
Rethinking Methods in Psychology
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The book provides a well-structured guide to methods, containing a range of qualitative approaches (for example, semi-structured interviews, grounded theory, discourse analysis) alongside a reworking of quantitative methods to suit contemporary psychological research. A number of chapters are also explicitly concerned with research as a dynamic interactive process. The internationally respected contributors steer the reader through the main stages of conducting a study using these methods.
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`Following on from recent debates surrounding the limitations of positivist methodologies in psychology, this book has been written in order to fill the gaps in the market for a textbook that looks at post-positivist, non-experimental methods in psychology... a useful text for those who have examined post-positivist psychology on a philosophy course at undergraduate level... The book is useful in that it focuses upon techniques and provides "tasters" of qualitative methodologies and encourages readers to try the methods for themselves in their own research projects. It is well-referenced and directs the reader to other sources of information should they wish to pursue their interests... it encourages the reader to take a wider perspective than the quasi-experimental methods presented in most methodology texts at this level. The authors encourage us to develop new ways of working and using data' - British Psychological Society History and Philosophy of Psychology NewsletterAll prices
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Rom Harre is a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford and Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Content
PART ONE: SEARCHING FOR MEANINGS
Semi-Structured Interviewing and Qualitative Analysis - Jonathan A Smith
Grounded Theory - Kathy Charmaz
Life Story Research - Ken Plummer
PART TWO: DISCOURSE AS TOPIC
Conversation Analysis - Paul Drew
Discourse Analysis - Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell
Basic Principles of Transcription - Daniel C O'Connell and Sabine Kowal
PART THREE: RESEARCH AS DYNAMIC INTERACTION
Role Play - Krysia Yardley
Cooperative Inquiry - Peter Reason and John Heron
PART FOUR: USING NUMBERS DIFFERENTLY
Rethinking the Role of Quantitative Methods in Psychology - James T Lamiell
Repertory Grids - Jonathan A Smith
An Interactive, Case-Study Perspective
Q Methodology - Rex Stainton Rogers
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