Research Methods in Psychology, 5/e
Research Methods in Psychology, 5/e
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ISBN: 9781324085805
Bind: Paperback
Year: 2025
Pages: 672
Size: 8 x 9.5 Inch
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Exclusive Distributors: Viva Books
Sales Territory: Indian Subcontinent
Description:
The #1 research methods text, now available as an interactive learning experience
Research Methods in Psychology, a text loved by instructors and students, provides the best learning experience for both future consumers and producers as they evaluate all facets of research. Award-winning author Beth Morling has thoroughly updated her groundbreaking text with fresh examples, revised ethics and statistics coverage, and a new section on qualitative methods. The new Fifth Edition is available as a Norton Illumine Ebook designed to support students as they practice being research consumers, learn how to produce research, and actively engage with their reading.
Highlights of this Edition’s new content:
- More inclusive content includes: coverage in Chapter 1 that addresses the historical lack of diversity in psychological research and the advantages of having a more diverse range of participants, new examples by BIPOC researchers—including the Okonofua et al. studies covered extensively in Ch 12, and a new section on diversity in psychological samples and in psychological scientists in Chapter 14
- Entirely revised coverage of animal research in Chapter 4
- New sections introducing qualitative methods and its role in psychological research in Chapters 1 and 6
- New revision of the statistics coverage in Chapter S2, including both the new statistics (confidence intervals and effect size) and the NHST
- New coverage of generative AI in Chapter S3, including how to use it effectively and ethically, as well as citation guidelines
Content:
Part 1: Introduction to Scientific Reasoning
Chapter 1. Psychology Is a Way of Thinking
Chapter 2. Sources of Information: Why Research Is Best and How to Find It
Chapter 3. Three Claims, Four Validities: Interrogation Tools for Consumers of Research
Part 2: Research Foundations for Any Claim
Chapter 4. Ethical Guidelines for Psychology Research
Chapter 5. Identifying Good Measurement
Part 3: Tools for Evaluating Frequency Claims
Chapter 6. Surveys and Observations: Describing What People Do
Chapter 7. Sampling: Estimating the Frequency of Behaviors and Beliefs
Part 4: Tools for Evaluating Association Claims
Chapter 8. Bivariate Correlational Research
Chapter 9. Multivariate Correlational Research
Part 5: Tools for Evaluating Causal Claims
Chapter 10. Introduction to Simple Experiments
Chapter 11. More on Experiments: Confounding and Obscuring Variables
Chapter 12. Experiments with More Than One Independent Variable
Part 6: Balancing Research Priorities
Chapter 13. Quasi-Experiments and Small-N Designs
Chapter 14. Replication, Credibility, and Wider Importance
Supplemental Chapters
Chapter S1. Descriptive Statistics
Chapter S2. Inferential Statistics
Chapter S3. Presenting Results
About the Author:
Beth Morling is professor of psychology at the University of Delaware. She teaches research methods nearly every semester, as well as cultural psychology, the self-concept, and the teaching of psychology. Her research explores how culture shapes human motivation and social life. Dr. Morling has been a Fulbright scholar in Kyoto, Japan, and was the 2014 Delaware State Professor of the Year. Most recently, she was the recipient of the 2023 American Psychological Foundation Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award.
