Kantowitz, Barry H.
Experimental psychology : understanding psychological research / Barry H. Kantowitz, Henry L. Roediger III, David G. Elmes. - 7th ed. - Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c2001. - xxiv, 597 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Pt. One. Fundamentals of Research. Ch. 1. Explanation in Scientific Psychology. Ch. 2. Research Techniques: Observation and Correlation. Ch. 3. Research Techniques: Experiments. Ch. 4. Eithics in Psychological Research. Ch. 5. How to Read and Write Research Reports. - Pt. Two. Principles and Practices of Experimental Psychology. Ch. 6. Psychophysics. Ch. 7. Perception. Ch. 8. Attention and Reaction Time. Ch. 9. Conditioning and Learning. Ch 10. Remembering and Forgetting. Ch. 11. Thinking and Problem Solving. Ch. 12. Individual Differences and Development. Ch. 13. Social Influence. Ch. 14. Environmental Psychology. Ch. 15. Human Factors.
[The authors] offer a truly integrated treatment of experimental psychology -- discussing and clarifying methodilogy 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. The ten chapters in Part II are each devoted to a specific content area - for example, psychopysics, perception, conditioning, and learning. In these chapters. the authors discuss and clarify methods within the context of actual research conducted in these specific content areas. [As a result], readers connect methodology with research and can see for themselves the issues and problems that occur in conducting real research. - Back cover
0534364268 053450602X 9780534364267 9780534506025
Psychology--Research.
Psychology, Experimental.
150.724 / KAN
Experimental psychology : understanding psychological research / Barry H. Kantowitz, Henry L. Roediger III, David G. Elmes. - 7th ed. - Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, c2001. - xxiv, 597 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Pt. One. Fundamentals of Research. Ch. 1. Explanation in Scientific Psychology. Ch. 2. Research Techniques: Observation and Correlation. Ch. 3. Research Techniques: Experiments. Ch. 4. Eithics in Psychological Research. Ch. 5. How to Read and Write Research Reports. - Pt. Two. Principles and Practices of Experimental Psychology. Ch. 6. Psychophysics. Ch. 7. Perception. Ch. 8. Attention and Reaction Time. Ch. 9. Conditioning and Learning. Ch 10. Remembering and Forgetting. Ch. 11. Thinking and Problem Solving. Ch. 12. Individual Differences and Development. Ch. 13. Social Influence. Ch. 14. Environmental Psychology. Ch. 15. Human Factors.
[The authors] offer a truly integrated treatment of experimental psychology -- discussing and clarifying methodilogy 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. The ten chapters in Part II are each devoted to a specific content area - for example, psychopysics, perception, conditioning, and learning. In these chapters. the authors discuss and clarify methods within the context of actual research conducted in these specific content areas. [As a result], readers connect methodology with research and can see for themselves the issues and problems that occur in conducting real research. - Back cover
0534364268 053450602X 9780534364267 9780534506025
Psychology--Research.
Psychology, Experimental.
150.724 / KAN