How to Find Out in Psychology
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How to Find Out in Psychology

A Guide to the Literature and Methods of Research

  1. 203 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

How to Find Out in Psychology

A Guide to the Literature and Methods of Research

About this book

How to Find Out in Psychology: A Guide to the Literature and Methods of Research is a research guidebook in psychology. The book is comprised of 11 chapters that address concerns in psychological research. The text first covers the concept of psychology and its major theories, and then proceeds to tackling bibliographic aids for research in psychology. The next series of chapters details the methodologies in researching and presenting. The last chapters discuss the professional matters in psychology. The book will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners of behavioral science.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080312804
eBook ISBN
9781483190730
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. How to Find Out in Psychology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. CHAPTER 1. Definitions and Overviews
  8. CHAPTER 2. Historical and Theoretical Works
  9. CHAPTER 3. Reference Sources
  10. CHAPTER 4. Indexes, Abstracts and Union Lists
  11. CHAPTER 5. Computer-based Data Retrieval
  12. CHAPTER 6. Special Fields of Psychology
  13. CHAPTER 7. Preparations for Research
  14. CHAPTER 8. Citations and The Card File
  15. CHAPTER 9. Quantitative Psychology and its Methodology
  16. CHAPTER 10. Presentation of Results
  17. CHAPTER 11. The Profession
  18. APPENDIX A: A Guide to Library Searches
  19. APPENDIX B: Report Writing: a Model for Empirical Psychological Reports
  20. APPENDIX C: Self-testing for Authors of Empirical Reports
  21. APPENDIX D: A Reader's, Writer's, and Reviewer's Guide to Assessing Research Reports in Clinical Psychology
  22. APPENDIX E: Psychological Societies
  23. Bibliography
  24. Subject Index

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