Returning Learning
Returning Learning explores early school years teachers' perceptions of nature and how this informs their pedagogy through a posthuman theoretical framework. The theoretical framework is purposefully designed to disrupt dichotomies and reject abuse to marginalised others. In doing so, this book offers a reconceptualisation of learning in environmental education, and education more broadly.The posthuman theoretical framework is a transdisciplinary offering informed by material-discursive practices, affective atmospheres, and childhoodnature. The theoretical framework and transqualitative methodology support diffractive ethnographic methods where data are generated through an iterative and entangled data collection and data analysis process. This process is presented as a series of "diffractive data entanglements" that explore teachers' perceptions of nature, their pedagogical practices, and the implications of these data through a posthuman framing. These non-conventional approaches to undertaking research are the foundation for this book that listens to teacher's voices by conducting research with teachers rather than to teachers.Through a deep exploration into the intricacies of everyday classroom practices and happenings, this book privileges the voices of the teachers and the nonhuman, thus the response-ability of teachers to their students and the planet, is re-turned. It will be of interest to researchers who are interested in creative and innovative theories and methodologies as well as those studying environmental education and other pedagogical studies as part of their courses.
Embracing the Messy Complexities of Co-Creation
Co-creation in participatory, qualitative research has become commonplace. It supports a myriad of collaborative practices - from service-user involvement in health and social care, to community capacity-building, to bottom-up climate change projects. With its democratic ambitions, transformative power and (in some contexts) goals of social justice, co-creation has much to offer, particularly in these challenging times... but it is also complex and full of tensions.This book offers an approach which recognises - and embraces - the messy complexities of co-creation. The approach is constructive - it revolves around creating openings for multiple voices; and, in particular, the voices of people with lived experience. And it is critical - it involves integrating critical, reflexive analyses of the intrinsic tensions in co-creation into the practice of research. The book brings participatory research into dialogue with poststructuralist, social constructionist and new materialist, posthumanist strands of qualitative inquiry. In an engaging and accessible way, the author weaves together personal storytelling and more detached analysis to illustrate her approach to producing and communicating knowledge as intertwined processes.The book is written for all students and researchers with an interest in collaborative research practice.
New Handbook of Mathematical Psychology: Volume 3, Perceptual and Cognitive Processes
The field of mathematical psychology began in the 1950s and includes both psychological theorizing, in which mathematics plays a key role, and applied mathematics motivated by substantive problems in psychology. Central to its success was the publication of the first Handbook of Mathematical Psychology in the 1960s. The psychological sciences have since expanded to include new areas of research, and significant advances have been made both in traditional psychological domains and in the applications of the computational sciences to psychology. Upholding the rigor of the original Handbook, the New Handbook of Mathematical Psychology reflects the current state of the field by exploring the mathematical and computational foundations of new developments over the last half-century. The third volume provides up-to-date, foundational chapters on early vision, psychophysics and scaling, multisensory integration, learning and memory, cognitive control, approximate Bayesian computation, and encoding models in neuroimaging.
Cultural Psychology
The introductory book presents the current state of cultural psychology in terms of theoretical approaches and methods comprehensively. It also demonstrates how deeply it is anchored in various fields of action. Cultural psychology is an interdisciplinary field of research that aims less to objectively and causally explain human behavior and experience, but rather seeks to understand psychological phenomena in their respective sociocultural context. In doing so, it follows a theoretical understanding of humans as actively acting beings. Compared to the prevailing nomothetic-oriented psychology, it emphasizes different theoretical and methodological approaches, particularly highlighting intentionality, meaning structuring, and ultimately the cultural aspects of human existence. Cultural psychology incorporates both hermeneutic approaches from psychology, philosophy, sociology, and ethnology, as well as qualitative methods for studying human behavior and experience.
How We Think
NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS How We Think This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a fresh and newly reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.
An Introduction To Psychology
NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS An Introduction To Psychology: Translated From The Second German Edition By Rudolf Pintner This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a fresh and newly reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.
