Critical thinking about research psychology and related fields

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. Principles. Ch. 1. Critical Reading. Ch. 2. Research Questions and Hypotheses. Ch. 3. Research Strategies and Variables. Ch. 4. The Sample. Ch. 5. Confounding Variables and Their Control. Ch. 6. Research Designs and Threats to Internal Validity. Ch. 7. Criteria and Criteria Measures. Ch. 8. Data Analysis, Discussion, and Conclusions. Ch. 9. Research Ethics -- II. Practice Articles. Article 1. Use of Counselor Street Talk to Stimulate Self-Disclosure of Inner-City Youths / Consuela Eusis-Lang and Anita Reveles. Article 2. Treatment of Flying Phobia: Comparative Efficacy of Two Behavioral Methods / Marcel Beauchamp, Muriel D. Greenfield and Luca Campobello. Article 3. The Effect of Divorce on Sons' Aggression / Bernard D. Partes and Junior Fites. Article 4. Dyslexia in Fifth-Grade Girls: Personality and Perceptual Factors / Jane Kent-Reid and John E. Duzzent.

Article 5. Time Estimation: Effect of Depression and Pleasantness or Unpleasantness of an Experience / Jean Malheure and Anthony R. Bontiempo. Article 6. Bossiness in Firstborn Girls / Beverly Capofiglia. Article 7. Effect of Context Upon Accuracy of Recall of Affective Experiences / Rhea Kahl and I. K. Ferguson. Article 8. The Effects of Medication and Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Insomnia / Eleuthra Gaye-Schloffen and Sam Nussbaum. Article 9. Midlife Crises of Men at Age 50 / Richard Mennatt, Morris Tuskor and Jonathan Anten. Article 10. Effect of Job Stress and Stress Management on Low Back Pain / Jeb Strauss and Laura Bakke. Article 11. Evaluation of Health Maintenance Organizations / Harlan M. Oberlin and Pauline P. Olmstead. Article 12. Effects of Jury Selection Consultation on Trial Outcome / Matthew Vawwar and Jacob P. Deere. Article 13. Contingency Reinforcement in the Treatment of Talking Aloud to Self / Earl Singleton, Janet Kase and Paul Enoff [et al.].

Article 14. The Effect of Race of Examiner on IQ Scores of Native Americans / Frederick B. Whyte and Cheryl Key. Article 15. Social Effects of Tax Deadline / Sam Levy and John Q. Hertz. Article 16. Comparative Effectiveness of Teacher Management Styles in a Fifth Grade Classroom / Madeleine Furman and Eva Marie Loos.

Could the research you read be fundamentally flawed? Could crucial defects in methodology slip by you undetected? To become an informed, interactive consumer of research, you may need an attitude adjustment: from acceptance to inquiry, from reverence to skepticism. Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields equips you with those tools needed to identify errors in others' research and to reduce them to a minimum in your own work.