Essential Research Methods in Psychology

ISBN-13: 9781473999084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 344 str.

Philip Banyard; Belinda Winder; Christine Norman

Opis

This book focusses on captivating, and maintaining the engagement of, students in the methods they need to know about to be successful in their psychology degree and does this with inventive pedagogy.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Psychological research: doing the right thing? - Philip Banyard
Chapter 2. Experimental methods - Andrew Harris, Russell Turk, Mike Vernon and Juliet Ruth Helen Wakefield
Chapter 3. Survey methods - Lucy Betts, Moon Halder, Mark Sergeant and Ben Oldfield
Chapter 4. Neuroscientific methods - Andrew Clouter and Darren Rhodes
Chapter 5. Randomised controlled trials - Janet Vousden and Anna Cunningham
Chapter 6. Interviews - David Wilde, Beth Jones, Jennifer Mackay and Lisa Sanderson
Chapter 7. Focus groups - Lydia Harkin and Francesca Chloe Ryding
Chapter 8. Naturally occurring data - Anastasia Rousaki, Eva Prikrylova, Kristina Newman and Sarah Seymour-Smith
Chapter 9. Visual methods - David Wilde and Amanda Edmondson
Chapter 10. Combining two methods: Interviews and psychometrics - Rowena Hill, Lisa Sanderson and Beth Jones
Chapter 11: Repertory grids - Nicholas Blagden and Rosie Kitson-Boyce
Chapter 12. Case studies - Rusi Jaspal, Caroline Flowers and Melina Throuvala
Chapter 13. Behavioural observations - Emma J. Vardy, Treshi-Marie Perera and James Stiller

O autorze

Dr Phil Banyard is Head of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). The Department is the largest provider of full-time undergraduate psychology degrees in the UK and the for the last eight years has achieved over 90% approval on the national student survey, again not bettered by any university in the UK: not only the biggest but arguably also the best. In his thirty years at NTU Phil Banyard has taught on a range of courses but focused on introductory modules and critical thinking. His research was concerned with the impact of digital technologies on teaching and learning, especially in schools. He was a chief examiner of A Level Psychology for many years and has written more than twenty texts. The most recent of these was an introductory text with SAGE that brought in over 50 members of the department at NTU. His cultural interests are largely defined by smallpeople in the family and he is currently enjoying Captain Underpants series three which he regards as riotously creative. 

Belinda is a Reader in Forensic Psychology. She teaches primarily within forensic psychology, with specific focus on sexual crime. She has a strong background in psychometrics and individual differences, and retains her enthusiasm for quantitative research (continuing to teach multivariate statistics in what she hopes is a fun and interactive manner). Her research is leading her to incorporate qualitative research methods as she continues to develop a programme of research in collaboration with HMP Whatton (the largest sex offender prison in Europe) that makes a significant and practical contribution to our understanding of sex offenders and sexual crime. Additional areas of interest (both in terms of teaching and research) include the psychology of fraud, lying and deception.Christine Norman is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University.Gayle Dillon is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University.