Experimental Psychology: A Case Approach
\ \ \ 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...
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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.
To the InstructorTo the StudentPt. 1Basic Principles in Experimental Psychology1Ch. 1An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry3Ch. 2Experimental Design in Psychology19Ch. 3Operational Definitions and Advanced Design Techniques: Factorial Designs, Quasi-Experimental Designs, and Functional Designs42Ch. 4Experimental Design and Control67Ch. 5Design Critiques I92Ch. 6Control of Subject Variables99Ch. 7Design Critiques II111Ch. 8Ethics of Experimental Research115Ch. 9The Psychological Literature: Reading for Understanding and as a Source of Research Ideas130Ch. 10The Research Process140Pt. 2Analysis of Experiments173Ch. 11Cola Tasting178Ch. 12Distance and Rank188Ch. 13Fanning Old Flames200Ch. 14Just Another Face in the Crowd208Ch. 15Picture Memory215Ch. 16Hormones and Toy Preferences231Ch. 17Maternal Behavior245Ch. 18Long-Term Memory257Ch. 19Creative Porpoise262Ch. 20Perspective Shifting279Ch. 21Therapy for Anger294Ch. 22Prosocial Behavior308Ch. 23Alcohol and Condoms317Ch. 24Karate Techniques340Ch. 25Disputes in Japan349Ch. 26False Confessions359App. AComputational Procedures for Basic Statistics369App. BStatistical Tables382References386Credits393Name Index395Subject Index397