The Brainwaves Method 7 Steps to Rewire and Control Your Mind
Unlock the secret to mental transformation in as little as 8 weeks with the proven Brainwaves Method.Did you know your brain spends just 3 minutes per hour in conscious thought? The other 57 minutes? Driven by the subconscious, shaped by the rhythm of brainwaves beyond your awareness. That's only 48 minutes per day of conscious thinking! No wonder you find it hard to get things done, feel overwhelmed, or struggle to make lasting changes. Do you want to learn the secret to supercharging your performance & harnessing the full potential of your mind? Are you searching for evidence-backed strategies & spiritual lessons to create lasting change in the way you think & feel? Then this book is for you...Expertly written with a powerful blend of ancient spiritual wisdom and modern-day neuroscience, this practical guide invites you to join author and consciousness researcher Lila Devane, M.Sc. on a profound voyage into brain science as she reveals a powerful 7-step system to transform your mind and achieve your highest potential.Inside, you'll discover her proven Brainwaves Method, a science-backed formula for personal transformation that's founded on EEG studies, neurological research, and millennia-old spiritual traditions. Readers will uncover authentic lessons to rewire their brains, develop emotional resilience, access the flow state at will, and achieve mental mastery.Through her proven approach, you'll learn how to systematically transform your potential into reality, joining countless clients who've moved from struggle to success using this unique blend of scientific research and spiritual wisdom.Here's just a little of what you'll discover inside: Master Your Mind: Unlock The Secret To Achieving The Flow State & Accessing Your Peak Performance At WillLeave Your Limits Behind: Transform Your Limiting Beliefs Into Empowering Thought Patterns That Inspire You To Break BarriersExplore New States of Consciousness: Take A Fascinating Deep Dive Into The Inner Workings of Your Brain To Uncover Altered States of ConsciousnessDevelop Unshakeable Emotional Resilience: Eliminate Stress, Find Inner Peace, & Enjoy Emotional Balance With Techniques Drawn From MysticismHarness Brainwave Training: Navigate Different Brainwave Patterns With Precision For DIY Mind ControlAnd Much More...Featuring exclusive downloadable guided meditation exercises, The Brainwaves Method reveals how you can transform the way you think, feel, and act in as little as 8 weeks. Whether you want to achieve peak performance for your career, or if you want to push the furthest boundaries of human potential, this book is your invaluable companion guide for anyone who wants to experience their brain's natural ability to rewire itself.
The Beauty
The book explores overcoming past traumas, embracing self-love, and discovering beauty and resilience through challenging experiences. It highlights forgiveness as a transformative tool, guiding readers from a place of victimhood toward self-empowerment.
The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Volume 2
In a time where new research methods are constantly being developed and science is evolving, researchers must continually educate themselves on cutting-edge methods and best practices related to their field. The second of three volumes, this Handbook provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of a variety of issues important in developing, designing, and collecting data to produce high-quality research efforts. First, leading scholars from around the world provide an in depth explanation of various advanced methodological techniques. In section two, chapters cover general important methodological considerations across all types of data collection. In the third section, the chapters cover self-report and behavioral measures and their considerations for use. In the fourth section, various psychological measures are covered. The final section of the handbook covers issues that directly concern qualitative data collection approaches. Throughout the book, examples and real-world research efforts from dozens of different disciplines are discussed.
Research Design and Statistical Analysis
This fully updated fourth edition of Research Design and Statistical Analysis provides comprehensive coverage of the design principles and statistical concepts necessary to make sense of real data. The guiding philosophy is to provide a strong conceptual foundation so that readers can generalize to new situations they encounter in their research, including new developments in data analysis.Key features include: Emphasis on basic concepts such as sampling distributions, design efficiency, and expected mean squares, relating the research designs and data analyses to the statistical models that underlie the analyses. Detailed instructions on performing analysis using both R and SPSS. Pedagogical exercises mapped to key topic areas to support students as they review their understanding and strive to reach their higher learning goals. Incorporating the analyses of both experimental and observational data, and with coverage that is broad and deep enough to serve a two-semester sequence, this textbook is suitable for researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates in psychology, education, and other behavioral, social, and health sciences.The book is supported by a robust set of digital resources, including data files and exercises from the book in an Excel format for easy import into R or SPSS; R scripts for running example analysis and generating figures; and a solutions manual.
Application of Statistical Techniques in Research A Study
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Application of Statistical Techniques in Research A Study
This book entails a study based on statistical competency among research scholars in humanities and social sciences of North-East India. Hope researchers will be able to accumulate knowledge and be acquainted with the importance of statistics during the process of conducting research especially in humanities and social sciences.
Neuro-Mastery
Unlock the power of your brain with Neuro-Mastery, the ultimate practical guide to achieving lasting success and fulfillment.Dr. Pamela Seraphine, a trailblazer in neuroscience for high performance and trauma recovery, merges cutting-edge science with a soul-centered approach to help you take charge of your brain, align with your deepest self, and transform your life. Her raw authenticity and tough-love wisdom make this a transformative read for anyone seeking real, actionable change.Whether you're looking to elevate your career, enhance personal growth, or overcome life's toughest obstacles, this book offers practical, brain-based tools grounded in the latest neuroscience while nurturing the soul's inner wisdom. Neuro-Mastery reveals how to unlock your brain's full potential and create lasting change that impacts every aspect of your life.With Dr. Seraphine's unapologetically brilliant approach, you'll learn her unique step-by-step method for taking control of your future and achieving the goals that mean the most to you. Get ready to master your brain-and your life.
