Psychology Research Methods
A Writing Intensive Approach
- 1st Edition - April 25, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Elizabeth Brondolo
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 5 6 8 0 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 5 6 8 1 - 0
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Request a sales quotePsychology Research Methods: A Writing Intensive Approach provides instruction in critical concepts and processes in behavioral science research methods and skills in formulating and writing research papers. The book creates an experiential approach to learning, with chapters organized around the task of writing a complete APA-style research paper.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
Psychology Research Methods: A Writing Intensive Approach provides instruction in critical concepts and processes in behavioral science research methods and skills in formulating and writing research papers. The book creates an experiential approach to learning, with chapters organized around the task of writing a complete APA-style research paper.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
Psychology Research Methods: A Writing Intensive Approach provides instruction in critical concepts and processes in behavioral science research methods and skills in formulating and writing research papers. The book creates an experiential approach to learning, with chapters organized around the task of writing a complete APA-style research paper.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
Psychology Research Methods: A Writing Intensive Approach provides instruction in critical concepts and processes in behavioral science research methods and skills in formulating and writing research papers. The book creates an experiential approach to learning, with chapters organized around the task of writing a complete APA-style research paper.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
Psychology Research Methods: A Writing Intensive Approach provides instruction in critical concepts and processes in behavioral science research methods and skills in formulating and writing research papers. The book creates an experiential approach to learning, with chapters organized around the task of writing a complete APA-style research paper.
The chapters consist of instructional text, excerpts from published research articles, and learning activities. The reading activities help students develop skills in reading scientific research, evaluating and analyzing scientific information, and assembling evidence to make a scientific argument. The writing activities help students to break down the process of writing a research paper into manageable and meaningful components. As students complete the chapter activities, they assemble their research paper.
The book teaches research methods in a clinical context, inspired by the National Institute of Health’s Science of Behavior Change Program. Students acquire knowledge about research methods as they read research articles about behavioral health disorders, including studies about their prevalence, causes, and treatment. Teaching research methods with a clinical focus helps students appreciate the value of psychological research.
- Teaches knowledge and skills through brief didactic presentations
- Includes individual and group activities to support close reading of scientific papers
- Guides the reader in the construction of arguments for a research proposal
- Engages readers in learning the methods required to select research participants, choose measurement strategies, identify appropriate research designs, and address threats to internal and external validity
- Encourages the development of conscientious and engaged peer reviewers
- Fosters the development of an ethical and collaborative approach to research
Students in psychology research methods courses, post-docs, and early career researchers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- A Clinical Focus
- A Writing Intensive Approach
- Learning by Doing
- The Scientific Method and the Science of Behavior Change
- The Culture of Science
- The Products of Scientific Research
- Writing Research Proposals and Papers
- Basic and Applied Research Methods
- Getting Started: Identifying a Disorder to Study
- Creating a Mental Map of the Research Proposal
- Identifying Question Topics
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Part 1. Public health significance
- Chapter 2. The building blocks of research: Application to public health significance
- Building Blocks of Research: Theories, Constructs, Hypotheses, and Variables
- Variables
- Measurement Methods
- Measurement Instruments
- Formal Operational Definitions
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 3. From building blocks to building hypothesis-testing research
- Types of Research
- Generating Hypotheses
- Assigning Roles to Variables: Considering Predictor and Outcome Variables
- Categorical and Continuous Variables: Yes or No vs. More or Less
- Hypothesis-Testing Studies: Observational vs. Experimental Research
- Interpreting the Results of Hypothesis Testing
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 4. Public health significance: Finding the evidence
- Public Health Significance
- Scientific Articles
- Types of Research Articles
- Finding Research Articles to Build Your PHS Section
- Finding Information on Risk Factors for the Disorder
- Assessing the Usefulness of a Particular Paper
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 5. Public health significance: A focus on populations and sampling
- Understanding Samples and Populations
- Different Ways to Obtain a Sample
- Risk Factors: Targeting the Study
- Evaluating the Evidence: Identifying Threats to Validity and Gaps in Knowledge in Epidemiological Studies
- Evaluating Studies to Detect Threats to Internal and External Validity
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 6. Writing the public health significance section
- Documenting the Sources of Evidence
- Components of a PHS Section
- Assembling the Evidence Needed
- Writing About the Prevalence of the Disorder
- Writing About the Consequences of the Disorder
- Writing About the Risk Factors for the Disorder
- Writing About Threats to Validity and Gaps in Knowledge
- Putting it all Together
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Part 2. Theory of the problem
- Chapter 7. Theory of the problem: Understanding risk factors and mechanisms
- Understanding Etiology
- Developing a Model of the Pathways Among Risk Factors, Mechanisms, and Symptoms
- Mediator and Moderator Variables
- Researching the Evidence for the “Theory of the Problem”
- Establishing a B-C Pathway
- Understanding the Articles on the Mechanisms to Disorder B-C Pathway
- Researching the A-B (Risk Factor to Mechanism) Pathway
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 8. Theory of the problem: Understanding research designs
- Descriptive Research: What is the Nature of the Problem?
