Research Methods A Tool for Life

Research Methods: A Tool for Life Bernard Beins, Ithaca College After reading this book, students will understand how to conduct meaningful research using a wide array of methodologies. They will also appreciate the social and cultural factors that influence how they carry out research and how they interpret it. To help engage students, each chapter presents controversies that illustrate the methods of that chapter. Highlights: Discussions of controversies in psychology stimulate student interest while explaining important methodological concepts. Covers the effects of culture and society on research. Study/review questions allow students to rehearse material they have read. Running glossary teaches students the meanings of psychological terms as they encounter them in their reading. End-of-chapter reviews reinforce the material in the chapter.Beins, Bernard is the author of 'Research Methods A Tool for Life', published 2003 under ISBN 9780205327713 and ISBN 0205327710.