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Research methods for social psychology / Dana S. Dunn.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: xxii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1405149809
  • 9781405149808
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.072 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1033 .D86 2009
Contents:
1. Studying Social Psychology -- 2. Developing Research Topics in Social Psychology -- 3. Ethical Issues in Social Psychological Research -- 4. Basic Experimental Design -- 5. Alternatives to Experimental Research in Social Psychology -- 6. Developing Questionnaires and Surveys -- 7. Introducing a Difference: Independent Variables -- 8. Measuring What Happens: Dependent Variables -- 9. Validity and Realism in Research -- 10. Conducting Social Psychology Experiments: Practical Matters -- 11. Data Analysis -- 12. Presenting Social Psychological Research -- Appendix A. Major Journals in Social Psychology -- Appendix B. Reading Journal Articles in Social Psychology -- Appendix C. Annotated Student Research Paper.
Summary: "Research Methods for Social Psychology teaches students to think like an experimental social psychologist. Striking a balance between theoretical sophistication and hands-on activities and exercises, this engaging text offers a friendly approach to methodology and a successful means of motivating students to design and execute their own social psychological research. Active learning activities on social psychology in each chapter, as well as thought exercises at the end of each chapter Guidance on developing social psychology research topics, advice on ethics reviews of research projects, instructions on how to design independent and dependent variables, and assistance with performing a post-experimental interviews with participants A stand alone chapter on basic data analysis, in addition to directions for putting statistical results into words Guidance on writing APA-style summaries of social psychology experiments, as well as giving oral and poster presentations; includes a sample annotated APA-style lab report ."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-374) and index.

1. Studying Social Psychology -- 2. Developing Research Topics in Social Psychology -- 3. Ethical Issues in Social Psychological Research -- 4. Basic Experimental Design -- 5. Alternatives to Experimental Research in Social Psychology -- 6. Developing Questionnaires and Surveys -- 7. Introducing a Difference: Independent Variables -- 8. Measuring What Happens: Dependent Variables -- 9. Validity and Realism in Research -- 10. Conducting Social Psychology Experiments: Practical Matters -- 11. Data Analysis -- 12. Presenting Social Psychological Research -- Appendix A. Major Journals in Social Psychology -- Appendix B. Reading Journal Articles in Social Psychology -- Appendix C. Annotated Student Research Paper.

"Research Methods for Social Psychology teaches students to think like an experimental social psychologist. Striking a balance between theoretical sophistication and hands-on activities and exercises, this engaging text offers a friendly approach to methodology and a successful means of motivating students to design and execute their own social psychological research. Active learning activities on social psychology in each chapter, as well as thought exercises at the end of each chapter Guidance on developing social psychology research topics, advice on ethics reviews of research projects, instructions on how to design independent and dependent variables, and assistance with performing a post-experimental interviews with participants A stand alone chapter on basic data analysis, in addition to directions for putting statistical results into words Guidance on writing APA-style summaries of social psychology experiments, as well as giving oral and poster presentations; includes a sample annotated APA-style lab report ."--Publisher's website.

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