Qualitative Methods in Psychology: A Research Guide - A Research Guide

"This book provides an introduction to four widely used qualitative research methods, followed by a detailed discussion of a pluralistic approach to qualitative research¿makes exceellent use of questions both in order to help the reader gain clarity as well as to encourage reflexivity" The Psychologist, May 2012

List of contents

Preface
Part 1: Orientations
Phenomenology
Action Research
Positionalities
Part 2: Methodologies
Observation
Ethnography
Interviewing
The Repertory Grid and its Possibilities
Psychosocial Analysis
Narrative Inquiry
Historical Analyses
Part 3: Representations
Future Directions for Qualitative Research
New and Emerging Forms of Representation
Writing Up
Problems in / of Qualitative Research
Index

About the author

Peter Banister is the Head of the Department of Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, where he teaches qualitative methods, social psychology and forensic psychology.Co-authors
Geoff Bunn, Erica Burman, John Daniels, Paul Duckett, Dan Goodley, Rebecca Lawthom, Ian Parker, Katherine Runswick-Cole, Judith Sixsmith, Sophie Smailes, Carol Tindall and Pauline Whelan.

Summary

An introduction to qualitative methods, combining a solid grounding in theory with a guide to conducting investigations and critical assessment.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Banister, Peter Bunn Banister, Geoff Bunn, Erica Burman, John Daniels, Paul Duckett, Dan Goodley, Rebecca Lawthom, Ian Parker, Katherine Runswick-Cole, Judith Sixsmith
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780335243051
• ISBN: 978-0-335-24305-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Open University Press; UK Higher Education OUP Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works