- Inferential or Hypothesis-testing in Basic Research Studies Approaches: Are There Relationships Between Two or More Variables?
- Understanding the Implications of Different Types of Research Designs
- Cross-Sectional Versus Longitudinal Designs
- Testing Mediation and Moderation
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 9. Theory of the problem: Understanding research results
- Quantifying Constructs
- Variability: An Essential Concept
- The Research Hypothesis and the Null Hypothesis
- Understanding the Presentation of the Statistical Analyses
- Understanding the Inferential Analyses
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 10. Writing the Theory of the Problem
- Components of the Theory of the Problem Section
- Assembling the Evidence Needed
- Putting all the Evidence into Tables
- Evaluating the Evidence: Examining Threats to Internal and External Validity
- Summarizing the Evidence
- Writing About Threats to Validity and Gaps in Knowledge
- Putting it all Together: Writing a Summary Paragraph
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Part 3. Theory of the solution
- Chapter 11. Theory of the solution: Understanding psychological treatments
- A Little Background Information About Psychological Treatments
- Psychotherapies: The Big Picture and Some Details
- Ancillary or Common Factors Across Treatments
- Finding the Evidence
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 12. Theory of the solution: Understanding research design for treatment outcome studies
- Research Designs
- Experimental and Control Treatments
- Does the Experimental Treatment Reduce Symptoms?
- Superiority and Noninferiority Trials
- Understanding Original Empirical Article on Treatment Outcomes
- Parallel and Cross-Over Designs
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 13. Theory of the solution: Identifying gaps in knowledge
- Identifying Gaps by Understanding the State-of-the-Science
- Problems in Internal and External Validity Common to Original Treatment Outcome Studies
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 14. Writing the theory of the solution
- Components of a TOS Section
- Starting the Process: Describing the Treatment and Understanding How it Works
- Does the Treatment Work? Summarizing the Evidence
- Identifying Threats to Validity and Gaps in Knowledge
- Writing the Gaps in Knowledge Section
- Putting it all Together
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Part 4. Methods
- Chapter 15. Methods: Participant selection and ethical considerations
- Components of the Methods Section
- Choosing Participants
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 16. Methods: Measuring variables
- Components of the Measures Part of the Methods Section
- Hypotheses and Measurement Methods
- The Quality of Measurement: Considering Reliability and Validity
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 17. Methods: Procedures for study implementation and protection of internal validity
- Procedures for Selecting and Recruiting Participants
- Procedures Related to Measuring Variables
- Procedures Related to Delivering the Independent Variable in Experimental Studies
- Procedures for Reducing Threats to Internal Validity by Controlling Bias and Extraneous Variables
- Procedures for Managing and Analyzing Data
- Building Human Capital
- Terms
- Chapter 18. Writing about research methods
- Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 25, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 556
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128156803
- eBook ISBN: 9780128156810
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Elizabeth Brondolo
Dr. Brondolo is an established, funded researcher for the past 25 years. She has served as a permanent member of several NIH-Center for Scientific Review study sections, providing me with extensive experience in reviewing of research proposals. She reviews papers for many journals and is on the editorial board of 2 journals and is a consulting editor on another. Serving as a reviewer of grants and research papers has provided her with extensive experience in evaluating research. Dr Brondolo has gained insight into the types of scientific arguments and methods that are necessary to build good research. She has been teaching research methods to undergraduates and supervising graduate student research (for masters and dissertations) for 26 years, and to medical residents for 8 years.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Psychology, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. John's University, Queens, NY, USARead Psychology Research Methods on ScienceDirect