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Experimental psychology : understanding psychological research / Barry H. Kantowitz, Henry L. Roediger, David G. Elmes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005Edition: Eighth editionDescription: xxiv, 560 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780534611286
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.724 KA.E 2005 G.C 23
LOC classification:
  • BF181 .K35 2005
Contents:
PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH -- Chapter 1. Explanation in Scientific Psychology -- Chapter 2. Research Techniques: Observation and Correlation -- Chapter 3. Research Techniques: Experiments -- Chapter 4. Ethics in Psychological Research -- Chapter 5. How to Read and Write Research Reports -- PART TWO: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY -- Chapter 6. Psychophysics -- Chapter 7. Perception -- Chapter 8. Attention and Reaction Time -- Chapter 9. Conditioning and Learning -- Chapter 10. Remembering and Forgetting -- Chapter 11. Thinking and Problem Solving -- Chapter 12. Individual Differences and Development -- Chapter 13. Social Psychology -- Chapter 14. Environmental Psychology -- Chapter 15. Human Factors.
Summary: This undergraduate textbook describes the features of observational, correlational, and experimental methods used to investigate social psychology, developmental psychology, and individual differences, and illustrates the methodologies in the context of actual research problems. The eighth edition adds sections on the relation between children's exposure to TV violence and aggressive behavior and choosing the dependent variable. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-529) and indexes.

PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH -- Chapter 1. Explanation in Scientific Psychology -- Chapter 2. Research Techniques: Observation and Correlation -- Chapter 3. Research Techniques: Experiments -- Chapter 4. Ethics in Psychological Research -- Chapter 5. How to Read and Write Research Reports -- PART TWO: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY -- Chapter 6. Psychophysics -- Chapter 7. Perception -- Chapter 8. Attention and Reaction Time -- Chapter 9. Conditioning and Learning -- Chapter 10. Remembering and Forgetting -- Chapter 11. Thinking and Problem Solving -- Chapter 12. Individual Differences and Development -- Chapter 13. Social Psychology -- Chapter 14. Environmental Psychology -- Chapter 15. Human Factors.

This undergraduate textbook describes the features of observational, correlational, and experimental methods used to investigate social psychology, developmental psychology, and individual differences, and illustrates the methodologies in the context of actual research problems. The eighth edition adds sections on the relation between children's exposure to TV violence and aggressive behavior and choosing the dependent variable. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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