Description
Book SynopsisMark R. Leary, Ph. D., Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, received his B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan College (1976) and his doctorate from the University of Florida (1980). He taught at Denison University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Wake Forest University before moving to Duke. Dr. Leary's research and writing focus on social motivation and emotion, areas in which he has published more than 150 scholarly articles and chapters. Dr. Leary is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Association for Psychological Science, as well as a member of the International Association for Relationship Research and the International Society for Self and Identity. Dr. Leary was the founding editor of Self and Identity, a new scholarly journal, and served for nine years as Associate Editor of the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. He has also served on the editorial
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Research in the Behavioral Sciences
- Chapter 2: Behavioral Variability and Research
- Chapter 3: The Measurement of Behavior
- Chapter 4: Approaches to Psychological Measurement
- Chapter 5: Selecting Research Participants
- Chapter 6: Descriptive Research
- Chapter 7: Correlational Research
- Chapter 8: Advanced Correlational Strategies
- Chapter 9: Basic Issues in Experimental Research
- Chapter 10: Experimental Design
- Chapter 11: Analyzing Experimental Data
- Chapter 12: Analyzing Complex Designs
- Chapter 13: Quasi-Experimental Designs
- Chapter 14: Single-Case Research
- Chapter 15: Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research
- Chapter 16: Scientific Writing
