Using humor and interesting examples that students can understand and relate to, authors Brett W. Pelham and Hart Blanton have written an informative and comprehensive research methods text that your students will really enjoy. This brief book includes hands-on activities that involve learning by doing, methodology exercises that encourage students to use their intuitions to understand research methods, and methodology problems that teach students to apply basic research principles to novel problems.
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Brett Pelham grew up as the second of six children outside the small town of Rossville, Georgia. Brett received his B.A. from Berry College in 1983 and received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1989. He wrote the first edition of this book while working as an associate professor at UCLA, and he is currently an associate professor at SUNY, Buffalo. He studies person perception, stereotyping, social inference, and the self-concept. He teaches courses in social psychology, research methods, statistics, social cognition, and the self-concept. In his spare time, he enjoys juggling, painting, sculpting, listening to alternative rock music, cooking, and traveling. He doesn't enjoy weightlifting or running, but he occasionally does these things to compensate for a diet rich in Coca-Cola and Oreo cookies. His favorite activity is singing songs with his son Lincoln, who turned 2 in February of 2005. Impressively, Brett once placed fifth in the 1500 meters in the prestigious Southwestern U.S. Regional Master's Track and Field Championships in San Diego, CA. Less impressively, there was only one person in his age group who finished behind him. Nonetheless, he is still much faster than the other author of this book.
Hart Blanton grew up as the second of three children in a small town in Appalachian Virginia. Hart received his B.A. from Virginia Tech in 1990 and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1994. He worked on the second edition of this book while at SUNY, Albany and the third edition while at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 2005, he joined the psychology department at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. He studies group processes, self and identity, health psychology, social cognition, social influence, and social comparison. He has taught courses in research methods, social psychology, statistics, social comparison, and social influence. His diet consists of a wide variety of carbohydrates, but he cannot tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. He has had just one Oreo in the past 10 years. This was eaten while working on the 3rd edition and under the close supervision of the 1st author. It was fine. He enjoys motorcycle trips in the summer and he recently made a resolution to become very good at pool. He enjoys weightlifting because he finds value in setting aside a chunk of time each day for a completely mindless goal pursuit. Unfortunately, he recently had to take three years off of heavy lifting in order to recover from a motorcycle wreck that was entirely someone else's fault. Despite the time off, he is still much stronger than the other author of this book. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Hart Blanton grew up as the second of three children in a small town in Appalachian Virginia. Hart received his B.A. from Virginia Tech in 1990 and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1994. He worked on the second edition of this book while at SUNY, Albany and the third edition while at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. In 2005, he joined the psychology department at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. He studies group processes, self and identity, health psychology, social cognition, social influence, and social comparison. He has taught courses in research methods, social psychology, statistics, social comparison, and social influence. His diet consists of a wide variety of carbohydrates, but he cannot tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. He has had just one Oreo in the past 10 years. This was eaten while working on the 3rd edition and under the close supervision of the 1st author. It was fine. He enjoys motorcycle trips in the summer and he recently made a resolution to become very good at pool. He enjoys weightlifting because he finds value in setting aside a chunk of time each day for a completely mindless goal pursuit. Unfortunately, he recently had to take three years off of heavy lifting in order to recover from a motorcycle wreck that was entirely someone else's fault. Despite the time off, he is still much stronger than the other author of this book. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Research and Methodology with a Little Kick,
By Lindsay (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conducting Research in Psychology (Personal Computers)
Brett Pelham does a phenomenal job of bringing excitement and life to a subject matter many students and psychologists deem boring-research and research methodology. In his easy-to-read book, Brett brings comedy to confounding variables, t-scores, and placebo effects. Throughout the book, he backs up his explanation of research terms by using clear, but witty illustrations. Brett was my professor at UCLA and he used this book for his Psychology Research and Methodology course. A class I had been dreading was made alive, interesting, and easy to understand, not only through his lectures, but through this book! If you are a psychology teacher, a student struggling to fully grasp reasearch methods, or just a person who enjoys reading well written, easy to read books, with a comedic kick, then this is a great book for you! It will not only change the way you view methodology/research, but heighten your understanding of the topic.
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By TraciLM "Traci" (Chester Springs, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conducting Research in Psychology: Measuring the Weight of Smoke (Paperback)
This was a required book for a research class taught by a social psychology professor that went to school with the author, I think. I have the first edition that probably cost me $20 to $30 brand new. I just pulled it off my bookshelf again after 10 years since it's original publication and it is timeless. I've taken several graduate level research classes and even have a research publication of my own and this remains my "go to" book. I had forgotten how funny this book is and the examples and exercises are wonderful for first time research students. Great book and a must have for research beginners and pros.
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So far a great book; the examples the authors use are up-to-date and witty. Makes for an easier read. I just wish there were more pictures =P
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