Experimental design in psychology [electronic resource] : a case approach.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface: To the Reader -- Permissions Acknowledgments -- Part I Basic Principles in Experimental Design -- 1 An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry -- The Topics of Experimental Design -- CASE STUDY | Cognitive Psychology | Face Processing -- What is Science? -- The Experiment -- Psychological Science -- The Scientific Method -- Experimental Design -- Applying Assumptions of the Scientific Method to Experimental Psychology -- Order -- Determinism -- Empiricism -- Parsimony -- CASE STUDY | Developmental Psychology

The Psychological Experiment -- CASE STUDY | Cognitive Psychology | Reading -- Other Research Methods -- Observation Methods -- Frequency Method -- Duration Method -- Interval Method -- Naturalistic Observations -- CASE STUDY | Comparative Psychology | Language Learning -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Personal Space -- Field-Based Studies -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology -- Archival Research -- Correlational Studies -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Body Image -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Teen Pregnancy -- CASE STUDY | Perception -- Survey Research Methods

The Building Blocks for Scientific Ideas -- Facts, Theories, and Speculation -- Development of Hypotheses in Experimental Psychology -- A Final Note -- 2 The Psychological Literature: Reading for Understanding and as a Source of Research Ideas -- Hunches, Ideas, and the Psychological Literature -- Sources of Information -- Books and Journals -- The Internet -- Electronic Databases: Indexes, Abstracts, Full Text -- How to Search a Topic -- Reading and Understanding Psychological Articles -- Organizing Articles -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Deception -- Annotated Bibliographies

A Final Note -- 3 Basic Experimental Design in Psychology -- The Logic of Experimental Design -- Operational Definitions -- Independent and Dependent Variables -- Experimenter-Manipulated Independent Variables -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Social Cognition -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Person Perception -- Experimenter-Selected Independent Variables -- CASE STUDY | Cognitive Psychology | Gender Differences -- Experimental and Control Groups -- CASE STUDY | Perception -- CASE STUDY | Clinical Psychology -- CASE STUDY | Conditioning and Learning -- Within-Subject Control

The Two Meanings of Control -- A Final Note -- Note -- 4 Advanced Design Techniques -- Factorial Designs -- CASE STUDY | Behavioral Psychology | Learning -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Attitudes and Dissonance -- Complex Factorial Designs -- Statistical Significance -- Cognitive Psychology | Memory and Pattern Recognition -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology | Territoriality -- CASE STUDY | Cognitive Psychology | Memory -- Quasi-Experimental Designs -- CASE STUDY | Social Psychology -- Functional Designs -- Small n Designs -- CASE STUDY | Behavioral Analysis | Schedules of Reinforcement -- CASE STUDY | Clinical Psychology | Schizophrenia

This text is about doing science and the active process of reading, learning, thinking, generating ideas, designing experiments, and the logistics surrounding each step of the research process. In easy-to-read, conversational language, Kim MacLin teaches students experimental design principles and techniques using a tutorial approach in which students read, critique, and analyze over 75 actual experiments from every major area of psychology. She provides them with real-world information about how science in psychology is conducted and how they can participate. Recognizing that students come to an experimental design course with their own interests and perspectives, MacLin covers many subdisciplines of psychology throughout the text, including IO psychology, child psychology, social psychology, behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, health psychology, educational/school psychology, legal psychology, and personality psychology, among others. Part I of the text is content oriented and provides an overview of the principles of experimental design. Part II contains annotated research articles for students to read and analyze. Classic articles have been retained and 11 new ones have been added, featuring contemporary case studies, information on the Open Science movement, expanded coverage on ethics in research, and a greater focus on becoming a better writer, clarity and precision in writing, and reducing bias in language. This edition is up to date with the latest APA Publication Manual (7th edition) and includes an overview of the updated bias-free language guidelines, the use of singular "they," the new ethical compliance checklist, and other key changes in APA style. This text is essential reading for students and researchers interested in and studying experimental design in psychology.

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