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Doing Social Psychology Research
Breakwell
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Description for Doing Social Psychology Research
Hardcover. Introduces students to the principal data collection methods and data analyses used in social psychology. This book describes the principal research methods and shows how they can be applied to particular research questions. Editor(s): Breakwell, Glynis M. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 684.
This practical text introduces students to all the principal data collection methods and data analyses used in social psychology.
- A student-friendly introduction to the data collection methods and data analyses used in social psychology.
- Describes the principal research methods and shows how they can be applied to particular research questions.
- Each chapter is written by a psychologist well known for using the method they describe.
- Methods presented include conducting surveys, constructing questionnaires, facilitating focus groups, running interviews, and using archival recordings.
- Topics used to illustrate these methods include identity processes, attribution, stereotyping, attitude change, social influence, communication, and group dynamics.
- Includes step-by-step exercises for students and notes for course leaders.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405108119
SKU
V9781405108119
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Breakwell
Glynis M. Breakwell is Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bath. She is a social psychologist specializing in research and identity processes, risk communication, and military cultures. Her previous publications include Coping with Threatened Identities (1986), Interviewing (1990) and Research Methods in Psychology (with Sean Hammond and Chris Fife-Shaw, 1999).
Reviews for Doing Social Psychology Research
"An indispensible volume for research training in social psychology, this book impresses for the wealth of teaching and research experience underpinning every chapter, confidently leading the student from introductory through to advanced aspects of a wide range of methods. Doing Social Psychology successfully conveys not only the rationale, key decisions and practicalities which every student should know but also communicates the excitement and commitment which makes for high quality research." Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, LSE "With an impressive cast of contributors and a comprehensive treatment of the research approaches on offer in the discipline, this book should earn the gratitude of social psychology teachers everywhere. Doing social psychology is about using the tools of research to answer particular questions with evidence; this book will help and encourage students to open the tool box." Nick Emler, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Surrey "This revised and extended volume presents clear and practical guidance on learning how to use the research methods that are most widely used by contemporary British social psychologists. In the process, it also provides useful introductions to many of their current cutting-edge research topics." Peter Smith, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Sussex "Readers of the book would argue that the most outstanding feature of this text is its stand-alone usefulness as a source of references... Used correctly the contents of this book will prove helpful for new social psychology researchers wanting to better understand one of the particular research methods included and gain confidence through practice in its application." Psychology in Society, Issue 31, 2005