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Doing Psychology: An Introduction to Research Methodology and Statistics
Contributor(s): Haslam, S. Alexander (Author), McGarty, Craig (Author)
ISBN: 0761957359     ISBN-13: 9780761957355
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
OUR PRICE:   $78.21  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 1998
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BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Research & Methodology
- Psychology | Statistics
Dewey: 150.72
Series: SAGE Foundations of Psychology
Physical Information: 0.66" H x 7.44" W x 9.69" (1.25 lbs) 312 pages
 
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Doing Psychology ... challenges the reader to become active in the development and understanding of psychological research and to be critical in its application.

Academics will find the text would easily complement the structure of an introductory course. Overall this book is written clearly and concisely, adopting a conversational tone, and utilises a structure that students can easily follow without the techniques and concepts being oversimplified.

Doing Psychology is certainly a text well worth considering in introductory courses, or as a refresher text for those who need to revise key techniques. The text would provide students with a good foundation for advanced desi

Contributor Bio(s): Haslam, S. Alexander: - S. Alexander Haslam is a professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, Australia.

In May 2017, Alexander was awarded the British Psychological Society's Presidents' Award.

Interview: Alex Haslam on Teams and TrumpMcGarty, Craig: - Craig McGarty, School of Social Sciences and Psychology Western Sydney University. Craig McGarty is a social and political psychologist whose main work is on intergroup relations especially social identity, collective action, group-based emotions and stereotype formation. He worked for 16 years at ANU where he was Head of the School of Psychology before moving to Murdoch University in 2007 to become Director of the Centre for Social and Community Research and then to become Director for the Social Research Institute. In 2014 he moved to Western Sydney University as Professor of Psychology serving as Head of the Psychology Discipline from 2015-2017.