The Beauty
The book explores overcoming past traumas, embracing self-love, and discovering beauty and resilience through challenging experiences. It highlights forgiveness as a transformative tool, guiding readers from a place of victimhood toward self-empowerment.
Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy
Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide is an essential resource for clinical mental health professionals who are considering integrating animals into their work. This unique text provides in-depth information and examples of how to provide treatment with real clients, describing hundreds of interventions, while also addressing essential legal and ethical issues. Written with compassion and consideration for both animals and humans, Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy (AACP) explores working with varied and unique therapy animals, the application of training skills, and how animals can be powerfully incorporated into treatment with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families. A thorough reference on integrating animals into professional practice, this book gives clinicians the tools to spark their creativity as they embark on the amazing journey of AACP.
Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy
Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Clinician's Guide is an essential resource for clinical mental health professionals who are considering integrating animals into their work. This unique text provides in-depth information and examples of how to provide treatment with real clients, describing hundreds of interventions, while also addressing essential legal and ethical issues. Written with compassion and consideration for both animals and humans, Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy (AACP) explores working with varied and unique therapy animals, the application of training skills, and how animals can be powerfully incorporated into treatment with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families. A thorough reference on integrating animals into professional practice, this book gives clinicians the tools to spark their creativity as they embark on the amazing journey of AACP.
Training for Unknowns
Training for Unknowns is a comprehensive guide designed to help organizations master the art of training employees to solve complex, unpredictable problems in today's rapidly evolving world.In the business world characterized by volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) challenges amidst brittle, anxious, non-linear, and incomprehensible (BANI) environments, the ability to prepare your workforce for the "unknowns" has never been more critical to maintaining a competitive edge.This book equips learning and development professionals with the tools, methods, and frameworks necessary to design effective training programs that impart complex problem-solving (CPS) skills-skills that are essential for addressing high-order, multi-dimensional problems. Whether it's advanced analytical thinking, strategic decision-making, technical troubleshooting, or critical thinking, Training for Unknowns covers it all.Divided into 15 insightful chapters, the book begins by exploring the unpredictable nature of today's business landscape. It then introduces powerful, problem-centered learning methodologies, including Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Project-Based Learning (PjBL), Scenario-Based Learning (SBL), Case-Based Learning (CBL), and Simulation-Based Learning (SmBL). Each approach is accompanied by real-world case studies, practical tips, and key considerations for implementation.The book also dives deep into the cognitive science behind CPS, breaking down the mental processes required to solve complex, high-level problems. With advanced frameworks for integrating multiple learning methods, Training for Unknowns provides cutting-edge solutions for instructional designers, educators, and corporate training professionals. It presents actionable strategies for creating contextualized learning experiences that prepare employees to face the unknown challenges of the future.With its focus on innovative training strategies, practical methodologies, and in-depth analysis of CPS, Training for Unknowns is an essential resource for L&D leaders, instructional designers, and organizations seeking to future-proof their workforce, improve decision-making capabilities, and stay ahead in an ever-evolving business environment.
Social Behavioral Statistics
Focusing on practical application, this textbook provides clear and concise explanations of statistical tests and techniques that students can apply in real-world situations. It has a dual emphasis: firstly, on doing statistics, and secondly, on understanding statistics, to do away with the mindset that statistics is difficult. Procedural explanations are provided so students know how to apply particular statistical tests and techniques in practical research situations. Conceptual understanding is encouraged to ensure students know not only when and how to apply appropriate techniques, but also why they are using them. Ancillary resources are available including sample answers to exercises, PowerPoint teaching slides, instructor manual, and a test bank. Illustrative figures, real-world data, practice exercises, and software instruction make this an essential resource for mastering statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences.
Social Behavioral Statistics
Focusing on practical application, this textbook provides clear and concise explanations of statistical tests and techniques that students can apply in real-world situations. It has a dual emphasis: firstly, on doing statistics, and secondly, on understanding statistics, to do away with the mindset that statistics is difficult. Procedural explanations are provided so students know how to apply particular statistical tests and techniques in practical research situations. Conceptual understanding is encouraged to ensure students know not only when and how to apply appropriate techniques, but also why they are using them. Ancillary resources are available including sample answers to exercises, PowerPoint teaching slides, instructor manual, and a test bank. Illustrative figures, real-world data, practice exercises, and software instruction make this an essential resource for mastering statistics for undergraduate and graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences.
