‘I like the premise and the resulting organizing theme. The organizational structure fits the described theme well and promises to provide a valuable resource both for educating researchers and for helping them through the myriad types of research methods that are available today…Achieves a nice balance, running the gamut of issues from the conceptual to the practical to the statistical….This book could easily become a classic.’
–Donal Carlston, Purdue University
‘The book′s emphasis on the conceptual decisions that have to be made in doing research is enticing….I believe that this book has a niche as an advanced undergraduate or graduate-level text. I would certainly consider this book for my advanced undergraduate social psychology research methods class; in fact, I′m desperately in need of such a book.’
–John Edwards, Oregon State University
‘The handbook will contribute greatly to the training of graduate students and will also be used as reference by social psychologists working in multiple domains….It could be adopted for most advanced methods courses.’
–Dolores Albarracin, University of Florida
‘All chapters are solid contributions, a few are gems, and every author wrote with an eye to having the work used. This is a handbook to take off the shelf and dog-ear in the classroom, lab, or field. Highly recommended.’
-CHOICE
The genius of social psychology as a field has been its ability to investigate the seemingly complicated behaviors that characterize humans as social creatures. The SAGE Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology simplifies this complexity by providing researchers and students with an overview of the rich history of methodological innovation in both basic and applied research within social psychology.
Editors Carol Sansone, Carolyn C. Morf, and A.T. Panter have chosen a particular methodological approach that is essential for optimal consideration of the ‘big picture’ concept of a program of research. In this approach, research questions guide the methods rather than the reverse. Based on this ‘top-down’ perspective, chapters in this unique volume emphasize the conceptual basis of the methodology, with an explicit focus on the meaning of data when obtained via a particular methodology.
Features and Benefits:
- ‘Big Picture’ Understanding. This volume focuses on the decision-making process, highlighting how methodological decisions are inextricably tied to what the researcher ultimately wants to know.
- ‘Top-down’ Perspective. Beginning chapters explore issues of selecting and identifying research questions and populations; middle chapters address design and analysis; and later chapters expand social psychological questions to other disciplines within and outside of psychology.
- Straightforward Statistical Analysis. Statistical analysis is considered only to the extent that it helps to illuminate the meaning of data obtained through a particular methodological approach or design decision.
- Interdisciplinary Approach. Innovative chapters explore such issues as ethics, diversity, individual differences, and how social psychology is moving into new areas that cross disciplinary bounds such as social neuroscience, social development, program evaluation, health, and education.
This Handbook is a vital resource for behavioral scientists in the academic and research settings who are interested in learning about modern perspectives on classic and innovative methodological approaches in social psychology. Also recommended for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in social psychology methods courses.
Table des matières
Foreword
Preface
SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK
1. The Research Process: Of Big Pictures, Little Details, and the Social Psychological Road In Between – Carol Sansone, Carolyn Morf & A.T. Panter
SECTION TWO: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH
2. The Methodological Assumptions of Social Psychology: The Mutual Dependence of Substantive Theory & Method Choice – Thomas D. Cook & Carla Groom
3. Ethical Issues in Social Psychology Research – Allan J. Kimmel
4. Developing a Program of Research – Susan Fiske
SECTION THREE: DESIGN & ANALYSIS
A. Implications of a Heterogeneous Population: Deciding for Whom to Test the Research Question(s), Why, and How
5. Culturally Sensitive Research Questions and Methods in Social Psychology – Joan Miller
6. Individual Differences in Social Psychology: Understanding Situations to Understand People, Understanding People to Understand Situations – Yuichi Shoda
B. Operationalizing the Constructs: Deciding What to MEasure, Why, and How
7. Constructing & Evaluating Quantitative Measures for Social Psychological Research: Conceptual Challenges & Methodological Solutions – Duane T. Wegener & Leandre R. Fabrigar
8. Measures & Meanings: The Use of Qualitative Data in Social & Personality Psychology – Laura A. King
9. Implicit Methods in Social Psychology – John F. Kihlstrom
10. Mediated and Moderated Effects in Social Psychological Research: Measurement, Design, & Analysis Issues – Rick H. Hoyle & Jorgianne I. Robinson
C. Research Designs: Deciding the Specific Approach for Testing the Research Question(s), why, and How
11. Experimental Designs & Causality in Social Psychology Research – S. Alexander Haslam & Craig Mc Garty
12. Quasi-experimental & Correlational Designs: Methods for the Real World When Random Assignment Isn′t Feasible – Melvin M. Mark & Charles S. Reichardt
13. Within-subject & Longitudinal Experiments: Design & Analysis Issues – Stephen G. West, Jeremy C. Beisanz & Oi-Man Kwok
14. Measuring Individuals in a Social Environment: Conceptualizing Dyadic & Group Interaction – Richard Gonzalez & Dale Griffin
15. Quantitative Research Synthesis: Examining Study Outcomes over Settings, Samples, & Time – Wendy Wood & P. Niels Christensen
SECTION FOUR: EMERGING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES: THE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & OTHER DISCIPLINES
16. Methodological & Ethical Issues in Conducting Social Psychology Research via the Internet – Michael H. Birnbaum
17. Social Neuroscience: Bridging Social & Biological Systems – John T. Cacioppo, Tyler S. Lorig, Howard C. Nusbaum & Gary G. Berntson
18. Supplementing the Snapshots with Video Footage: Taking a Developmental Approach to Understanding Social Psychological Phenomena – Eva M. Pomerantz, Diane N. Rubl, e & Niall Bolger
SECTION FIVE: THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & ITS METHODS TO OTHER DOMAINS
19. Program Evaluation, Action Research, & Social Psychology: A Powerful Blend for Addressing Applied Problems – Geoffrey Maruyama
20. Methodological Challenges & Scientific Rewards for Social Psychologists Conducting Health Behavior Research – Peter Salovey & Wayne T. Steward
21. Research Methods of Micro Organizational Behavior – Leigh Thompson, Mary Kern, & Denise Lewin Loyd
22. Conducting Social Psychological Research in Educational Settings: ‘Lessons We Learned in School – Judith M. Harackiewicz & Kenneth E. Barron
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Editors
About the contributors
A propos de l’auteur
A. T. Panter, Ph.D. (1989, New York University) is an associate professor of psychology and a member of the L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She also serves as a senior technical consultant at The Measurement Group. Her work involves developing research designs and data analytic strategies for applied health problems, such HIV/AIDS and nicotine dependence in adolescence. Her publications are in measurement and test theory, multivariate data modeling, program evaluation design, and individual differences (especially personality). Dr. Panter has received several university-wide awards for her innovative approaches to teaching statistics and quantitative methodology to undergraduate and graduate students. She regularly consults with federal agencies on grant review, serves on national committees and editorial boards in social/personality psychology and quantitative methods, and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 5: Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics). Dr. Panter is a co-editor on three volumes on program evaluation and measuring outcomes for HIV/AIDS multisite projects (Haywood), is a co-author of an online Knowledge Base for HIV/AIDS care, and is currently co-editing a compendium of innovative methods for teaching statistics in the behavioral sciences.
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