The Sage handbook of methods in social psychology
By: edited by Carol Sansone, Carolyn C. Morf and A.T. Panter
Contributors: Sansone, Carol; Morf, Carolyn C; Panter, A. T
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
Subjects: Social psychology -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: 1. The research process: of big pictures, little details, and the social psychological road in between / Carol Sansone, Carolyn Morf & A.T. Panter; title: 2. The methodological assumptions of social psychology: the mutual dependence of substantive theory & method choice / Thomas D. Cook & Carla Groom; title: 3. Ethical issues in social psychology research / Allan J. Kimmel; title: 4. Developing a program of research / Susan Fiske; title: A. Implications of a heterogeneous population: deciding for whom to test the research question(s), why, and how:; title: 5. Culturally sensitive research questions and methods in social psychology / Joan Miller; title: 6. Individual differences in social psychology: understanding situations to understand people, understanding people to understand situations / Yuichi Shoda; title: B. Operationalizing the constructs: deciding what to measure, why, and how: 7. Constructing & evaluating quantitative measures for social psychological research: conceptual challenges & methodological solutions / Duane T. Wegener & Leandre R. Fabrigar; title: 8. Measures & meanings: the use of qualitative data in social & personality psychology / Laura A. King; title: 9. Implicit methods in social psychology / John F. Kihlstrom; title: 10. Mediated and moderated effects in social psychological research: measurement, design, & analysis issues / Rick H. Hoyle & Jorgianne I. Robinson; title: C. Research designs: deciding the specific approach for testing the research question(s), why, and how: 11. Experimental designs & causality in social psychology research / S. Alexander Haslam & Craig McGarty; title: 12. quasi-experimental & correlational designs: methods for the real world when random assignment isn't feasible / Melvin M. Mark & Charles S. Reichardt; title: 13. Within-subject & longitudinal experiments: design & analysis issues / Stephen G. West, Jeremy C. Beisanz & Oi-Man Kwok; title: 14. Measuring individuals in a social environment: Conceptualizing dyadic & group interaction / Richard Gonzalez & Dale Griffin; title: 15. Quantitative research synthesis: examining study outcomes over settings, samples, & time / Wendy Wood & P. Niels Christensen; title: 16. Methodological & ethical issues in conducting social psychology research via the internet / Michael H. Birnbaum; title: 17. Social neuroscience: bridging social & biological systems / John T. Cacioppo, Tyler S. Lorig, Howard C. Nusbaum & Gary G. Berntson; title: 18. Supplementing the snapshots with video footage: taking a developmental approach to understanding social psychological phenomena / Eva M. Pomerantz, Diane N. Rubl,e & Niall Bolger; title: 19. Program evaluation, action research, & social psychology: A powerful blend for addressing applied problems / Geoffrey Maruyama; title: 20. Methodological challenges & scientific rewards for social psychologists conducting health behavior research / Peter Salovey & Wayne T. Steward; title: 21. Research methods of micro organizational behavior / Leigh Thompson, Mary Kern, & Denise Lewin Loyd; title: 22. Conducting social psychological research in educational settings: "Lessons we learned in school / Judith M. Harackiewicz & Kenneth E. Barron; title: Name index; title: Subject index; title: About the editors; title: About the contributors