Psychological Research: The Ideas Behind the Methods

Author:   Douglas G. Mook (University of Virginia)
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
ISBN:  

9780393976205


Pages:   592
Publication Date:   20 June 2001
Format:   Hardback
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In addition to generous coverage of the full range of topics necessary for teaching a successful research methods course, Psychological Research includes a chapter on the ethical considerations of research, an appendix on writing research papers, an optional abbreviated treatment of statistics in relation to research, and an Instructor's Manual.

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Author:   Douglas G. Mook (University of Virginia)
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Dimensions:   Width: 19.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.050kg
ISBN:  

9780393976205


ISBN 10:   0393976203
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   20 June 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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Testing our ideas; theory and data in psychology; data; observation and description I; observation and description II - some technical problems; experiments with one independent variable; experimental control I - obscuring factors; experimental control II - confounded variables; experiments with more tha one independent variable; single-subject and small-N experiments; quasi-experiments; the reliability and generality of findings; ethical considerations in reserach.

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Douglas G. Mook is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Virginia. He has published widely in leading professional journals, including Psychological Research, American Psychologist, and the Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, on such diverse topics as the nature of preferences, the problem of external validity in research, and the neuroendocrine control of ingestion in rats. Professor Mook is also the author of Motivation: The Organization of Action. He lives in New York City, where he teaches regularly at local colleges while cultivating his interest in operatic performance.

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