetry: A Human Sex Pheromone that Signals Fitness?

Learning

Being Sick of the Hospital

Incorporating the research of Bovbjerg

Redd, Maier, Holland, Lesko, Niedzwiecki, Rubin, and Hakes, Anticipatory

Immune Suppression and Nausea in Women Receiving Cyclic Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer

Yoking Smoking Incorporating the research of Roll, Higgins, and Badger

An Experimental Comparison of Three

Different Schedules of Reinforcement of Drug

Abstinence Using Cigarette Smoking as an Exemplar

I Do! Incorporating the research of Dowrick and Raeburn

Self-Modeling: Rapid Skill Training for Children with Physical Disabilities

Development

The Wolf in Sheepdogs

Clothing Incorporating previously unpublished observations of Shaffer and Tinbergen

Adapted from research presented in Shaffer, Man Bites Dog

Now You See It

Now You Dont Incorporating the research of: Luo

Baillargeon

Brueckner, and Munakata, Reasoning about a Hidden Object after a Delay: Evidence for Robust

Representations in 5-month-old Infants

Adolescents Will Be Adolescents

Incorporating the research of Wainright and Patterson

Delinquency

Victimization, and Substance Use among Adolescents with Female Same-sex Parents

Cognitive

Kids Say the Darndest

Things Incorporating the research of Leichtman and Ceci

The Effects of Stereotypes and Suggestions on Preschoolers Reports

Flash in the Pan Incorporating the research of Lee & Brown

Delay Related Changes in Personal Memories for September 11, 2001

They Dont Look the Same to Me

Incorporating the research of Ackerman

They All Look the Same to Me (Unless Theyre Angry): From Out-group Homogeneity to Out-group Heterogeneity

Emotion

Mad about You Incorporating the research of Buss

Sex Differences in Jealousy: Evolution, Physiology, and Psychology

Pants on Fire Incorporating the research of

The Ability to Detect Deceit Generalizes across Different Types of High-Stake Lies

Aggression Breeds Aggression Incorporating the research of Bushman

Baumeister, and Stack, Catharsis, Aggression, and Persuasive Influences: Self-Fulfilling or Self-Defeating Prophecies?

Personality

Some Like it Hot Incoporating the research of Kirkpatrick

Waugh, Valencia, and Webster

The Functional Domain Specificity of Self-Esteem and the Differential Prediction of Aggre

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