Psychology: Understanding Behavior

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kantowitz, Barry H.

Baron, Robert

Erwin, Donn

Psychology & Counseling

Holt/McDougal

The well-respected author team provides coverage of research methods including experimentation, small-n experimentation, observation and measurement through a research methods approach (as opposed to a research topics approach). This text, the standard in the field, is comprehensive and clearly-written, with content examples blended into each discussion. This edition expands coverage on non-experimental methods. For a content approach, refer to Kantowitz/Roediger/Elmes (West, 1994).

Research Methods in Psychology

Elmes, David G.

Self-Help

Wadsworth Publishing

This topically organized text discusses methods within the context of basic psychological concepts. Part one provides an overview and general background of research methods. Each chapter in part two opens with a brief overview of the content area (e.g., Remembering and Forgetting), followed by a discussion of relevant research methods and issues. Includes chapters on current issues such as animal testing/animal rights, psycholinguistics, and brain wave measurement.

Experimental Psychology: Understanding Psychological Research

Roediger, III, Henry L.

In this revision of their popular text, Kantowitz, Roediger, and Elmes, all prominent researchers in the field, continue to cover experimental psychology within the context of basic psychological concepts, discussing and clarifying methodology with well-selected examples of actual research.  Five foundational chapters in Part I introduce readers to theory construction, observational and experimental research techniques, ethical issues, and reading and writing research reports. Each of the ten chapters in Part II is devoted to a specific content area (for example, psychophysics, perception, and conditioning and learning. In these chapters, the authors discuss and clarify research methods within the context of actual research methods conducted in these specific content areas. The result? Students connect methodology with research and can see for themselves the issues and problems that occur in conducting real research. The Seventh Edition includes chapters on current issues such as animal testing/animal rights, psycholinguistics, and brain wave measurement.

Exper Psych: Udstg Psych Rsch

KANTOWITZ

West Publishing Company

Experimental psychology: Understanding psychological research

West Pub. Co.

Using contemporary examples from primary sources, RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY, Eighth Edition encourages students to become engaged in the basics of scientific investigation through an example-based approach. This text displays the authors' commitment to ensuring that the student has a thorough understanding of the research process from the very beginning. Highly readable, it avoids the heavy statistical tone that some introductory students find difficult to understand. Rather, it is conceptually driven to offer students a big picture view of the experimental approach to research. Empirical examples and applications are consistently used throughout to foster critical thinking skills. In many chapters, a unifying empirical example at the beginning of the chapter is cited throughout the chapter to help clarify terms or design problems. By presenting concepts with concrete examples, the text aids students in applying related ideas to their areas of research interest.

Roediger, Henry L.

West Group

Human Information Processing: Tutorials in Performance and Cognition, (Aspects of Modern Land Surveying)

Halsted Press

Human Factors, Workbook: Understanding People-System Relationships

A general, introductory, up-to-date text on the interface between people and systems, geared for the advanced undergraduate or graduate major in psychology, industrial engineering, computer science, and business. Integrates theory and practical implications of human behavior in terms of theoretical models. Covers non-traditional contemporary topics and uses a detailed description of human capabilities as a necessary precursor to the study of human-machine systems. Emphasizes the cognitive aspects of the person-system relationship.

Human Factors: Understanding People-System Relationships

Engineering & Transportation

Sorkin, Robert D.

Engineering

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

wiley

UNDERSTANDING PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, Ninth Edition, takes an example-based approach to the fundamentals of research methodology. Organized by topic--such as research in human factors, learning, thinking, and problem solving--the text helps you connect the concepts of sound methodology with their practical applications. Because the authors use dozens of carefully selected real-world examples, you can see for yourself the issues and problems that can occur in conducting research. More importantly, you can develop a sense of how to anticipate and adjust for problems in your own research.

Experimental Psychology

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