Experimental Psychology, 7th Edition

Anne Myers, Christine Hansen

Copyright 2012
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Focusing on experimental methods, authors Anne Myers and Christine Hansen lead students step by step through the entire research process, from generating testable hypotheses to writing the research report. The major sections of the book parallel the major sections of a research report (Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion), giving students the skills they'll need to design and conduct an experiment, analyze and interpret the research findings, and report those findings. Although the main focus is on experimentation, alternative approaches are discussed as important complements.

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Anne Myers

Anne Myers received her Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research.

Christine Hansen

Christine Hansen is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Oakland University. She received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Her professional affiliations include the American Psychological Society, Midwestern Psychological Association, Golden Key National Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Sigma XI National Scientific Research Honor Society, and Society for Experimental Social Psychology. Her varied research interests--which have been funded by the NSF and NIH--include behavioral and personality effects of popular music, contemporary media, emotive information processing, and bioinformatics.

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Chapter 1 now includes information about the history of experimental psychology and expanded explanations of experimentation and control.
Chapter 2, "Research Ethics," features expanded coverage of informed consent related to class projects and anonymous questionnaires (including a new Informed Consent Form). There's also expanded information on minors and special populations, more on plagiarism (particularly with respect to material from the Internet), and a new discussion of requirements for the care of lower vs. higher animal species. Finally, the authors added a discussion of a classic Milgram study to explain the concept of beneficence.
Chapter 3, "Alternatives to Experimentation: Nonexperimental Designs," features a revised discussion of internal validity and new coverage of ethnography.
Chapter 4, "Alternatives to Experimentation: Surveys and Interviews," includes expanded coverage of interviewing, increased coverage of ethics and Internet surveys, and a new discussion of sampling as a concern for all research (as opposed to being a concern of only surveys).
Chapter 7, "The Basics of Experimentation," includes an augmented definition of variable.

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The book includes direct links between examples in the text and application via the online Wadsworth Statistics Workshops, accessible at www.cengage.com/psychology/workshops.
The authors incorporate research examples throughout the text by integrating journal articles in every chapter.
New American Psychological Association guidelines for reporting statistical results are described and explained.
Statistical material is included to help students interpret research findings. The results section of the text provides students with a conceptual overview of the process of statistical inference and step-by-step instructions for selecting and carrying out some of the tests commonly used in simple experiments.
Examples are drawn from a variety of research areas to emphasize the importance of experimental procedures throughout psychological research. The examples, both classic and current, provide clear, concrete illustrations of the concepts under discussion. The eclectic choice of examples gives instructors freedom to supplement the text with content-oriented readings in areas of their choice.

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PART I: INTRODUCTION.
1. Experimental Psychology and the Scientific Method.
2. Research Ethics.
3. Alternatives to Experimentation: Nonexperimental Designs.
4. Alternatives to Experimentation: Surveys and Interviews.
5. Alternatives to Experimentation: Correlational and Quasi-Experimental Designs.
6. Formulating the Hypothesis.
PART II: METHOD.
7. The Basics of Experimentation.
8. Solving Problems: Controlling Extraneous Variables.
9. Basic Between-Subjects Designs.
10. Between-Subjects Factorial Designs.
11. Within-Subjects Designs.
12. Within-Subjects Designs: Small N.
PART III: RESULTS: COPING WITH DATA.
13. Why We Need Statistics.
14. Analyzing Results.
PART IV: DISCUSSION.
15. Drawing Conclusions: The Search for the Elusive Bottom Line.
16. Writing the Research Report.
Appendix A: Computational Formulas.
Appendix B: Statistical Tables.
Appendix C: A Journal Article in Manuscript Form.
Appendix D: Answers to Selected Study Question and All Critical Thinking Questions.
Glossary.
References.
Index.