Anatomy of a Train Wreck
A history of "priming" research that analyzes the field's underlying assumptions and experimental protocols to shed new light on a contemporary crisis in social psychology. In 2012, a team of Belgian scientists reported that they had been unable to replicate a canonical experiment in the field of psychology known as "priming." The original experiment, performed by John Bargh in the nineties, had purported to show that words connoting old age unconsciously influenced--or primed--research subjects, causing them to walk more slowly. When subsequent researchers could not replicate these results, Nobel-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman warned of a "train wreck looming" if Bargh and his colleagues could not address doubts about their work. Since then, the inability to replicate other well-known priming experiments has helped precipitate an ongoing debate over what has gone wrong in psychology, raising fundamental questions about the soundness of research practices in the field. Anatomy of a Train Wreck offers the first detailed history of priming research from its origins in the early 1980s to its recent collapse. Ruth Leys places priming experiments in the context of contemporaneous debates over not only the nature of automaticity but also the very foundations of social psychology. While these latest discussions about priming have largely focused on methodology--including sloppy experimental practices, inadequate statistical methods, and publication bias--Leys offers a genealogy of the theoretical expectations and scientific paradigms that have guided and motivated priming research itself. Examining scientists' intellectual strategies, their responses to criticism, and their assumptions about the nature of subjectivity, Anatomy of a Train Wreck raises crucial questions about the evidence surrounding unconscious influence and probes the larger stakes of the replication crisis: psychology's status as a science.
Imagination and Arts-Based Practices for Integration in Research
Imagination and Arts-Based Practices for Integration in Research explores the philosophical assumptions, defining concepts, and methodological issues related to the introduction of intentional imaginative mental processes and arts-based practices into some or all phases of investigation, and data integration of particular research approaches.Although typically central to mixed, multi-method, and arts-based research, the practice of integrating diverse forms of data might be applied to other research traditions. The integration of data diversity represents a deviation from traditional scientific thinking demanding a dramatic paradigm shift inclusive of multi-dimensional, nondiscursive, aesthetic, rhizomatic, and imaginative mental processes. In this book, imaginative mental processes and arts-based practices are described and illustrated as approaches to investigating, revealing, and understanding the elusive yet essential meanings hidden in the crevices, shadows, and liminal spaces in between diverse data sets leading to integration, illumination, and synthesis.The book will appeal to arts-based, mixed methods, and adventurous researchers. It walks the reader through the revisionist philosophical assumptions and offers aligned methodological suggestions to the induction of imaginative mental processes and arts-based practices into research.
Mathematical Psychology
A drawback of standard approaches to try and understand the world of feelings such as love, hate, fear, and anger plus consciousness via quantum concepts results from the old problem that Quantum Theory does not appear to be fully compatible with Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.To overcome these difficulties, we explicitly tried to avoid "pushing" any existing theory into the comprehension of the human mind and all its derivatives. On the assumption that everything, including consciousness, may consist of attributes or properties and subjecting them to a general Hamilton extremal principle, we surprisingly ended up in generalized Einstein field equations with the whole ensemble having the characteristics of a Quantum Gravity Theory.The field of psychology has lacked a unified theory to support phenomenological observations until now, and it took a mathematical physicist to find it. With example concepts of group-think and quantum-gravity-based human thought processes given among many more, it provides a basis for understanding and mitigating and potentially even preventing socioeconomic debt cycles and war......and it shows why love can become the black hole in a universe of feelings.
Anatomy of a Train Wreck
A history of "priming" research that analyzes the field's underlying assumptions and experimental protocols to shed new light on a contemporary crisis in social psychology. In 2012, a team of Belgian scientists reported that they had been unable to replicate a canonical experiment in the field of psychology known as "priming." The original experiment, performed by John Bargh in the nineties, had purported to show that words connoting old age unconsciously influenced--or primed--research subjects, causing them to walk more slowly. When subsequent researchers could not replicate these results, Nobel-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman warned of a "train wreck looming" if Bargh and his colleagues could not address doubts about their work. Since then, the inability to replicate other well-known priming experiments has helped precipitate an ongoing debate over what has gone wrong in psychology, raising fundamental questions about the soundness of research practices in the field. Anatomy of a Train Wreck offers the first detailed history of priming research from its origins in the early 1980s to its recent collapse. Ruth Leys places priming experiments in the context of contemporaneous debates over not only the nature of automaticity but also the very foundations of social psychology. While these latest discussions about priming have largely focused on methodology--including sloppy experimental practices, inadequate statistical methods, and publication bias--Leys offers a genealogy of the theoretical expectations and scientific paradigms that have guided and motivated priming research itself. Examining scientists' intellectual strategies, their responses to criticism, and their assumptions about the nature of subjectivity, Anatomy of a Train Wreck raises crucial questions about the evidence surrounding unconscious influence and probes the larger stakes of the replication crisis: psychology's status as a science.
