10th Edition

Experimental Design in Psychology A Case Approach

By M. Kimberly MacLin Copyright 2024
446 Pages 64 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

446 Pages 64 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

446 Pages 64 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This text is about doing science and the active process of reading, learning, thinking, generating ideas, designing experiments, and the logistics surrounding each step of the research process. In easy-to-read, conversational language, Kim MacLin teaches students experimental design principles and techniques using a tutorial approach in which students read, critique, and analyze over 75 actual... Read more

Preface
Permissions Acknowledgements
Part 1 - Basic Principles in Experimental Design
1. An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry
2. The Psychological Literature
3. Basic Experimental Design in Psychology
4. Advanced Design Techniques
5. Using Experimental Design to Control Variables
6. Control of Subject Variables
7. Design Critiques
8. Ethics of Experimental Research
9. The Research Process
Part 2- Analysis of Experiments
10. The Look of Love
11. False Memories for Fake News
12. Emotions and Chronic Fatigue
13. Temperature and Loneliness
14. Violent Media
15. Aggression and Schizophrenia
16. Workplace Deviance
17. Controlling Racial Prejudice
18. Mandela Effect
19. False Confessions
20. Androgens and Toy Preference
21. Language-Trained Chimpanzees
22. Peer Excellence and Quitting
23. Remembering and Eyes
24. Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
25. Police Responses to Criminal Suspects
26. Sleep
Final, Final Note
Appendix A & B
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index

Biography

M. Kimberly MacLin, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Northern Iowa. She teaches Introduction to Psychology, Motivation & Emotion, Professional Preparation in Psychology, and occasionally Trauma Psychology, and Child Forensic Interviewing. Her area of expertise is in the use of memory evidence in the legal system. She has also won several awards including the State of Iowa Board of Regents Award for Faculty Excellence.