Discovering Research Methods in Psychology A Student's Guide [Paperback]

• Offers a unique narrative approach to introducing the complexities of psychological research methods to first year students
• Introduces the reader to the three main types of research methods used in psychology – observation, experimentation and survey methods
• Provides clear summaries of 21st-century published studies that reflect diversity and best illustrate issues in research methodology
• Includes an emphasis on topics of most interest to students, from those with a personal perspective such as romantic relationships, prejudice and career decisions, to clinical topics including eating disorders, heavy drinking and paranoia 
• Features a comprehensive glossary of all research terminology used in the narrative

 

1. Introduction and How To Use This Book

2. Ethics

3. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Experiment -- A Randomised Controlled Trial

4. Music and Stress

Experiment -- A Matched Pairs Design

5. Competitive Anxiety

Experiment -- A Repeated Measures Design

6. Change Blindness

Experiment -- A Single Sample Design

7. Acoustic Preferences

Experiment -- A Programme of Experiments – Animal Studies

8. Cognitive Costs of Racial Prejudice

Experiment -- Unrelated Three-Factor Design Between Groups and Between Conditions

9. Mate-Selection Strategies

Experiment -- A Mixed Two-l31