Research Stories for Introductory Psychology
by Duntley, Joshua R.; Shaffer, Lary C; Merrens, Matthew R.Edition: 3rd
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Pub. Date: 2007-11-28
Publisher(s): Pearson
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A unique collection of readings, retelling stories of 32 research studies in the field of Psychology."In order to think critically, you need to know that the findings of psychology are tightly laced to the methods." It is from this premise that Research Stories for Introductory Psychology begins. The unique collection of readings retells stories of key research that explain the very foundation of the discipline.For those who need an introduction to psychological research.
Table of Contents
| Psychological Science and Methods | |
| Oh Rats! Incorporating the research of Kim | |
| Kalynchuk | |
| Kornecook | |
| Mumby | |
| Dadgar | |
| Pinel, and Weinberg | |
| Object-Recognition and Spatial Learning and Memory in Rats Prenatally Exposed to Ethanol | |
| Psychics and Scientists Incorporating the research of Wiseman | |
| West, and Stemman | |
| An Experimental | |
| Test of Psychic Detection | |
| Youre Driving Me Crazy Incorporating the research of Deffenbacher | |
| Lynch | |
| Oetting, and Yingling | |
| Driving Anger: Correlates and Test of State-Trait Theory | |
| Biopsychology | |
| Zipping Up the Genes Incorporating the research of Bouchard and McGue | |
| Genetic and Rearing Environmental Influences on Adult Personality: An analysis of Adopted | |
| Twins Reared Apart | |
| The Nose Knows Incorporating the research of Thornhill and Gangestad | |
| The Scent of Symmetry: A Human Sex Pheromone that Signals Fitness? | |
| Learning | |
| Being Sick of the Hospital | |
| Incorporating the research of Bovbjerg | |
| Redd, Maier, Holland, Lesko, Niedzwiecki, Rubin, and Hakes, Anticipatory | |
| Immune Suppression and Nausea in Women Receiving Cyclic Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer | |
| Yoking Smoking Incorporating the research of Roll, Higgins, and Badger | |
| An Experimental Comparison of Three | |
| Different Schedules of Reinforcement of Drug | |
| Abstinence Using Cigarette Smoking as an Exemplar | |
| I Do! Incorporating the research of Dowrick and Raeburn | |
| Self-Modeling: Rapid Skill Training for Children with Physical Disabilities | |
| Development | |
| The Wolf in Sheepdogs | |
| Clothing Incorporating previously unpublished observations of Shaffer and Tinbergen | |
| Adapted from research presented in Shaffer, Man Bites Dog | |
| Now You See It | |
| Now You Dont Incorporating the research of: Luo | |
| Baillargeon | |
| Brueckner, and Munakata, Reasoning about a Hidden Object after a Delay: Evidence for Robust | |
| Representations in 5-month-old Infants | |
| Adolescents Will Be Adolescents | |
| Incorporating the research of Wainright and Patterson | |
| Delinquency | |
| Victimization, and Substance Use among Adolescents with Female Same-sex Parents | |
| Cognitive | |
| Kids Say the Darndest | |
| Things Incorporating the research of Leichtman and Ceci | |
| The Effects of Stereotypes and Suggestions on Preschoolers Reports | |
| Flash in the Pan Incorporating the research of Lee & Brown | |
| Delay Related Changes in Personal Memories for September 11, 2001 | |
| They Dont Look the Same to Me | |
| Incorporating the research of Ackerman | |
| They All Look the Same to Me (Unless Theyre Angry): From Out-group Homogeneity to Out-group Heterogeneity | |
| Emotion | |
| Mad about You Incorporating the research of Buss | |
| Sex Differences in Jealousy: Evolution, Physiology, and Psychology | |
| Pants on Fire Incorporating the research of | |
| The Ability to Detect Deceit Generalizes across Different Types of High-Stake Lies | |
| Aggression Breeds Aggression Incorporating the research of Bushman | |
| Baumeister, and Stack, Catharsis, Aggression, and Persuasive Influences: Self-Fulfilling or Self-Defeating Prophecies? | |
| Personality | |
| Some Like it Hot Incoporating the research of Kirkpatrick | |
| Waugh, Valencia, and Webster | |
| The Functional Domain Specificity of Self-Esteem and the Differential Prediction of Aggre | |
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