Psychological methodology

Providing an accessible introduction to qualitative methods, this book combines a solid grounding in the theory behind research methods, with a practical guide to conducting qualitative investigations, and a critical assessment of these methods.

Interpretation is an integral part of all qualitative research, yet relatively little has been written about its process.

* What are the strengths and limitations of social surveys?

What is psychology?

Praise for the first edition: "e;An excellent textbook which is well planned, well written, and pitched at the correct level for psychology students.

What are the benefits of conducting research while practising?

Undertaking Capstone and Final Year Projects in Psychology serves a seminal purpose in guiding its readers to create a capstone project.

Undertaking Capstone and Final Year Projects in Psychology serves a seminal purpose in guiding its readers to create a capstone project.

Although personality assessment and delineation was attempted as early as the fifth century, the intensive study of human personality characteristics and efforts to measure them are less than two hundred years old.

In recent years, researchers have begun to focus attention on postformal thought--the development of thought in late adolescence and adulthood--questioning Piaget's early terminus of structural development in adolescence.

The Childhood Hand that Disturbs (CHaD), a new projective test, is a diagnostic and therapeutic tool that is broadly applicable, but particularly effective with abused, depressed, and suicidal subjects.

Un propos nuancé : ni diabolisant ni lénifiant

À des degrés divers, nous sommes tous devenus des « dévoreurs d’écrans ».

A pioneering book that explores the unknown landscape of human consciousness induced by LSD and other psychedelics Shows the relationship between shamanism, near death experiences, and other mystical and altered states with those induced by psychedelics Lays the conceptual foundation for the creation of important new therapies in psychiatry and psychology Stanislav Grofs first 17 years of research into nonordinary states of consciousness induced by LSD and other psychedelics led to a revolutionary understanding of the human psyche.

An exploration of how LSD influences imagination and the creative process.

First published in 1992, Fundamentals of Psychiatric Treatment Planning outlines an approach that quickly became the definitive standard for writing treatment plans.

Advances in Motivation Science, Volume Five, is the latest release in this serial on the topic of motivation science.

The landmark book that argued that psychiatry consistently expands its definition of mental illness to impose its authority over moral and cultural conflict.

The encouraging book that has guided thousands of students step by step through crafting a strong dissertation proposal is now in a thoroughly revised second edition.

Acclaimed for its thorough presentation of mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis, this book has been updated to reflect the latest developments in PROCESS for SPSS, SAS, and, new to this edition, R.

Widely recognized as a gold-standard resource, this authoritative book has been revised and expanded with 50% new material.

This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal.

Not everyone who experiments with substance use or risky behavior becomes addicted, and many who are addicted have been able to recover.

Not everyone who experiments with substance use or risky behavior becomes addicted, and many who are addicted have been able to recover.

This leading practitioner reference and text--now in a revised and expanded fourth edition--provides the knowledge needed to use state-of-the-art cognitive tests with individuals of all ages, from preschoolers to adults.

Engaging and accessible, this book teaches readers how to use inferential statistical thinking to check their assumptions, assess evidence about their beliefs, and avoid overinterpreting results that may look more promising than they really are.

The leading reference on personality disorders and their treatment, this authoritative work is now significantly revised with 80% new material reflecting important advances in the field.

This user-friendly book provides a step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design: quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, arts-based, and community-based participatory research.

This book will help readers understand the practice of qualitative research--whether they want to do it, teach it, or just learn about it.

This comprehensive volume is widely regarded as the definitive practitioner resource and text in the field of biofeedback and applied psychophysiology.

Why is a forgery worth so much less than an original work of art?

Thinking and doing through a diverse set of theories, methodologies and writing registers, this edited collection explores the potential of creative disruption as psychosocial praxis.

The first English translation of correspondence tracing the development of Jung's theory of psychological typesIn 1915, C.

Statistics for Applied Behavior Analysis Practitioners and Researchers provides practical and useful content for individuals who work directly with, or supervise those who work directly with, individuals with ASD.

Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment describes an innovative developmental and feminist theory-understanding embodiment-to provide a new perspective on the interactions between the social environment of girls and young women of different social locations and their embodied experience of engagement with the world around them.

Measurement Theory in Action, Third Edition, helps readers apply testing and measurement theories and features 22 self-contained modules which instructors can match to their courses.

"e;Overall, this is an excellent guide to the use and administration of psychological tests.

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'This book is AMAZING!

The perfect gift book for new parents everywhere!

The perfect gift book for dog lovers everywhere!

Howard Andrew Knox (1885-1949) served as assistant surgeon at Ellis Island during the 1910s, administering a range of verbal and nonverbal tests to determine the mental capacity of potential immigrants.

This practical guide for succeeding in aptitude tests, which are increasingly being used to test applicants for jobs and academic courses, offers general information (benefits, drawbacks, use of tests) in addition to many examples of themed tests with recommended answers and explanations.

A key guide to the latest developments in assessment and aptitude testing.

A brilliant overview of that most vital, most underrated and most elusive of human activities, sleep.

A fascinating, unbiased study of what phobias are, how they occur and how we can stop them.

'Jung was on a giant scale.

From Barbara De Angelis, author of 14 bestselling relationships titles and internationally-recognised relationship psychologist, comes the definitive book on compatibility.