Research Methods for Social Psychology

“Dana Dunn has a knack for thinking and writing about psychology — a knack that will make this text an instant success.” — Daniel M. Wegner, Harvard University

“A lively, hands-on adventure showing how psychological scientists discover truths about humans’ social nature, this student-friendly book draws the reader into active learning. Focused on ‘practical theory,’ Dunn highlights issues current and appealing to both novice researchers and seasoned teachers.” — Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University

Welcome to the website to accompany Research Methods for Social Psychology.

Research Methods for Social Psychology teaches students to think like an experimental social psychologist. Striking a balance between theoretical sophistication and hands-on activities and exercises, this engaging text offers a friendly approach to methodology and a successful means of motivating students to design and execute their own social psychological research.

The book includes:

• Active learning activities on social psychology in each chapter, as well as thought exercises at the end of each chapter
• Guidance on developing social psychology research topics, advice on ethics reviews of research projects, instructions on how to design independent and dependent variables, and assistance with performing a post-experimental interviews with participants
• A stand alone chapter on basic data analysis, in addition to directions for putting statistical results into words
• Guidance on writing APA-style summaries of social psychology experiments, as well as giving oral and poster presentations; includes a sample annotated APA-style lab report

Further information about the book is available here.

The following resources are available at this site:

• Test banks for instructors with questions and answers for each chapter

(Please note that these resources are password protected and only available to instructors. Use the link at top to navigate to the test banks.)