Doing Social Psychology

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Wetherell is Professor of Social Psychology at the Open University, UK and Director of the Economic and Social Research Council Programme on Identities and Social Action. Klappentext This textbook offers a comprehensive guide to carrying out a research project in social psychology. With helpful suggestions and step-by-step guidance through every stage of the research process, the book challenges the reader throughout to tackle the key methodological and theoretical issues in conducting research. Following an introduction to key issues, the book uses eight fully piloted social psychological studies to demonstrate a wide range of methods and associated theories. Methods described include: in-depth interviews; social representations of gender in the media; experimental studies of person perception and framing of risk; structured group observations; Kelly Repgrids; interaction diaries; and survey methods. Doing Social Psychology is one of five books which form the core of The Open University's course Social Psychology: Personal Lives, Social Worlds. Zusammenfassung Doing Social Psychology Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Dorothy Miell and Margaret Wetherell An Experimental Investigation of Primacy and Perseverance Effects in Person Perception - Patrick McGhee Relationships, Social Networks and Social Interaction - Patrick McGhee With Dorothy Miell An Exploration in Diary Methodologies Structured Observation and the Investigation of Group Interaction - Carol Tindall and Peter Banister Designing a Survey and Constructing a Questionnaire - Roger Sapsford An Experimental Investigation of Framing Effects and Decision Making - Patrick McGhee Glances into Personal Worlds - Carol Tindall The Construction and Analysis of Repertory Grids Social Representatives of Gender in the Media - Nicola Morant Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis Discovering Subjective Meanings - Jane Henry Depth Interviewing ...

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy Miell, Dorothy Wetherell Miell, Open University
• Assisted by: Dorothy Miell (Editor), Miell Dorothy (Editor), Margaret Wetherell (Editor), Wetherell Margaret (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.1998
• EAN: 9780761960492
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6049-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Published in Association with the Open University; Published in Association with; Published in association with the Open University; Published in Association with
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social Psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Social research & statistics, Psychological methodology, Social research and statistics