Psychological methodology Books

What Works with Children, Adolescents, and Adults? provides an up-to-date review of research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy and psychological interventions with children, adolescents, adults, people in later life, and people with intellectual and...

Child Psychotherapy and Research brings together some of the most exciting and innovative research activity taking place within psychoanalytic child psychotherapy today. Drawing on the expertise of an international range of contributors, this book...

The goal of this book is to emphasize the formal statistical features of the practice of equating, linking, and scaling. The book encourages the view and discusses the quality of the equating results from the statistical perspective (new models,...

The arrival of the computer in educational and psychological testing has led to the current popularity of adaptive testing---a testing format in which the computer uses statistical information about the test items to ...

„Der Autismus an sich ist keine Hölle. Die Hölle entsteht erst durch eine Gesellschaft, die sich weigert, Menschen zu akzeptieren, die anders sind als die Norm, oder diese Menschen zur Anpassung zwingen will." Dieses Zitat einer Asperger-Autistin...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Diagnostik, Note: 2,3, Universität Leipzig, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit stellt die Durchführung und Auswertung des FLVT 5-6 an einer Testperson dar. Es folgt eine kurze...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Methoden, Note: 1,3, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Psychologisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Critical Thinking About Research, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Psychologie - Methoden, Note: 1, Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz; Standort Görlitz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Notwendigkeit, menschliche Lösungen für zunehmend unmenschlichere Zustände zu finden, wird immer...

This revised and updated Second Edition provides an introduction to the psychometric analysis and evaluation of rater-mediated assessments using many-facet Rasch measurement (MFRM). Essay rating data are used to illustrate the study of rater errors and...

Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Psychology - Developmental Psychology, grade: A, Kenyatta University, language: English, abstract: Brain trauma can occur at any stage of a person's life. Among learners, there are several events in their...

Psychiatric Clinical Skills is a practical guide to engaging and assessing people who have mental health problems. Written by a team of experienced clinicians, it focuses on "what to ask" and "how to ask" and covers a wide spectrum of clinical problems...

Cultural psychology explores the mutual constitution of persons-minds and social-cultural worlds. It aims to be both transdisciplinary and international in its approach, and to develop theoretical models that remain faithful to people's lived experiences...

Benchmarks, a 360-degree assessment, has been used by approximately 16,000 organizations and over 200,000 managers. Data collected through its administration has resulted in large comprehensive databases that have provided the basis for numerous studies...

The purpose of the study was to identify common themes on the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) for Japanese subjects. In addition, Japanese TAT themes were compared with American TAT themes (Stein, 1981) for any significant differences. It was...

Crafting Scholarship helps readers improve their writing and publishing success in academia. Framed within the context of the editorial and peer review process, the book explores writing, editing, and reviewing in academic publishing. As such it provides...

This edited volume provides a comprehensive examination of the philosophical foundations of mixed methods research. It offers new defences of six main approaches, including pragmatism, dialectical pluralism and critical realism, written by leading mixed...

This book delves into the relationship between client and therapist. It explores how the relational constructions of client-therapist meetings and subsequent narratives can be a catalyst for change and development of practice for both parties.  

This handbook provides a complete classroom guide for instructors teaching qualitative and mixed methods. Experts from across the social sciences present 70 methods for teaching qualitative and mixed methods research with step by step guides.

These three volumes contain a treasure trove of research and papers from the Psychology department at the University of Iowa. Covering everything from rural vs urban intelligence to sex differences in the perception of color, this collection is a...

This state-of-the-art volume provides insight into the recent developments in survey research. It covers topics like: survey modes and response effects, bio indicators and paradata, interviewer and survey error, mixed-mode panels, sensitive questions,...

This fine new book, the third in a series, brings psychologists up to date on the advances of phenomenological research methods in illuminating the nature of human awareness and ex­ periences. In the more congenial and...

This is the first of a two-volume work in the Annals series devoted to developmental psychology. The project was originally conceived in 1985 when Paul van Geert, who had just completed his Theory building in developmental...

The Social Psychology of Communication is the first comprehensive introduction to social psychological perspectives on communication. This accessible guide provides an overview of key theoretical approaches from a variety of different disciplines...

How do we persuade people that we all have common experiences and hopes? That we are ever more dependent on each other in times of globalization via technology, commerce, climate change, and overpopulation? How do we move from an "Us and Them" mentality...

In The Methodological Dilemma Revisited, authors examine what in their research processes has given pause, thwarted the process of seamless productivity, or stalled the easy research output but has, instead, insisted upon a deeper analysis. This...

This book shows how science works, fails to work, or pretends to work, by looking at examples from such diverse fields as physics, biomedicine, psychology, and economics. Social science affects our lives every day through the predictions of experts and...

This book offers a historical introduction to the remote origins of psychology, and is the first book in a series on the history of the subject. Combining a deep history approach with study of ancient civilisations, it places psychology in a historical...

This book provides a comprehensive guide on the methodology of studying controlled word associations. It covers techniques such as the use of stimulus words, scoring and interpretation, and the strengths and limitations of the method. With a focus on...

Originally published in 1907, Charles Hubbard Judd's 'Laboratory Manual of Psychology' is a pioneering work in the field of experimental psychology. The book provides a thorough introduction to the methods and principles of scientific psychology through...

Writing Performance, Identity, and Everyday Life invites the reader into Ronald J. Pelias' world of artistic and everyday performance. Calling upon a broad range of qualitative methods, these selected writings from Pelias submerge themselves in the...

This book is a series of case studies with a common theme. Some refer closely to previous work by the author, but contrast with how they have been treated before, and some are new. Comparisons are drawn using various sorts of psychological and...