Key Studies in Psychology

by Richard Gross (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.29

  This leading textbook for A Level and undergraduate students has been revised and updated to remain as relevant as ever. It is a compilation of classic and contemporary research reports designed to help students explore the subject in greater depth and boost their exam and coursework grades.
  
  There are a number of changes made to this new edition:
  * The inclusion of four new key studies that highlight current areas of research, including theory of mind and parapsychology.
  * Details of aims, hypotheses, design, and procedure are now introduced before the actual detailed summary, thus improving accessibility.
  * Studies are placed into their historical, theoretical, and practical context to give students full background information.
  *A larger format with a greatly improved text design ensures that information is clearly presented and easier to understand.
  

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.29

  Offering students full summaries of 35 major research reports, this book covers cognitive, comparative, social and developmental psychology, biopsychology, individual differences and culture and identity. Each summary is followed by a commentary which highlights methodology, the theoretical/conceptual context of the study, ethical issues, subsequent research and theoretical and practical conclusions. Each summary is followed by exercises which require the reader to think critically about methodological, statistical and ethical features of the study. Answers are given at the back of the book. This edition has been revised to bring it into line with the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board A Level syllabus, for which it is the set text.