Writing Literature Reviews
Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences provides students with practical guidelines for the complex process of writing literature reviews for course projects, theses or dissertations, and research manuscripts for publication.This bestselling book follows a systematic, natural progression of steps and focuses on the writing of critical reviews of original research. Steps and guidelines are organized sequentially and are illustrated with examples from a wide range of actual (and recent) academic journals. Each chapter is designed to scaffold and help students develop a set of specific products that will contribute to a competent literature review.Writing Literature Reviews is ideal for use in research methods courses, thesis/dissertation preparation courses, research seminars where a literature review is expected as a culminating activity, or any course in which the instructor needs to cover the vital components necessary to prepare a literature review for a variety of audiences. The book is supported by online materials including self-test quizzes for students, and lecture slides for instructors.New to this edition: Expanded sections on plagiarism and selection bias. Updated chapter examples and references. Expanded discussion of digital research tools. Discussion of the implications of AI use. New model literature reviews that complement existing reviews that our longtime adopters have found useful. These can serve as the basis for classroom discussions and as source material for end-of-chapter activities, as needed.
Preparing Literature Reviews
Preparing Literature Reviews is an accessible guide that provides easy to follow step-by-step advice on how to prepare qualitative and quantitative literature reviews. The 6th edition of this bestselling book retains its original lauded features of clear style and organization while bringing new chapters into the fold to address mixed-methods and theoretical frameworks in conducting reviews of literature.The text walks the reader through both the conceptualization and the writing stages, offering templates for fostering different phases of designing and drafting required to complete the process of conducting a review of literature from start to finish, in empirical articles, theses, or dissertations. New examples of literature reviews utilizing various approaches have been added, and there is also additional coverage of concepts such as literature organization, plagiarism, reviewing, topic selection, and writing. Commentary on literature in a variety of fields assists readers with understanding the structure and components of literature reviews.Perfect as an introductory or supplementary text, Preparing Literature Reviews offers a comprehensive consideration of each aspect of conducting literature reviews, making it an essential resource for students across the social and behavioural sciences, education, and the humanities.The accompanying Instructor and Student Resources website provides free digital materials designed to enhance student learning and save instructors time when preparing lessons. Resources include: Flashcards for students to independently test their knowledge. Student focused materials including advice on writing style, plagiarism, literature mapping, and a theory evaluation checklist. Video explanations on Prisma 2020 and APA Journal Article Reporting Standards. Instructor checklist and PowerPoint slides that correspond to the chapters to save valuable time preparing lessons.
Heuristic Enquiries
Heuristic Enquiries provides an illuminating exploration of heuristic research by offering case studies of heurism in theory and practice across a number of disciplines, including art and design, psychology, psychotherapy, social care, social geography, and indigenous studies.Heuristic research is a major method and methodology in qualitative research, emphasising the value of discovery, whether of the self, or the self with others. It is also misunderstood, misrepresented, and, in certain disciplines or fields, marginalised. This volume offers a major contribution to heuristic research by offering case studies of heuristics from specific disciplines, interdisciplinary practices and professional contexts. The book is introduced with a review of the evolution of heuristic inquiry and includes chapters that discuss a comparative study of heuristic inquiry in AI and in artistic research, heuristic research in a time-limited context, and heuristic supervision.This unique book is a comprehensive overview of the relationship between research and practice for postgraduate and doctoral research students, as well as academics, researchers, and practitioners.
Statistics Explained
Statistics Explained, now in its fully revised Fourth Edition, is for students and researchers who wish to understand the statistical analyses used to analyse quantitative (numerical) research data in a wide range of academic disciplines, in particular, the behavioural, human and social sciences.This book explains, in a clear and informative manner, the logic of statistical analysis, in particular the null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) method. Using this method, a range of statistical tests have been devised for different types of data. Each of these tests is explained in the book by adopting a step-by-step ("walkthrough") approach with a specific illustrative example. Crucially, these explanations do not require the reader to have an advanced knowledge of mathematics or statistics, but only assumes the basic mathematics which most readers will have learnt at high school. The book also examines the criticisms of NHST and introduces the reader to Bayesian statistics. As a result the reader will be able to critically evaluate the outcomes of statistical analysis both of their own work and that of others.Statistics Explained will be of great interest to students and researchers in the behavioural, human and social sciences in understanding both the outcomes of their own research and also the research reports in the academic journals.
