Research Methods

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Concepts and Connections

ISBN: 0716776812
ISBN 13: 9780716776819
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: 600 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

Coverage of contemporary topics, such as Internet research, media reports of correlational research, and challenges to scientific integrity. Broad range of examples representing the diversity of psychological subfields, including clinical, social, cognitive, developmental, and others.Concept Checks, Knowledge Assessment, and Critical Thinking and Application questions in each chapter enable students to test their understanding of the concepts as they read.A comprehensive chapter on ethics illustrates ethics codes and principles with both contemporary and classic examples. It explores ethical challenges such as the use of deception, obtaining informed consent in Internet research, balancing confidentiality with duty to report certain observations, and the ethics of dealing with incidental findings. This chapter also includes current perspectives on animal research and the increasingly important issues of scientific integrity and plagiarism. Multiple chapters on nonexperimental methods explore the rich possibilities and also limitations of observation, surveys, and correlational techniques. The presentation of best practices is complemented by discussion of how these techniques are applied in the real world.Loose leaf and eBook versions offer cost savings and flexibility for students.

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Beschreibung

Research Methods: Concepts and Connections, offers students clear and compelling explanations and examples drawn from cutting-edge research from across the subfields of psychology. Readers come away with an unparalleled understanding of behavioral research practice in today's world and how those skills apply to everyday life.

Autorenporträt

Michael W. Passer coordinates the introductory psychology program at the University of Washington, USA which enrolls more than 3,000 students per year. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Rochester, his PhD from UCLA in social psychology, and has been a faculty member at the University of Washington since 1977.

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E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com

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