Rethinking Methods in Psychology

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7733-4
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 348 g

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 stages of conducting a study using these methods.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Jonathan A.

Harre, Horace Romano

Harre, Rom

Langenhove, Luk Van

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Forschungsmethoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Experimentelle Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Jonathan A Smith, Rom Harr[ac]e and Luk Van Langenhove
PART ONE: SEARCHING FOR MEANINGS
Semi-Structured Interviewing and Qualitative Analysis - Jonathan A Smith
Grounded Theory - Kathy Charmaz
Life Story Research - Ken Plummer
PART TWO: DISCOURSE AS TOPIC
Conversation Analysis - Paul Drew
Discourse Analysis - Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell
Basic Principles of Transcription - Daniel C O'Connell and Sabine Kowal
PART THREE: RESEARCH AS DYNAMIC INTERACTION
Role Play - Krysia Yardley
Cooperative Inquiry - Peter Reason and John Heron
PART FOUR: USING NUMBERS DIFFERENTLY
Rethinking the Role of Quantitative Methods in Psychology - James T Lamiell
Repertory Grids - Jonathan A Smith
An Interactive, Case-Study Perspective
Q Methodology - Rex Stainton Rogers

Über Autor(innen)

Smith, Jonathan A.
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.

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