Books like Research in psychology by C. James Goodwin

xvi, 496 pages : 24 cm

A practical guide for psychology students, The Psychologist as Detective equips learners with research methodology, design, and critical thinking skills through engaging tools like the Psychological Detective and Check Your Progress activities.

Most important psychological research is presented in the form of research papers. Students of psychology have long faced the problem of tracking down original research articles, which are generally scattered in hard-to-find journals (where they are usually rendered in tedious academic fashion) or presented in watered-down form in textbooks. In Introducing Psychological Research, Philip Banyard and Andrew Grayson have resolved this dilemma once and for all by providing detailed summaries and background information for sixty-four of the most influential studies in psychology. The collection includes pioneering work by Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo, Henry Tajfel, B.F. Skinner, Niko Tinbergen, Sandra Bem, Carol Gilligan, Sigmund Freud, Albert Bandura, and many others. Among the ground-breaking trials highlighted are Piaget's cognitive approach, the jigsaw technique, the prison simulation, the Robber's Cave, and the Minimal Group Studies.

A comprehensive survey of early twentieth‑century psychologists, featuring primary texts and the author’s commentary to illuminate the field’s evolution.