Acknowledgements
About this Book
About the Authors of the Current Edition
Preface
I. The Science of Psychology
1. Methods of Knowing
2. Understanding Science
3. Goals of Science
4. Science and Common Sense
5. Experimental and Clinical Psychologists
6. Key Takeaways and Exercises
II. Overview of the Scientific Method
7. A Model of Scientific Research in Psychology
8. Finding a Research Topic
9. Generating Good Research Questions
10. Developing a Hypothesis
11. Designing a Research Study
12. Analyzing the Data
13. Drawing Conclusions and Reporting the Results
14. Key Takeaways and Exercise
III. Research Ethics
15. Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
16. From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
17. Putting Ethics Into Practice
18. Key Takeaways and Exercises
IV. Psychological Measurement
19. Understanding Psychological Measurement
20. Reliability and Validity of Measurement
21. Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement
22. Key Takeaways and Exercises
V. Experimental Research
23. Experiment Basics
24. Experimental Design
25. Experimentation and Validity
26. Practical Considerations
27. Key Takeaways and Exercises
VI. Non-Experimental Research
28. Overview of Non-Experimental Research
29. Correlational Research
30. Complex Correlation
31. Qualitative Research
32. Observational Research
33. Key Takeaways and Exercises
VII. Survey Research
34. Overview of Survey Research
35. Constructing Surveys
36. Conducting Surveys
37. Key Takeaways and Exercises
VIII. Quasi-Experimental Research
38. One-Group Designs
39. Non-Equivalent Groups Designs
40. Key Takeaways and Exercises
IX. Factorial Designs
41. Setting Up a Factorial Experiment
42. Interpreting the Results of a Factorial Experiment
43. Key Takeaways and Exercises
X. Single-Subject Research
44. Overview of Single-Subject Research
45. Single-Subject Research Designs
46. The Single-Subject Versus Group “Debate”
47. Key Takeaways and Exercises
XI. Presenting Your Research
48. American Psychological Association (APA) Style
49. Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
50. Other Presentation Formats
51. Key Takeaways and Exercises
XII. Descriptive Statistics
52. Describing Single Variables
53. Describing Statistical Relationships
54. Expressing Your Results
55. Conducting Your Analyses
56. Key Takeaways and Exercises
XIII. Inferential Statistics
57. Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
58. Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
59. Additional Considerations
60. From the “Replicability Crisis” to Open Science Practices
61. Key Takeaways and Exercises
Glossary
References
Resources for Instructors