Python for Experimental Psychologists
Python for Experimental Psychologists equips researchers who have no prior programming experience with the essential knowledge to independently script experiments and analyses in the programming language Python. This book offers an excellent introduction, whether you are an undergraduate, a PhD candidate, or an established researcher.This updated edition is on Python 3 (the most current version). It starts by teaching the fundamentals of programming in Python and then offers several chapters on scripting experiments (displaying stimuli, obtaining and logging user input, precision timing, etc.) using the popular PsychoPy package. The remainder of the book is dedicated to data analysis and includes chapters on reading/writing to text files, time series, eye tracking, data visualisation, and statistics.Access to online support material enriches the learning experience with colour figures, example stimuli, datasets, scripts, and a portable Windows installation of Python. This book assumes no prior knowledge, and its informal and accessible tone helps readers with backgrounds in experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience to quickly understand Python. It serves as a useful resource not only for researchers in these fields but also for lecturers instructing on methodology and data analysis.Python for Experimental Psychologists demystifies programming complexities and empowers researchers to proficiently conduct experiments and analyse their results.
Corporation You
Introduction to Corporation YouCorporation You outlines a transformative journey to reclaim your personal and professional life. By following the principles in Corporation You, you start to own and control your work life and define your terms of engagement. Corporation You is written to highlight concepts, methods, and approaches that both constrain and liberate black individuals or people of colour in the workplace. The material covers a broad range of topics, focusing on elements critical to understanding the issues and processes that Corporation You must address to succeed in the corporate world. Organisations are designed to achieve their goals, often requiring high compliance from employees, and legal and policy practices ensure your compliance throughout your tenure. By adopting the Corporation You mindset, you become conscious of your choices in your job and career. This isn't about being a difficult or challenging employee; it's about understanding the transactions you make daily with your time and future. Ultimately, this will make you a better employee and careerist, helping you understand what you bring to the table, what is required of you, and what you want from the organisation you work for. OverviewThis book will take you to places you may never have considered, prompting you to question your sense of belonging, self-definition, and behaviour in relation to power. While the primary audience is black individuals or people of colour, reflecting their common experiences of disadvantage based on visible racial identity, all readers are welcome. Discrimination and racism are, unfortunately, still prevalent. This book moves forward from that reality, outlining key workplace dynamics and what individuals can do to navigate them.
Photography, Photographic Arts, and the Visual Research Process in Qualitative Inquiry
A book that introduces doctoral students and early career researchers to photography as a significant dimension of visual qualitative methods.
Guidelines to Thesis and Dissertation Writing
Have you ever been captivated by fascinating research findings or a thought-provoking argument? Academic writing is the gateway to sharing and understanding these ideas. It is a structured and formal way of communicating knowledge in a specific field. While it may seem complex at first glance, this guide will equip you with the tools to navigate its intricacies and become a confident academic writer. The world of academic research can seem daunting at first glance. But fear not, fellow scholars! This guide is your compass, navigating you through the evolving landscape of crafting impactful research papers, theses, and dissertations. This book is a great companion to help you collaborate with your supervisors and impress your thesis and dissertation examiners. I am sure that you will not regret following the guidelines provided in this book to accomplish your research work.
Research Design Simplified
Are you overwhelmed by the complexities of research design?Do you struggle to decide between qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods? You're not alone. Many new (and even experienced) researchers feel lost in the maze of conceptual, methodological, and practical decisions.This comprehensive guide demystifies research design by breaking down complex concepts into easy-to-follow steps. Whether you're working on your first thesis or refining a more advanced project, you'll gain the confidence to create an effective study from start to finish.What's Inside: Clear, Step-by-Step ApproachNavigate the research process with a beginner-friendly roadmap, perfect for those new to academic research or needing a refresher.Practical Tips & Real-World ExamplesLearn from expert advice and case studies that show exactly how to apply each concept in real research scenarios.Comprehensive CoverageFrom identifying research topics to presenting your findings, you'll cover every phase of designing a study-no matter the discipline or complexity.Essential Checklists & ToolsStay organized and ensure you've covered all the crucial steps, including data collection, analysis, and ethical considerations.Key Takeaways: Choosing the Right MethodologyDecide whether qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods best fit your project goals.Formulating Research QuestionsDevelop clear, focused questions that guide your study effectively.Conducting Literature ReviewsMaster the art of finding and analyzing relevant literature to strengthen your research design.Ensuring Validity & ReliabilityLearn how to guarantee the trustworthiness of your data, from pilot testing to final evaluation.Communicating Your FindingsPresent your research with clarity-through writing, presentations, or publication.Who Is This Book For?Beginners & Early-Career ResearchersIf you're new to research design, this guide lays out everything in plain language.Seasoned AcademicsRefresh your knowledge and explore updated tips for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.Anyone Seeking a Streamlined ProcessTackle conceptual, methodological, and practical hurdles with confidence-saving time and stress.Stop letting research design hold you back. Equip yourself with a straightforward, proven roadmap that transforms your ideas into successful studies. Whether you're a student embarking on your first dissertation or a professional aiming to sharpen your research skills, Research Design Simplified is your all-in-one companion for confident, efficient, and impactful research.Grab your copy now and take the first step toward a more streamlined, successful research journey!
