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Essential Research Methods in Psychology
Edited by:
- Philip Banyard - Nottingham Trent University, UK
- Belinda Winder - Nottingham Trent University, UK
- Christine Norman - Nottingham Trent University, UK
- Gayle Dillon - Nottingham Trent University, UK
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Psychology (General) | Research Methods & Evaluation (General) | Research Methods in Psychology
Psychology (General) | Research Methods & Evaluation (General) | Research Methods in Psychology
April 2022 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Want to master research methods in psychology? Look no further!
Written with new students in mind, this book will help you understand and apply research methods to every part of your degree. It will help you develop your critical and analytical skills by making features of key issues such as ethics and cultural context. It aims to entertain with interesting facts, and will enhance your understanding with examples of real studies.
Other features include:
- Skoolkid errors
- Ig Nobel Prize
- Whoa there!
and are all designed to make the study of methods enjoyable and easy.
Philip Banyard
Chapter 1. Psychological research: doing the right thing?
Andrew Harris, Russell Turk, Mike Vernon and Juliet Ruth Helen Wakefield
Chapter 2. Experimental methods
Lucy Betts, Moon Halder, Mark Sergeant and Ben Oldfield
Chapter 3. Survey methods
Andrew Clouter and Darren Rhodes
Chapter 4. Neuroscientific methods
Janet Vousden and Anna Cunningham
Chapter 5. Randomised controlled trials
David Wilde, Beth Jones, Jennifer Mackay and Lisa Sanderson
Chapter 6. Interviews
Lydia Harkin and Francesca Chloe Ryding
Chapter 7. Focus groups
Anastasia Rousaki, Eva Prikrylova, Kristina Newman and Sarah Seymour-Smith
Chapter 8. Naturally occurring data
David Wilde and Amanda Edmondson
Chapter 9. Visual methods
Rowena Hill, Lisa Sanderson and Beth Jones
Chapter 10. Combining two methods: Interviews and psychometrics
Nicholas Blagden and Rosie Kitson-Boyce
Chapter 11: Repertory grids
Rusi Jaspal, Caroline Flowers and Melina Throuvala
Chapter 12. Case studies
Emma J. Vardy, Treshi-Marie Perera and James Stiller
Chapter 13. Behavioural observations
