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The Sage Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology
Edited by:
- Carol Sansone - University of Utah, USA
- Carolyn C Morf - University of Bern, Switzerland
- A. T. Panter - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, University of North Carolina, USA
July 2003 | 560 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This handbook gives researchers and students an overview of the rich history of methodological innovation in both basic and applied research within social psychology. It is sometimes difficult for researchers, new and seasoned alike, to keep up with innovations that allow a greater diversity in the kinds and levels of research questions that can be addressed. As a result, the nature of the questions asked by many researchers may be unnecessarily constrained. Conversely, a rush to embrace newer approaches can lead to less-than-thorough consideration of fundamental issues that transcend any particular approach. The editors believe that the decision to use a particular methodological approach is optimally made when grounded in careful consideration of the `big picture' of a program of research. Thus, methodological decisions are inextricably tied to what the researcher, ultimately, wants to know. In other words, research questions guide the methods rather than the reverse. Based on this `top-down' perspective, chapters in this volume emphasize the conceptual basis of the methodology, with an explicit focus on the meaning of data when obtained via a particular methodology.
Foreword
Preface
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK
Carol Sansone, Carolyn Morf & A.T. Panter
1. The Research Process: Of Big Pictures, Little Details, and the Social Psychological Road In Between
SECTION TWO: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Thomas D. Cook & Carla Groom
2. The Methodological Assumptions of Social Psychology: The Mutual Dependence of Substantive Theory & Method Choice
Allan J. Kimmel
3. Ethical Issues in Social Psychology Research
Susan Fiske
4. Developing a Program of Research
SECTION THREE: DESIGN & ANALYSIS
A. Implications of a Heterogeneous Population: Deciding for Whom to Test the Research Question(s), Why, and How
Joan Miller
5. Culturally Sensitive Research Questions and Methods in Social Psychology
Yuichi Shoda
6. Individual Differences in Social Psychology: Understanding Situations to Understand People, Understanding People to Understand Situations
B. Operationalizing the Constructs: Deciding What to MEasure, Why, and How
Duane T. Wegener & Leandre R. Fabrigar
7. Constructing & Evaluating Quantitative Measures for Social Psychological Research: Conceptual Challenges & Methodological Solutions
Laura A. King
8. Measures & Meanings: The Use of Qualitative Data in Social & Personality Psychology
John F. Kihlstrom
9. Implicit Methods in Social Psychology
Rick H. Hoyle & Jorgianne I. Robinson
10. Mediated and Moderated Effects in Social Psychological Research: Measurement, Design, & Analysis Issues
C. Research Designs: Deciding the Specific Approach for Testing the Research Question(s), why, and How
S. Alexander Haslam & Craig McGarty
11. Experimental Designs & Causality in Social Psychology Research
Melvin M. Mark & Charles S. Reichardt
12. Quasi-experimental & Correlational Designs: Methods for the Real World When Random Assignment Isn't Feasible
Stephen G. West, Jeremy C. Beisanz & Oi-Man Kwok
13. Within-subject & Longitudinal Experiments: Design & Analysis Issues
Richard Gonzalez & Dale Griffin
14. Measuring Individuals in a Social Environment: Conceptualizing Dyadic & Group Interaction
Wendy Wood & P. Niels Christensen
15. Quantitative Research Synthesis: Examining Study Outcomes over Settings, Samples, & Time
SECTION FOUR: EMERGING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES: THE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & OTHER DISCIPLINES
Michael H. Birnbaum
16. Methodological & Ethical Issues in Conducting Social Psychology Research via the Internet
John T. Cacioppo, Tyler S. Lorig, Howard C. Nusbaum & Gary G. Berntson
17. Social Neuroscience: Bridging Social & Biological Systems
Eva M. Pomerantz, Diane N. Rubl,e & Niall Bolger
18. Supplementing the Snapshots with Video Footage: Taking a Developmental Approach to Understanding Social Psychological Phenomena
SECTION FIVE: THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & ITS METHODS TO OTHER DOMAINS
Geoffrey Maruyama
19. Program Evaluation, Action Research, & Social Psychology: A Powerful Blend for Addressing Applied Problems
Peter Salovey & Wayne T. Steward
20. Methodological Challenges & Scientific Rewards for Social Psychologists Conducting Health Behavior Research
Leigh Thompson, Mary Kern, & Denise Lewin Loyd
21. Research Methods of Micro Organizational Behavior
Judith M. Harackiewicz & Kenneth E. Barron
22. Conducting Social Psychological Research in Educational Settings: "Lessons We Learned in School
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Editors
About the contributors
"I like the premise and the resulting organizing theme. The organizational structure fits the described theme well and promises to provide a valuable resource both for educating researchers and for helping them through the myriad types of research methods that are available today...Achieves a nice balance, running the gamut of issues from the conceptual to the practical to the statistical....This book could easily become a classic."
Purdue University
"The book’s emphasis on the conceptual decisions that have to be made in doing research is enticing….I believe that this book has a niche as an advanced undergraduate or graduate-level text. I would certainly consider this book for my advanced undergraduate social psychology research methods class; in fact, I’m desperately in need of such a book."
Oregon State University
"The handbook will contribute greatly to the training of graduate students and will also be used as reference by social psychologists working in multiple domains….It could be adopted for most advanced methods courses."
University of Florida
"All chapters are solid contributions, a few are gems, and every author wrote with an eye to having the work used. This is a handbook to take off the shelf and dog-ear in the classroom, lab, or field. Highly recommended."
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