Psychology

Presenting a principle or problem in experimental design, the authors then show how the problem has been dealt with in psychological literature.

Organized into two parts (Basic Principles of Experimental Design and Analysis of Experiments), this book combines a text and case approach to examine the methods of experimental psychology. Using published research findings, students read, critique, and analyze actual cases/experiments from all aspects of psychology that exemplify various design principles.

Q:  How do you relate research methods to the real world of research?

A:  The pedagogical method in this book uses actual experiments to help the student learn how design principles are applied in research.  In this edition of Experimental Psychology the student will read, critique, and analyze approximately 75 cases drawn from professional literature representing every major area of psychology – from animal studies to child psychology.

Q:  Do your students often ask, “Why am I here?”

A:  Using this text, students will learn how  we know what we know about psychological science.  Teaching by example, MacLin and Solso educate students how to do research, as well as sharpen their reading, thinking, and writing skills.  

• Part One (Basic Principles of Experimental design) has been expanded to include current case studies and reorganized to better mirror the order in which many instructors are already using the text.  MacLin and Solso have also expanded discussion of research methods that fall outside the bounds of traditional experimental psychology.
• Comprehensive chapters on the research process have been expanded and updated to include the latest information on electronic databases, planning and doing research (including updated information on Institutional Review Boards), funding research, writing abstracts, preparing posters and attending conferences, writing a professional paper, and publishing manuscripts.
• The scope of the articles in Part Two was carefully selected to sample the major areas of psychology, including industrial psychology, cognitive psychology, social psychology, animal and ethological studies, practical problems, cross-cultural studies, psychotherapy, single-subject designs, educational psychology, behavioral modification, and child psychology among others.
• Chapter 9, “Psychological Literature” has been moved to Chapter 2.
• Chapter 2, “Experimental Design in Psychology” is now Chapter 3.
• Chapter 3, “Ethics of Experimental Research” is now Chapter 8.
• For the first time, a Glossary is now included.

