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Research Methods in PsychologyThird Edition| ©2023 Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Natalie Ciarocco; David Strohmetz
Discovering the Scientist Within: Research Methods in Psychology is the only book on the market that teaches students about research methods using a complete study in each chapter. Authored by renowned teachers Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr., Natalie J. Ciarocco, and David B. Strohmetz, each d...
Discovering the Scientist Within: Research Methods in Psychology is the only book on the market that teaches students about research methods using a complete study in each chapter. Authored by renowned teachers Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr., Natalie J. Ciarocco, and David B. Strohmetz, each design-focused chapter asks students to consider an interesting research scenario and then walks them through each step of the study—from formulating a research question to reporting the results in APA style. Students come away with a hands-on understanding of the research process and invaluable practice in the basic steps that comprise all studies.
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What better way to learn research methods than through fascinating studies?
Discovering the Scientist Within: Research Methods in Psychology is the only book on the market that teaches students about research methods using a complete study in each chapter. Authored by renowned teachers Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr., Natalie J. Ciarocco, and David B. Strohmetz, each design-focused chapter asks students to consider an interesting research scenario and then walks them through each step of the study—from formulating a research question to reporting the results in APA style. Students come away with a hands-on understanding of the research process and invaluable practice in the basic steps that comprise all studies.
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If you’re looking to excite and engage your students, Achieve has the tools to help. It’s a full online learning system, bringing together a wide range of resources designed with instructors and students, using a foundation of learning research and rigorous testing.
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Each Design Chapter Focuses on a Single Research Question. With this approach, students see what psychological methods reveal about fascinating, unexpected questions.
Each Design Chapter Repeats All Steps of the Research Process. Rather than introducing important aspects--like ethical considerations, a literature review, or writing results in APA-style--once in the entire text, the author team revisits them for each design.
Exceptional Pedagogy Guides Students Through Complex Concepts. From crystal-clear Learning Outcomes, to embedded boxed features such as Research Spotlight and Thinking Like a Scientist in Real Life, to formative and summative assessment such as Your Turn and Applying What You’ve Learned, the pedagogical program allows readers to absorb and apply complex research methods concepts with ease.
Research in Action Activities Bring the Book Content to Life. Available in Achieve, these activities place students in the role of scientific investigator and ask them to conceptualize and run a research study from idea to results.
New to This Edition
Book-wide updates include hundreds of new references, universal revisions for APA 7e style, and updated language and examples to reflect the APA’s bias-free language guidelines and Macmillan Learning’s internal diversity/equity/inclusion efforts. All SPSS data screenshots have also been updated to reflect the latest version of the SPSS statistical software.
New concepts include science denialism, six guidelines for interesting research, member-checking, cutting-edge recruitment (Amazon MTurk and Reddit) and survey (Google Forms, Qualtrics) technologies, “new” statistics (confidence intervals), ethics associated with animal research, and much more. New “Research Spotlight” topics include systematic bias in the SAT, program evaluation in art therapy and school-based interventions, a mixed-design analysis of partner co-sleeping, and more.
Extensively revised chapters
- Chapter 3: Ethics and Open Science: Upholding Scientific Integrity in Research incorporates new open science coverage, including direct replication, conceptual replication, reproducibility, questionable research practices (QRP), the Three Badges of Open Science, clinical equipoise, and many real-life examples of research ethics.
- Chapter 12: Mixed Design: How Do Mindfulness and Bed-Sharing With Pets Impact Stress?” features a new chapter-wide example of mixed design involving animal research.
“I love what the authors are doing and their fresh approach to research methods. I love the hard work that went into this textbook. It shows on every page.”
- Michael Emond, Laurentian University“Students benefit from the relevant examples and applied learning that is integral to this text. There is a noticeable difference in the preparation, critical thinking, and confidence between students who took a research design course with this text vs. others.”
- Jennifer Willford, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania“The authors are very thorough in covering the concepts in language that is clear and easy to understand. I enjoyed that each chapter took students through a study in a very applied and realistic manner. The Research in Action activities provided a great in-depth and thorough tool for students to apply the concepts and test their knowledge.”
- Christina Pedram, Arizona State University“I really appreciated how the text used psychological concepts that each student should have already learned in the text. There was also a great sense of continuity on information between the chapters. Finally, and the greatest strength, was the ability to communicate in an effective and engaging manner.”
- Kerry Kleyman, Metropolitan State University
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Discovering the Scientist Within
Third Edition| ©2023
Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Natalie Ciarocco; David Strohmetz
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Discovering the Scientist Within
Third Edition| 2023
Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Natalie Ciarocco; David Strohmetz
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 Psychology As a Science: Thinking Like a ResearcherCHAPTER 2 The Research Process: From Ideas to Innovations
CHAPTER 3 Ethics and Open Science: Upholding Scientific Integrity in Research
CHAPTER 4 The Psychologist’s Toolbox: Tools for Building Better Designs
CHAPTER 5 Qualitative Research: Getting Into the Mind of a Serial Killer
CHAPTER 6 Observational Research: The Many Forms of Discipline in a Parent’s Bag of Tricks
CHAPTER 7 Correlational Research and Survey Design: Is Going Greek a Great Idea?
CHAPTER 8 Two-Group Design: Texting: I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
CHAPTER 9 Multigroup Design: I’m Feeling Hot, But Is the Earth Hot, Too?
CHAPTER 10 Within-Subjects Design: Can Watching Reality TV Shows Be Good for Us?
CHAPTER 11 Factorial Design: “I Lost My Phone Number, Can I Borrow Yours?” Do Pick-Up Lines Really Work?
CHAPTER 12 Mixed Design: How Do Mindfulness and Bed-Sharing With Pets Impact Stress?
CHAPTER 13 Program Evaluation: Applying Your Skills in the Real World
APPENDIX A Statistical Tools for Answering Research Questions
APPENDIX B Communicating the Science of Psychology
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Discovering the Scientist Within
Third Edition| 2023
Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Natalie Ciarocco; David Strohmetz
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Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr.
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Natalie J. Ciarocco
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David B Strohmetz
Seeking to promote quality teaching in the psychology major, Strohmetz has authored instructor’s manuals, test banks, and website companion material for several editions of a behavioral research textbook.  He has developed PowerPoint slide decks to accompany several editions of introductory psychology, social psychology, and developmental psychology textbooks. These slide decks incorporate pedagogical strategies to promote active learning in the classroom. His teaching-related publications and conference presentations focus on sharing innovative strategies he incorporates into his courses to promote student learning. Strohmetz is a co-founder of www.teachpsychscience.org, an internet repository of class activities and other instructor resources to support research methods and statistics.  Strohmetz is also an expert on assessment of student learning, having served as Associate Vice President for Academic and Institutional Assessment at Monmouth University.
Seeking to provide undergraduates with meaningful and engaging research experiences, Strohmetz’s Social Influence Lab focuses on social factors that influence people’s generosity, particular with respect to restaurant tipping behavior. He has also written about the “social psychology of the experiment,” discussing methodological problems and potential solutions when conducting psychological research.
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Discovering the Scientist Within
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Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Natalie Ciarocco; David Strohmetz
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