Social Constructionism
The fourth edition of this seminal work introduces students to social constructionism. Using a variety of examples from everyday experience and from existing research in areas such as personality, sexuality and health, it clearly explains the basic theoretical assumptions of social constructionism.Drawing on a range of empirical studies, the book clearly defines the various approaches to social constructionist theory and research and explores the theoretical and practical issues they raise. It presents and analyses key debates, such as the nature and status of knowledge, truth, reality, and the self, in an accessible style. The new edition has been updated with relevant and contemporary references to aid understanding of key theoretical and methodological issues. The author additionally utilises new illustrative examples from research and contemporary life, such as the #MeToo movement, BlackLivesMatter, and Post-Truth politics. The updated work has also been expanded to include an extended discussion of affect and embodiment and a number of exercises to help illustrate important concepts.Social Constructionism extends and updates the material covered in previous editions and will be an invaluable and informative resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Psychology, Sociology, Education, and other related disciplines.
Crafting Phenomenological Research
Crafting Phenomenological Research, Third Edition, continues to demonstrate its award-winning quality, clearly establishing itself as the leading international resource for those interested in a concise introduction to phenomenological research in education and social sciences.As a leading contemporary practitioner of phenomenology, Vagle walks the reader through multiple approaches to designing and implementing phenomenological research, including his post-intentional phenomenology, which incorporates elements of poststructural thinking into longstanding phenomenological methods. Vagle provides readers with methodological tools to build their own phenomenological study, addressing such issues as research design, data gathering and analysis, and writing.Replete with exercises for students, resources for further research, and examples of completed phenomenological studies, this book affords the instructor an easy entr矇e into introducing phenomenology into courses on qualitative research, social theory, or educational research.New to this edition: A new final chapter that introduces his latest developments in post-intentional phenomenology (PIP). Updated "snapshots" and "resource digs" that provides brief commentary and/or examples to illustrate concepts and ideas, many of which draw on Vagle's latest contemplative research study. Updated discussions of important methodological concepts such as researcher reflexivity.
Phenomenological Perspectives on Place, Lifeworlds, and Lived Emplacement
Phenomenological Perspectives on Place, Lifeworlds and Lived Emplacement is a compilation of eighteen previously published articles and chapters by David Seamon, one of the foremost researchers in environmental, architectural, and place phenomenology.
Autoethnographies in Psychology and Mental Health
This autoethnographic volume gathers a multiplicity of different voices in autoethnographic research from across psychology and mental health disciplines to address topics ranging from selfhood, trauma, emotional understanding, clinical psychology, and the experience of grief.Edited by two leading figures, this volume broadens the concept of psychology beyond its conventional, mainstream academic boundaries and challenges pre-conceived and received notions of what constitutes 'psychology' and 'mental health'. This book collects new autoethnographic writers in psychology and mental health from across as diverse a range of disciplines and, in doing so, makes a strong case for the legitimacy of subjectivity, emotionality and lived experience as epistemic and pedagogic resources. The collection also troubles the related concept of 'mental health.' In contemporary times, this is either biomedically over-colonised (welcomed by some but resisted by others), often regarded by lay and professional people alike in terms of an 'ordered or disordered' binary (comforting for some but associated with stigma and othering for others), or, at worst, is reduced to a set of hackneyed memes - the stuff of Breakfast television (well-intentioned and undoubtedly reassuring and helpful for some but patronising and na簿ve for others). Overall, the volume promotes the subjective and lived-experiential voices of its contributors - the hallmark of autoethnographic writing.Autoethnographies in Psychology and Mental Health will be of interest to psychology and mental health students and professionals with an interest in qualitative inquiry as it intersects with autoethnography and mental health.
Studying Complex Interactions and Outcomes Through Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Studying Complex Interactions and Outcomes Through Qualitative Comparative Analysis: A Practical Guide to Comparative Case Studies and Ethnographic Data Analysis offers methodological and theoretically robust guidelines to systematically study the causalities, dynamics and outcomes of complex social interactions in source data sets.
