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Chapter I. The Science of Psychology . 1. Methods of Knowing 3 2. Understanding Science 6 3. Goals of Science 10 4. Science and Common Sense 12 5. Experimental and Clinical Psychologists 15 6. Key Takeaways and Exercises 19 . Chapter II. Overview of the Scientific Method . 7. A Model of Scientific Research in Psychology 25 8. Finding a Research ...
APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology: Research Designs: Quantitative, Qualitative, Neuropsychological, and Biological, edited by H. Cooper, M. N. Coutanche, L. M. McMullen, A. T. Panter, D. Rindskopf, and K. J. Sher
APA handbook of research methods in psychology / Harris Cooper, editor-in-chief. v. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 1. Foundations, planning, measures, and psychometrics v. 2. Research designs : quantitative, qualitative, neuropsychological, and biological v. 3. Data analysis and research publication.
Because of psychology’s interdisciplinary range, the array of methods covered in this handbook is daunting. But the variety of methods that psychologists use is indicative of our discipline’s strength and vitality. The authors of the handbook chapters are motivated by a search for answers, no parochialism here.
This is the second edition of the APA Handbook of Research Methods in Psychology. It is the first handbook in the APA series to undergo revision. This seems only appropriate given the handbook’s broad overview of research methods used throughout scientific psychology.
This introduction to the research methods used in psychology begins with how the confluence of psychologists’ conceptual, logical, meta-theoretical, theoretical, and statistical skills serves to ensure that research data are collected systematically to answer well-defined questions.
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Psychology is usually defined as the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes, and this example illustrates the features that make it scientific. In this chapter, we look closely at these features, introduce a model of scientific research in psychology, and address several basic questions that students often have about it.
