The Sage Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology / Edition 1

by Carol Sansone, Carolyn C. Morf, A. T. Panter

Overview

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.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761925354
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/22/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Carol Sansone, Ph.D. (1984, Columbia University) is Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. Her research examines the process through which people regulate their interest and motivation in day-to-day life, using social and non-social means. She is interested in how this process might differ as a function of person characteristics (such as gender) and across the life span, and in the applications of this work to selection of and persistence in math and science careers and to online learning. She is a Fellow of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, and has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals in social psychology and personality (e.g., Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology), and as a consultant for several granting agencies. She previously edited a special issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology on "New Directions in Intrinsic Motivation and Creativity" (1999), and a book (with J.M. Harackiewicz as co-editor) published by Academic Press entitled, "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Search for Optimal Motivation and Performance" (2000). Other recent publications have appeared in the journals Developmental Psychology, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Journal of Personality, Psychological Inquiry, and Sex Roles.

Carolyn C. Morf, Ph D (University of Utah, 1994), is on the faculty of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on understanding self-regulatory processes—both intrapersonal and interpersonal—through which individuals construct and maintain their desired psychological identities and conceptions of themselves. Her work is at the interface of self and personality research, in that she has been studying these processes in individuals who are high in narcissism. Recent publications include a target article on a self-regulatory model of narcissism in Psychological Inquiry (2001, with Frederick Rhodewalt) and a keynote chapter on the self in the Handbook of Self and Identity (2003, with Walter Mischel). Dr. Morf’s previous appointment was at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), where she was in charge of the Personality and Social Cognition Program in the Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science. In this role, she worked with researchers in developing their grant application ideas, made funding decisions, and promoted understudied and/or newly emerging areas of research through a variety of initiatives. She also has a long history of teaching beginning and advanced statistics and methods courses for graduate and undergraduate students at both the University of Utah and the University of Toronto (where she was on the faculty prior to joining NIMH), and has served on several editorial boards of psychological journals (including Psychological Review and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology). In addition, she has worked on a regular basis as a methodological and statistical consultant for a range of governmental and private organizations.

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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. "

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