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Abstract: The 2nd edition of Research Methods for Social Psychology offers information on how to conduct empirical research in social psychology. The author teaches readers to think like experimental social psychologists, that is, to use or develop explanatory theories and to manipulate and measure variables in order to explain the origin or purpose of some aspect of social life.

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Second edition
• Acknowledgments
• About the author
• 1. Studying social psychology
• 2. Developing research topics in social psychology
• 3. Ethical issues in social psychological research
• 4. Basic experimental design
• 5. Alternatives to experimental research in social psychology
• 6. Developing questionnaires and surveys
• 7. Introducing a difference: independent variables
• 8. Measuring what happens: dependent variables
• 9. Validity and realism in research
• 10. Conducting social psychology experiments: practical matters
• 11. Data analysis
• 12. Presenting social psychological research
• Appendix A. Major journals in social psychology
• Appendix B. Reading journal articles in social psychology
• Appendix C. Student research paper
• References.

Author/Creator:

Dunn, Dana , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Research methods for social psychology [by Dunn, D.]

Subjects:

Social psychology — Research — Methodology

Social psychology

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical referenceses.
Description based on title page of print version.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (21 entries) : 38 images.

Call Numbers:

HM1033 .D862 2013eb

ISBNs:

9781786842596 (electronic version)
9781118406052 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2012026717 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

985346582

Other Control Numbers:

gtp00567047 (source: CaBNVSL)
wileymsp2013 (source: Credo)
[Unknown Type]: Credo9781786842596