Experimental psychology : a case approach

Synopsis

I. BASIC PRINCIPLES IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. 1. An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry. 2. Experimental Design in Psychology. 3. Operational Definitions, Factorial Designs, Quasi-Experimental Designs, and Other Advanced Techniques. 4. Experimental Design and Control. 5. Design Critiques I. 6. Control of Subject Variables. 7. Design Critiques II. 8. Ethics of Experimental Research. 9. The Psychological Literature: Reading for Understanding and as a Source of Research Ideas. 10. The Research Process. II. Analysis of Experiments. 11. Cola Tasting. 12. Distance and Rank. 13. Fanning Old Flames. 14. Just Another Face in the Crowd. 15. Picture Memory. 16. Hormones and Toy Preferences. 17. Maternal Behavior. 18. Long-Term Memory. 19. Creative Porpoise. 20. Perspective Shifting. 21. Therapy for Anger. 22. Prosocial Behavior. 23. Alcohol and Condoms. 24. Karate Techniques. 25. Disputes in Japan. 26. False Confessions. Appendix A: Computational Procedures for Basic Statistics. Appendix B: Statistical Tables. References. Name Index. Subject Index.