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Key Features:A new opening vignette addressing the theme of implanted (false) memories illustrates how one might develop and test hypotheses about the conditions that might foster the implantation of false memories.Chapter 3 now includes information on reviewing literature, sources of research information, performing library research, reading research reports, developing hypotheses, and information on fraud and the role of values in the research process.Updated information concerning the sources and tools available on the Internet to obtain research reports and related material online.Expanded discussion of the ethical guidelines for using children as research participants.Increased coverage of the role of debriefingNew coverage of research that uses deception.A new discussion of meta-analysis in Chapter 7.Illustrated APA style in Chapter 15Decision-making emphasis. To develop a full appreciation of the power and limitations of each step of the research process, the role and consequences of choices in research are thoroughly explored.Effective presentation of the research process. Chapters 1-6 present the general principles of research design beginning with how ideas are developed through choosing and using participants and subjects for research.Comprehensive coverage of methods and design. Chapters 7-11 present in-depth treatment of non-experimental designs, experimental designs, and quasi-experimental and developmental designs.Ethics covered in context. Ethics is addressed early and ethical issues are integrated throughout. Chapter 6 places ethics in the context of conducting an experiment.Complete chapter on the research paper. Chapter 15 presents the most current APA guidelines for writing and reporting research results and also includes a complete paper and information on paper presentations, oral presentations and poster sessions.Advanced topical coverage. Special topics _in research are integrated throughout the text including theory, use of the Internet, meta-analysis, and multivariate design analysis.Table of Content:PrefacePART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH DESIGN1. Explaining Behavior / Exploring the Causes of Behavior / Explaining Behavior / When Scientific Explanations Fail / Methods of Inquiry / Translating the Scientific Method into Practice: The Research Process2. Developing Ideas for Research: Developing, Testing, and Evaluating Theories of Behavior / Sources of Research Ideas / Developing Good Research Questions / What is a Theory? / Types of Theory / Roles of Theory in Science / Characteristics of a Good Theory / Developing Theories / Confirmation and Disconfirmation of Theories / Theory-Driven Versus Data-Driven Research3. Reviewing the Scientific Literature / Reasons for Reviewing the Literature / Sources of Research Information / Performing Library Research / Reading Research Reports / Fraud and the Role of Values in the Research Process / Developing Hypotheses4. Choosing a Research Design / Functions of a Research Design / Causal Versus Correlational Relationships / Correlational Research / Experimental Research / Internal and External Validity / Research Settings5. Making Systematic Observations / Deciding What to Observe / Choosing Specific Variables for Your Study / Choosing Your Measures / Choosing When to Observe / The Reactive Nature of Psychological Measurement / Automating Your Experiments / Detecting and Correcting Problems6. Choosing and Using Subjects / Using Subjects: General Considerations / Considerations When Using Human Participants / Acquiring Human Participants for Research / Voluntary Participation and Validity / Research Using Deception / Considerations When Using Animals as Subjects in ResearchPART II. RESEARCH DESIGNS 7. Using Nonexperimental Research / Conducting Observational Research / Qualitative Approaches / Naturalistic Observation / Ethnography / Sociometry / The Case History / Archival Research / Content Analysis / Meta-Analysis: A Tool for Comparing Results Across Studies8. Using Survey Research / Survey Research / Designing Your Questionnaire / Administering Your Questionnaire / Assessing the Reliability of _a Questionnaire / Assessing the Validity of a Questionnaire / Acquiring a Sample for Your Survey9. Using Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Experimental Designs / Types of Experimental Design / The Problem of Error Variance in Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Designs / Between-Subjects Designs / Within-Subjects Designs / Designs With Two or More Independent Variables / Designs With Two or More Dependent Variables / Confounding and Experimental Design10. Using Specialized Research Designs / Combining Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Designs / Combining Experimental and Correlational Designs / Quasi-Experimental Designs / Pretest-Posttest Designs / Developmental Designs11. Using Single-Subject Designs / A Little History / Baseline Versus Discrete Trials Designs / Baseline Designs / Discrete Trials Designs / Inferential Statistics and Sin


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  • ISBN-13: 9780071113496
  • ISBN-10: 0071113495


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