To the Instructor. To the Student.   I. BASIC PRINCIPLES IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY.   1. An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry. The Topics of Experimental Psychology. Science. Facts, Theories, and Speculation. Psychological Science. The Scientific Method. Experimental design. Applying Assumptions of the Scientific Method to Experimental Psychology. The Psychological Experiment. Development Hypotheses in Experimental Psychology. Other Research Methods. Observation Methods. Archival Research. Correlational Studies. Survey Research Methods.   2. The Psychological Literature: Reading For Understanding and As A Source of Research Ideas. Ideas, Hunches, and the Psychological Literature. Using the Internet. Electronic Databases: Indexes, Abstracts, Full Text. Reading and Understanding Psychological Articles. A Form for Recording Articles.   3. Basic Experimental Design in Psychology. The Logic of Experimental Psychology. Operational Definitions. Independent and Dependent Variables. Experimental and Control Groups.   4. Advanced Design Techniques Factorial Designs. Quasi-Experimental Design. Functional Designs. Additional Considerations: Generalization of Results.   5. Experimental Design and Control. Controlled Contrasts. Scientific Interferences. Types of Control. Experimental Paradigms. Use of Treatment and Control Groups. Exercise.   6. Control Of Subject Variables. Equality of Subjects in Treatment Groups. Random Assignment. Matching Subjects. Within Subject Control. Subject Loss (Attrition).   7. Design Critiques. Experiment Briefs.   8. Ethics of Experimental Research. Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Research with Humans. Case Studies.   9. The Research Process. Doing Research. Writing a Research Paper. Reporting Data. Sample Manuscript. Submission of Manuscript. Poster Sessions at Professional Meetings. II. ANALYSIS OF EXPERIMENTS.   10. Cola Tasting. Introduction. Special Issues: Control Problems. Identification of Cola Beverages. Analysis. Questions.   11. Territoriality in Parking Lots. Introduction. Special Issues: Field-based Studies. Territorial Defense in Parking Lots: Retaliation against Waiting Drivers. Questions.   12. Fanning Old Flames. Introduction. Fanning Old Flames: Arousing Romantic Obsession through Thought Suppression. Analysis. Questions.   13. Picture Memory. Introduction. Comprehension and Memory for Pictures. Analysis. Questions.   14. Hormones and Toy Preferences. Introduction. Special Issues: Selection of Subjects as a Source of Independent Variables. Special Issues: "Politically Incorrect" Findings. Early Androgens Are Related to Childhood Sex-Typed Toy Preferences. Analysis. Questions.   15. Maternal Behavior. Introduction. Special issues: The Use of Animals in Psychological Research. Maternal Behavior Induced by Maternal Blood Plasma Injected into Virgin Rats. Analysis. Questions.   16. Children's Reasoning.   17. Creative Porpoise. Introduction. Special Issues: Small n Designs. The Creative Porpoise: Training for Novel Behavior. Analysis. Questions.   18. Perspective Shifting. Introduction. Recall of Previously Unrecallable Information Following a Shift in Perspective. Analysis. Questions.   19. Therapy for Anger. Introduction. Special Issues: Single-Subject Design in Clinical Studies. Stress Inoculation: A Cognitive Theory for Anger and Its Application to a Case of Depression. Analysis. Questions.   20. Prosocial Behavior. Introduction. Questions. Effects of a Prosocial Televised Example on Children's Helping.   21. Alcohol And Condoms. Introduction. Special Issues: Multiple Experiments. Special Issues: Studying Complex Social Behavior in the Laboratory. Why Common Sense Goes Out the Window: Effects of Alcohol on Intentions to Use Condoms. Analysis. Questions.   22. Karate Techniques. Introduction. Special Issues: Subject Variables. Memory for the Frequency of Occurrence of Karate Techniques: A Comparison of Experts and Novices. Analysis. Questions.   23. Disputes In Japan. Introduction. Questions. Disputes in Japan: A Cross-Cultural Test of the Procedural Justice Model.   24. False Confessions. Introduction. The Social Psychology of False Confessions: Compliance, Internalization, and Confabulation. Analysis. Questions.   Appendix A: Computational Procedures for Basic Statistics. Appendix B: Statistical Tables. Glossary. References. Credits. Name Index. Subject Index.

Research Methods / Experimental Methods  (Psychology)

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  Experimental Psychology: A Case Approach, 7/E
  Solso & MacLin
  ©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205319769 | ISBN-13: 9780205319763
  Brief Description

  

  By presenting a principle or problem in experimental design, the authors then show how the problem has been dealt with in psychological literature.

  Students read, critique, and analyze actual cases/experiments from all aspects of psychology that exemplify various design principles.

  Organized into two parts (Basic Principles of Experimental Design and Analysis of Experiments), the book combines a text and case approach to examine the methods of experimental psychology.

Dr. Kim MacLin is Associate Professor of Psychology and Law at the University of Northern Iowa. She received her Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Social Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. She teaches Introductory Psychology, Psychology & Law, Social Psychology, and Research Methods. She was a recipient of the 2005 Outstanding Teaching Award for Untenured Faculty. Her research interests focus on criminal appearance stereotypes, the source of those stereotypes, and how those stereotypes impact memory and decision making in a variety of legal contexts.

Maclin and Solso combine a text and case approach to examine the methods of experimental psychology. Using published research findings, students read, critique, and analyze actual cases/experiments from all aspects of psychology that exemplify various design principles.  This book addresses two basic challenges that students and instructors often face in the research methods course:

How do you relate research methods to the real world of research?

The pedagogical method in this book uses actual experiments to help students learn how design principles are applied in research.  In this edition of Experimental Psychology the student will read, critique, and analyze approximately 75 cases drawn from professional literature representing every major area of psychology — from animal studies to child psychology.

Do your students often ask, “Why am I here?”

Using this text, students will learn how we know what we know about psychological science.  Teaching by example, MacLin and Solso educate students how to do research, as well as sharpen their reading, thinking, and writing skills.  

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