Psychology Research Methods
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-815680-3 (ISBN)
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
Psychology Research Methods: A Writing Intensive Approach provides instruction in critical concepts and processes in behavioral science research methods and skills in formulating and writing research papers. The book creates an experiential approach to learning, with chapters organized around the task of writing a complete APA-style research paper.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
Psychology Research Methods: A Writing Intensive Approach provides instruction in critical concepts and processes in behavioral science research methods and skills in formulating and writing research papers. The book creates an experiential approach to learning, with chapters organized around the task of writing a complete APA-style research paper.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
Dr. Brondolo is an established, funded researcher for the past 25 years. She has served as a permanent member of several NIH-Center for Scientific Review study sections, providing me with extensive experience in reviewing of research proposals. She reviews papers for many journals and is on the editorial board of 2 journals and is a consulting editor on another. Serving as a reviewer of grants and research papers has provided her with extensive experience in evaluating research. Dr Brondolo has gained insight into the types of scientific arguments and methods that are necessary to build good research. She has been teaching research methods to undergraduates and supervising graduate student research (for masters and dissertations) for 26 years, and to medical residents for 8 years.
1. Introduction
Part 1. Public health significance2. The building blocks of research: Application to public health significance3. From building blocks to building hypothesis-testing research4. Public health significance: Finding the evidence5. Public health significance: A focus on populations and sampling6. Writing the public health significance section
Part 2. Theory of the problem7. Theory of the problem: Understanding risk factors and mechanisms8. Theory of the problem: Understanding research designs9. Theory of the problem: Understanding research results10. Writing the Theory of the Problem
Part 3. Theory of the solution11. Theory of the solution: Understanding psychological treatments12. Theory of the solution: Understanding research design for treatment outcome studies13. Theory of the solution: Identifying gaps in knowledge14. Writing the theory of the solution
Part 4. Methods15. Methods: Participant selection and ethical considerations16. Methods: Measuring variables17. Methods: Procedures for study implementation and protection of internal validity18. Writing about research methods
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.08.2020 |
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| Verlagsort | San Diego |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1130 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-12-815680-5 / 0128156805 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-815680-3 / 9780128156803 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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