Rethinking Methods in Psychology - Brossura

Jonathan Smith; Rom Harre; Luk Van Langenhove

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ISBN 10: 0803977336 ISBN 13: 9780803977334

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1995

Riassunto

The recent widespread rejection of conventional theory and method has led to the evolution of different ways of gathering and analyzing data. This accessible textbook introduces key research methods that challenge psychology's traditional preoccupation with `scientific' experiments.

The book provides a well-structured guide to methods, containing a range of qualitative approaches (for example, semi-structured interviews, grounded theory, discourse analysis) alongside a reworking of quantitative methods to suit contemporary psychological research. A number of chapters are also explicitly concerned with research as a dynamic interactive process. The internationally respected contributors steer the reader through the main stag

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Informazioni sugli autori

Jonathan A. Smith is Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London, UK where he leads the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) research group. He has written many articles applying IPA to a range of areas in health, clinical and social psychology. He is co- author (with Paul Flowers and Michael Larkin) of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Sage, 2009). He also has a wider interest in qualitative psychology generally and has co-edited a number of books in the area.

Rom Harré is a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford and Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803977336
• ISBN 13: 9780803977334
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 224
• Redattore: Smith Jonathan A., Harre Rom, Langenhove Luk Van
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile