Author: John W. P. Ost
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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To acquaint the student with the concepts and methods of laboratory science as they apply to psychology.

Author: John W. P. Ost
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 1483274195
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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A Laboratory Introduction to Psychology was written to acquaint the student with the concepts and methods of laboratory science as they apply to psychology. It is assumed that the laboratory course will follow or accompany a comprehensive course in introductory psychology which emphasizes scientific topics. The experiments have been related to journal articles and to sections of several popular textbooks so that students and instructors will have ready access to introductory material. This manual is limited to standard topics of experimental psychology, but includes some experiments that are relatively new. The topics discussed are grouped into in three main categories: Animal Behavior, Sensory Processes, and Human Behavior. Within each of these sections, the experiments are somewhat connected in shorter series. The Animal Behavior studies include one series consisting of conditioning, extinction, discrimination, and secondary reinforcement, and a second series on schedules of reinforcement and motivation. The experiments on Sensory Processes include some threshold measurements, and also a series of studies on perceived magnitude, adaptation level, and illusions. The experiments on Human Behavior include a series on learning and transfer, on short-term memory, and on two-person interactions.

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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Author: Julia Nunn
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780863777103
Category : Experimental design
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Experimental design is important enough to merit a book on its own, without statistics, that instead links methodology to a discussion of how psychologists can advance and reject theories about human behaviour. The objective of this book is to fulfil this role. The first four chapters lay the foundations of design in experimental psychology. The first chapter justifies the prominent role given to methodology within the discipline, whilst chapters two and three describe between-subject and within-subject designs. Chapter four compares and contrasts the traditional experimental approach with that of the quasi-experimental, or correlational approach, concluding that the consequences of not recognizing the value of the latter approach can be far-reaching. The following three chapters discuss practical issues involved in running experiments. The first of these offers a comprehensive guide to the student researcher who wants to construct a good questionnaire, including a discussion of reliability and validity issues. The next chapter considers the basic tools of psychological research, whilst both discussing the theoretical problem of how a sample from a population is chosen and offering useful hints on the practical issue of finding adequate populations from which to select participants. The next chapter considers ethical practice within psychological research, written in large part so that psychology students will be better able to anticipate ethical problems in their studies before they occur. The final two chapters consider reporting and reading psychological papers. Chapter eight details what should and should not be included in a laboratory report. The contributors use their collective experience of marking numerous lab reports to highlight common errors and provide solutions. Finally, chapter nine describes the various elements of a journal article, including tips on how to get the best out of your journal reading.

Author: Carolyn A. Buckley
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ISBN: 9781465285652
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Carolyn BUCKLEY
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ISBN: 9781524970383
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Languages : en
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Author: Carolyn Buckley
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ISBN: 9781465256508
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Author: Carolyn BUCKLEY
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ISBN: 9781524957124
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Languages : en
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Author: Kathleen M. Galotti
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1412974100
Category : Cognition
Languages : en
Pages : 497

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Author: BUCKLEY; CAROLYN
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ISBN: 9781524907693
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Languages : en
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eBook Version You will receive access to this electronic text via email after using the shopping cart above to complete your purchase