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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808467103321

Autore

Haworth John

Titolo

Psychological Research [[electronic resource] ] : Innovative Methods and Strategies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken : , : Taylor and Francis, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-81610-3

1-280-40808-1

9786610408085

0-203-13815-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 pages)

Disciplina

150.72

150/.7/2

Soggetti

Methodology

Psychology

Research

Psychology - Methodology - Research

Investigative Techniques

Behavioral Sciences

Information Science

Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms

Epidemiologic Methods

Public Health

Science

Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Quality of Health Care

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Natural Science Disciplines

Environment and Public Health

Health Care

Data Collection

Research Design

Methods

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction: contemporary psychological research: visions from positional standpoints John Haworth; Preface; Mental health, work and leisure John Haworth; Questionnaire measures of health-relevant cognitions and behaviours Mark Conner and Mitch Waterman; Large-scale questionnaire research on drivers Michelle Meadows and Stephen Stradling; Advanced uses of multiple regression: modelling mediated and moderated effects Ros Bramwell; A brief guide to cross-cultural psychological research Robin Goodwin; Preface

Culture, perception and cognition Tim IngoldHanging around and making something of it: ethnography John Bowers; Methodological considerations in observing mother  infant interactions in natural settings E. Connors and S.M. Glenn; Systemic interviewing and attributional analysis applied to international broadcasting Peter Stratton; Constructing and deconstructing childhood: images of children and charity appeals Erica Burman; Discursive complexes in material culture Ian Parker; Preface; Methodological issues in hypnosis Graham F. Wagstaff

Qualitative methods in cognitive psychology: illustrations from decision process research and environmental cognition Rob Ranyard and Janis WilliamsonRemembering in a social context: experimental methods for the evaluation of collaborative recall Peter R. Meudell; The case study method in cognitive neuropsychology J.R. Hanley; Will these instructions do? Methods and techniques for assessing written communication James Hartley; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Starting a research project, however large or small can be a daunting prospect.  New researchers can be confronted with a huge number of options not only of topic, but of conceptual underpinning.  It is quite possible to conduct research into say, memory, from a number of research traditions. Psychology also has links with several other disciplines and it is possible to utilise their techniques; the difficulty is quite simply the wide variety of methodological approaches that psychological research embraces.  In this collection, authors have been recruited to explain a wide range of different