How to Find Out in Psychology (eBook)

A Guide to the Literature and Methods of Research

D. H. Borchardt, R. D. Francis (Autoren)

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2013 | 1. Auflage
202 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-1-4831-9073-0 (ISBN)

Infos

How to Find Out in Psychology: A Guide to the Literature and Methods of Research is a research guidebook in psychology. The book is comprised of 11 chapters that address concerns in psychological research. The text first covers the concept of psychology and its major theories, and then proceeds to tackling bibliographic aids for research in psychology. The next series of chapters details the methodologies in researching and presenting. The last chapters discuss the professional matters in psychology. The book will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners of behavioral science.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
How to Find Out in Psychology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 10
Preface 6
List of Illustrations 12
CHAPTER 1. Definitions and Overviews 14
CHAPTER 2. Historical and Theoretical Works 22
1. History and biography 22
2. Schools 28
3. Theories 31
CHAPTER 3. Reference Sources 36
1. Monographs 36
2. Periodical literature 41
3. Government publications 45
4. Other types of Publications 52
CHAPTER 4. Indexes, Abstracts and Union Lists 56
CHAPTER 5. Computer-based Data Retrieval 66
INTRODUCTION 70
USERS GUIDE 71
APPENDIX B: DISCONTINUED TERMS 72
SAMPLE RECORD 81
SEARCHING TIPS 82
GENERAL DESCRIPTION 83
PSYCHABS RECORD DESCRIPTION 84
CHAPTER 6. Special Fields of Psychology 86
Physiological psychology 87
Psychoanalysis 87
Behaviourism 89
Gestalt psychology 89
Affective psychology, cognition, creativity 90
Measurements and tests 91
Developmental psychology 94
Social psychology 97
Psychiatry and mental health 98
Forensic psychology and criminology 102
Psychology, religion and phenomenology 102
Applied psychology 103
Parapsychology 104
CHAPTER 7. Preparations for Research 106
1. Framing the question 106
2. Literature Searches 109
CHAPTER 8. Citations and The Card File 122
1. Reference and citations 122
2. The card file 124
CHAPTER 9. Quantitative Psychology and its Methodology 132
1. Statistics 132
2. Experimental design 135
CHAPTER 10. Presentation of Results 140
1. Physical forms 140
2. Style of writing 141
3. Structure of a report 143
4. Publication 147
CHAPTER 11. The Profession 150
1. Psychological organizations 150
2. Careers for Graduates in Psychology 156
3. Further education and training in psychology 160
APPENDIX A: A Guide to Library Searches 164
APPENDIX B: Report Writing: a Model for Empirical Psychological Reports 170
TITLE: THE EFFECT OF READING TUITION ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: VOLUNTEERING AND METHODS OF TUITION 170
SUMMARY 170
INTRODUCTION 171
METHOD 174
RESULTS 175
DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 176
REFERENCES 177
APPENDIX C: Self-testing for Authors of Empirical Reports 178
APPENDIX D: A Reader's, Writer's, and Reviewer's Guide to Assessing Research Reports in Clinical Psychology 180
Topic Content 180
Style 180
Introduction 180
Method 181
Representative Design 182
Statistics 182
Factor Analytic Statistics 182
Figures and Tables 183
Discussion and Conclusion 183
APPENDIX E: Psychological Societies 186
Bibliography 188
Subject Index 200

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-4831-9073-0 / 1483190730
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4831-9073-0 / 9781483190730