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Tables of Contents for Methods of Research in Social Psychology
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
xiii
Preface
xv
Introduction
1
7
An Introduction to Experiments
8
32
Why Methodology? Why Experiments?
8
2
The Nature of Experiments
10
17
Nonexperimental Methods Of Research
27
5
The Advantages Of Experimentation
32
8
Some Problems with Experimentation in Social Psychology
40
43
Impact And Control
42
8
Multiple Meaning And Systematic Replication
50
15
Successful And Unsuccessful Replications
65
5
Experimental Realism Versus Mundane Realism
70
5
Triviality: The Artificial, The Obvious, the Irrelevant, And The Nongeneralizable
75
8
Ethical Issues
83
31
Pain And Suffering
85
4
Deception
89
5
Alternatives To Deception
94
9
Debriefing
103
1
The Relationship Between The Subject And The Experimenter Viewed As A Contract
104
2
Ethics In The Field
106
5
Ethics In Experiments With Children As Subjects
111
1
Institutional Guidelines
112
2
Experimental Design
114
43
Asking The Question
114
4
Control Groups
118
5
Factorial Designs
123
7
The Number Of Conditions
130
8
The Analysis Of Change Scores: Problems Of Pretesting
138
5
Within-Subjects Versus Between-Subjects Designs
143
10
A Few Words About Data Analysis
153
1
If At First You Don't Succeed
154
3
Alternatives to the Controlled Experiment
157
26
When Nonexperimental Methods Are Desirable
158
3
Correlational Studies
161
3
Pseudoexperimental (Preexperimental) Designs
164
6
Quasi-Experimental Designs
170
6
General Techniques For Improving Nonexperimental Designs
176
7
Finding and Creating Settings
183
22
Effective Research Settings
185
5
Field Studies: Choosing A Setting
190
4
Laboratory Experiments: Creating A Setting
194
4
Factors That May Affect The Validity Of Deception Experiments
198
6
Summary
204
1
The Independent Variable
205
35
Types Of Independent Variables In Social Psychological Experiments
205
5
The Basic Requirement: Randomized Assignment
210
8
Creating An Empirical Realization Of The Independent Variable
218
8
The Issue Of Standardization
226
14
The Dependent Variable
240
52
Verbal Measures
244
22
Behavioral Measures
266
11
Choosing A Measure
277
3
Reliability And Validity Of Measurement
280
12
On the Avoidance of Bias
292
22
Bias Due To Demand Characteristics
292
3
Techniques For Minimizing The Effects Of Demand Characteristics
295
9
Bias Due To The Unintentional Influence Of The Experimenter
304
3
Techniques For Minimizing The Effects Of Experimenter Bias
307
7
The Postexperimental Interview
314
12
Conducting The Postexperimental Interview
315
9
Debriefing Following False Feedback To Subjects
324
2
Writing It Up
326
20
Before Sitting Down To Write
327
2
Writing The Article
329
14
After Writing The Article
343
3
Glossary
346
6
Bibliography
352
17
Name Index
369
5
Subject Index
374