Experimental Psychology
A Case Approach
6th Edition
Published on 2. February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-321-01146-6 (ISBN)
Description
Citing over 100 cases drawn from professional literature and representing every major area of psychology, this book aims to teach students the basic princples of experimental design in psychology. It contains an expanded chapter on research processes to incorporate topics, such as electronic databases and the Internet for literature reviews, planning and reviewing research, funding your research, writing an abstract, presenting your research at conferences, writing a professional paper and publishing your manuscript. Also included are sections on theory and principles of experimenal design.
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Edition
6th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-321-01146-6 (9780321011466)
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Homer H. Johnson | Robert L. Solso
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Content
PART ONE BASIC PRINCIPLES IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 1. An introduction to Scientific Inquiry 2. Experimental Design in Psychology 3. Operational Definitions, Factorial Designs, Quasi-Experimental Designs, and Other Advanced Techniques 4. Experimental Design and Control 5. Design Critiques I 6. Control of Subject Variables 7. Design Critiques II 8. Ethics of Experimental Research 9. The Psychological Literature 10. The Research Process PART TWO: ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS 11. Cola Tasting 12. Distance and Rank 13. Fanning Old Flames 14. Just Another Face in the Crowd 15. Picture Memory 16. Hormones and Toy Preferences 17. Maternal Behaviour 18. Long-Term Memory 19. Creative Porpoise 20. Perspective Shifting 21. Therapy for Anger 22. Prosocial Behaviour 23. Alcohol and Condoms 24. Karate Techniques 25. Disputes in Japan 26. False Confessions Appendix A: Computational Procedures for Basic Statistics References