Research & Methodology

This book acts as an introductory guide to understanding and using the mapping sentence as a tool in social science and humanities research. The book fills the need for a concise text that simply instructs how and when to use a mapping sentence and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927755952Author Annie RochetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Agio Publishing HousePublisher Agio Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 163g

Taking a pragmatist approach to methods and methodology that fosters meaningful, impactful, and ethical research, this book rises to the challenge of today's data revolution. It shows how pragmatism can turn challenges, such as the abundance and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798330284641Author Kenny AjayiFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Kenny AjayiPublisher Kenny AjayiWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009488136Author Michael BilligFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press

Increasing nonresponse rates in surveys are a matter of concern internationally, as low response rates put the quality of survey data into question. The risk of biased data is high if nonrespondents differ significantly from respondents. In arguing that...

This book is a strenuous critique of the misinterpretation of statistical knowledge of populations in mainstream psychology, exploring the implications of assuming that those statistics constitute scientific knowledge of individuals. It investigates the...

In her doctoral thesis, Mara Gerich makes an important contribution to research on the topic of teachers' counseling competence, particularly in the specific domain of parent-teacher talks with regard to the support of students' learning processes. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960672265Author Sinead Corkett-BeirneFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Anchor Academic PublishingPublisher Anchor Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781468438024Author Benjamin B WolmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 1120g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783656146971Author Damir IbrisimovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Grin PublishingPublisher Grin PublishingWeight(grams) 148g

A new take on therapeutic mindfulness with specific applications to troubled and delinquent youth is the focus of this innovative text. It introduces Family Mode Deactivation Therapy (FMDT) and its core concepts and methodologies, differentiating it from...

Recently, in the area of learning disabilities, a subarea of special educa tion, an interesting development has become discernible. This develop ment centers on the increasing focus of learning disabilities professionals on theory building and empirical...

Examines the importance of evolutionary biology for key issues in human development. Illustrates the power of socio- biological approaches in understanding developmental pheno- mena and their importance in generating new, empirically verifiable...

This book analyzes kidnapping in various forms and from various perspectives. First it argues that kidnapping, including the threat of kidnapping, reflects a breakdown in the mechanisms of social control in society. This volume also discusses the ways...

This book is the second edition of Facet Theory and the Mapping Sentence: Evolving Philosophy, Use and Application (2014). It consolidates the qualitative and quantitative research positions of facet theory and delves deeper into their qualitative...

Reflexivity is a category that is too appealing not to arouse interest. It is a concept largely diffused in several psychological domains, as well as associated with epistemological, theoretical, methodological and practical discussions. At the same...

This book is a major revision and extension of my earlier book, Experimental Psychology and Human Aging, which appeared in 1982. The intervening years have seen a remarkable expansion of psychological research on human aging, especially on topics dealing...

This book provides an in-depth examination of the application of applied psychology within and contemporary context offering readers critical insights into understanding human behaviour. The authors are scholars and practitioners in specialized areas...

This book offers a phenomenologically-inspired approach to sharing stories via 'poetic inquiry', a research approach that is rapidly gaining popularity within psychology and the wider social sciences. Owton begins by framing how poetry can appeal to all...

Case study research is a versatile approach that allows for different data sources to be combined, with its main purpose being theory development. This book goes a step further by combining different case study research designs, informed by the authors'...

Good Science is an account of psychological research emphasizing the moral foundations of inquiry. This volume brings together existing disciplinary critiques of scientism, objectivism, and instrumentalism, and then discusses how these contribute to...

The major portion of the investigations described in the present volume would never have been undertaken without the generous support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Society). During my professorship at the University of Marburg,...

This book offers a phenomenologically-inspired approach to sharing stories via 'poetic inquiry', a research approach that is rapidly gaining popularity within psychology and the wider social sciences. Owton begins by framing how poetry can appeal to all...

This is the first book devoted to the use of social media and other internet-derived data in forming forensic clinical opinions of behavior. Designed for mental health practitioners, it outlines the challenges and the benefits of incorporating digital...

A unique aspect of the book is the inclusion of exercises throughout the text to help develop and guide students through the specific actions required for doing effective research. The author's twenty plus years of classroom experience richly informs the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622733286Author Leonard A. SteversonFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint Vernon PressPublisher Vernon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789198900880Author Rafiq MuhammadFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Muhammad RafiqPublisher Muhammad RafiqWeight(grams) 535g

For many students, the experience of learning about and using qualitative methods can be bewildering. This book is an accessible step-by-step guide to conducting interview-based qualitative research projects. The authors discuss the 'hows' and 'whys' of...

The commercial exploitation of children is a global crisis (Rahman, 2011; Svensson, 2006). However, media outlets and sociological researchers have successfully situated the problem as a primarily Asian, South American, or Eastern European concern. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782806298805Author 50minutesFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint 50minutes.comPublisher 50minutes.comWeight(grams) 50g

The Proliferation of Action Theories and Their Applications Jaan Valsiner and Louis Oppenheimer Our contemporary psychology becomes satiated by references to "action" and "activity. " Over the recent decade numerous theoretical...

In the preface to his noveL "SmaU WorLd" David Lodge writes: "When ApriL with its sweet showers has pierced the drought of March to the root, and bathed every vein of earth with that Liquid by whose power the fLowers are engendered; when...

Scientific work on mnemonics and imagery conducted in the 1960s and early 1970s was directed at testing enthusiastic claims of the efficacy of memory tech niques developed by the ancient Greeks and further refined in the popular litera ture by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789359259666Author Dr Mihir BrahmaPage Count 472Imprint Writat PublisherPublisher VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd

This book is a step-by-step guide for instructors on how to teach a psychology research methods course at the undergraduate or graduate level. It provides various approaches for teaching the course, lecture topics, difficult concepts for students, sample...

Child development is a holistic process multiply determined by complex interactions of individual and environmental properties. It is becoming increasingly obvious that child development cannot be understood by common data analysis procedures, where data...

What does morality have to do with psychology in a value-neutral, postmodern world? According to a provocative new book, everything. Taking exception with current ideas in the mainstream (including cultural, evolutionary, and neuropsychology) as straying...

From Antarctica to Outer Space: Life in Isolation and Confinement aims to revitalize and encourage behavioral research in spaceflight as well as in polar and comparable settings. It comprises a broad collection of papers that evolved from presentations...

As a dynamic, interdisciplinary field, behavior genetics and its evolution are being followed closely by scientists across the psychological and medical domains. The discoveries surrounding the human genome and the advancement in molecular genetic...