Experimental psychology /
Barry H. Kantowitz, Henry L. Roediger III and David G. Elmes
- Tenth Edition
- Stamford, Connecticut : Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd, c2015
- xxviii, 610 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I: FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH.1. Explanation in Scientific Psychology.2. Research Techniques: Observations and Correlation.3. Research Techniques: Experiments.4. Ethics in Psychological Research.5. How to Read and Write Research Papers.Part II: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 6. Psychophysics.7. Perception.8. Attention and Reaction Time.9. Conditioning and Learning.10. Remembering and Forgetting.11. Thinking and Problem Solving.12. Individual Differences and Development.13. Social Psychology.14. Environmental Psychology.15. Human Factors.
Offers a fresh approach to the fundamentals of research methodology. This title is organized by topic - such as research in human factors, learning, thinking, and problem solving - and the authors discuss and clarify research methods in the context of actual research conducted in these specific areas.