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Syllabus Fall 2008 Research
Methods (56:830:580 section 01) Whitley,
B. E. (2002). Principles of research in behavioral science (2nd
edition). New York: McGraw-Hill. (available at University District
bookstore; (note: additional readings may be added during the semester) Sept. 3 Unit 1: Introduction to Research in Psychology Whitley: chapters 1, 2
Sept. 10 Unit 2: Formulating a Research Question Whitley: chapter 4
Nisbett, R. E. (1990). The anticreativity letters: Advice from a senior tempter to a junior tempter. American Psychologist, 45, 1078-1082. McGuire, W. G. (1997). Creative hypothesis generating in
psychology: Some useful heuristics. Annual Review of Psychology, 48,
1-30. Sept. 17 Unit 3: Research Ethics Whitley: chapters 3, 18 American Psychological Association (2002). APA Ethical
Principles and Code of Conduct. (available at http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html) Complete Rutgers' Human Subjects Certification
Program
Sept. 24 Unit 4: Developing a Research Proposal Locke, L. F., Spirduso, W. W., & Silverman, S. J.
(2007). Proposals that work (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. (read chapters 1, 3,
4)
Oct. 1 Unit 5: Measurement: General considerations, basic techniques Whitley: chapter 5
Webb, E.J., Campbell, D.T., Schwartz, .R.D., Sechrest, L.
& Grove, J.B. (1981). Nonreactive measures in the social sciences
(2nd ed.). Boston: Houghton-Mifflin (read Chapter 7, "Simple
Observation")
Oct. 8 Unit 6: Internal Validity and Experimental Research Whitley: chapters 6, 7 Roseman, I. J., & Evdokas,
A. (2004).
Appraisals cause experienced emotions: Experimental evidence. Cognition
and
Emotion, 18, 1-28. Whitley: chapter 8
Whitley: chapter 10
Ellsworth, P.C. (1977). From abstract ideas to concrete
instances: Some guidelines for choosing natural research settings. American
Psychologist, 32, 604-615.
Fraley,
R. C., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Airport separations: A naturalistic
Oct. 29 Unit 9: External Validity Whitley: chapter 14 Berkowitz, L., & Donnerstein, E. (1982). External
validity is more than skin deep. American Psychologist, 37, 245-257.
Nov. 5 Unit 10: Survey Research Whitley: chapter 11 Whitley: chapter 15
Nov. 19 Unit 12: Data Collection Whitley: chapter 12
Hoyle, R. H., Harris, M. J., & Judd, C. M. (2002). Research methods in social relations (7th ed.). Fort Worth, TX: Wadsworth. (Read chapter 17, "Data Management and Exploration") Dec. 3 Unit 13: Interpreting and Presenting Research Results Whitley: chapters 13, 17
Dec. 10 Unit 14: Reading: Synthesizing Research Results (Class: Presentations) Whitley: chapter 16
Dec. 15 (6pm-9pm) Final Exam
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