Key Studies in Psychology
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Key Studies in Psychology

A Guide to Navigating the Core Issues in Research Articles

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eBook - ePub

Key Studies in Psychology

A Guide to Navigating the Core Issues in Research Articles

About this book

Now in its seventh edition, this book brings together 30 classic and contemporary studies in psychology to show students how to analyse key studies in the field, understand how classic theories are constantly revisited by modern researchers, and develop the skills required to write about psychology in exams and essays.

Pulled from each of the five major areas of psychology – cognitive, developmental, individual differences, social, and biopsychology – the studies cover such topics as language and memory, attachment, mental disorder, bystander intervention, and near-death experiences. Each chapter looks at the background and context to a classic and contemporary study and provides a summary of them, before going on to evaluate areas of agreement and convergence, disagreement and divergence, and strengths and weaknesses. Each of these areas focuses on theoretical, methodological/statistical, and ethical issues. Finally, suggestions are made regarding applications, implications, and future research directions. In so doing, the book helps students learn how to deal with primary sources, including how to extract the most relevant information, assess strengths and weaknesses, know what to look for when evaluating a study, and understand how it relates to other research.

Bridging the gap from A-level to degree level study, this is the ideal resource for undergraduate students in psychology.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface: Key studies in psychology (7th edition)
  7. 1 Psychology as a science
  8. 2 Memory processes
  9. 3 Teaching language to non-humans
  10. 4 Autism and theory of mind
  11. 5 Attachment in adulthood
  12. 6 Social influences on aggression
  13. 7 Sex reassignment
  14. 8 The diagnosis and nature of mental disorder
  15. 9 Addictive behaviour
  16. 10 The effects of psychotherapy
  17. 11 Obedience
  18. 12 The social psychology of prisons and tyranny
  19. 13 Altruism and bystander intervention
  20. 14 Sleep, dreams, and emotion
  21. 15 The abilities of split-brain patients
  22. 16 Near-death experiences
  23. References
  24. Index