Evocative Qualitative Inquiry
Evocative Qualitative Inquiry explores academic research that evokes vitality and life. It provides a road map into integrating the personal with professional to engage in intrinsically meaningful forms of inquiry. The book centers on the key considerations of engaging in evocative forms of writing in the academy. It depicts academic inquiry as an embodied process that is captured and understood through rhythm and resonance. It relays how pleasurable, sensory, and rhythmic forms of inquiry can engender a sense of timelessness, expansiveness, growth, and generativity. Evocative Qualitative Inquiry relates the challenges that may arise from following this less trodden academic inquiry path. It conveys the importance of faith and courage in forging one's own unique and authentic writing voice. The book concludes with an analogy of a poker game to illustrate how all academic writers possess the embodied capacity to write vibrant words that evoke. Finally, each chapter ends with reflection questions and activities to help readers practice the skills of writing evocatively.This book will be a valuable guide for those seeking evocative writing techniques to engage in vibrant forms of academic research. It is primarily written for academics who desire to learn more about creative, poetic, and embodied writing methodologies.
Insider-Outsider Research in Qualitative Inquiry
This book presents the history of the discussion of insider-outsider research, and methodological advancements in these types of research partnership throughout the decades. The authors present and define key concepts, terms and terminology in an attempt to cut through some of the dense language that has invaded the discourse.
Centering Diverse Bodyminds in Critical Qualitative Inquiry
This book advances qualitative methods and methodological discussions from the ways in which "disabled people" are viewed primarily as research subjects without input of their own, to a place where disability embodiment and the lived experience of disability are potential sources of method and methodological advancement.
On Being a Mentor
This third edition of a classic, On Being a Mentor, is the definitive guide to the art and science of engaging students and faculty in effective mentoring relationships in all academic disciplines. This book is the ideal guidebook for faculty and training tool for mentoring workshops.
Strong and Free
Ted Morton has spent 30 years in Alberta politics. He was elected as a Reform Party senator-in-waiting in the 1998 Alberta Senate election. In 2001, Stockwell Day appointed him as Parliamentary Director of Policy and Research for the federal Canadian Alliance Party in Ottawa. From 2004-2012, Ted represented Foothills-Rocky View in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. During these years, he also served in cabinet as Minister of Finance, Minister of Energy, and Minister of Sustainable Resources Development. In 2006 and again in 2011, Morton ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives.In Strong and Free, Ted Morton shares the lessons learned from this journey, both his successes and his disappointments. Informed by his background as professor of political science, Morton recounts his early involvement with Preston Manning and the Reform Party, his friendship with Stephen Harper, and the infamous Alberta Agenda or Firewall Letter of 2001. He explains how the Progressive Conservative Party's flawed leadership selection process eroded party support, and how the PC's refusal to acknowledge and accommodate the growth of Albertans' support for the federal Reform Party led to vote splitting with the Wild Rose Party and the end of the PC dynasty in 2015.Openly discussing his conservative ideological principles and goals, Morton provides an account of thirty years of Alberta politics as seen from the inside by someone who reached for the top--and almost made it. Strong and Free argues that an independent, prosperous Alberta makes a strong and prosperous Canada. Ted Morton has spent thirty years fighting for both.
Postdigital Play and Global Education
Postdigital Play and Global Education: Reconfiguring Research is a re-turn to a large-scale, international project on children's digital play. Adopting postqualitative and posthumanist theories, research practices are reconfigured all the way down from what counts as 'data', 'tools', 'instruments', 'transcription', research sites', 'researchers', to notions of responsibility and accountability in qualitative research. Through a series of vignettes involving complex human and more-than-human collaborators (e.g., GoPros, octopus, avatars, diaries, sackball, LEGO bricks), the authors challenge who and what can be playful and creative across contexts in the global north and global south. The diffractive methodology enacted interrupts Western developmental notions of agency that are dominant in research involving young children.The concept of 'postdigital' offers fresh opportunities to disrupt dominant understandings of children's play. Play emerges as an enigmatic and shape-shifting human and more-than-human agentic force that operates beyond digital/non-digital, online/ offline binaries. By attuning to race, gender, age and language, invisible and colonising aspects of postdigital worldings the authors show how global education research can be reimagined through a posthumanist decentering of children without erasure.Postdigital Play and Global Education puts into practice Karen Barad's agential realism, but also a range of postdevelopmental and posthumanist writings from diverse fields. The book will be of particular interest to researchers looking for guidance to enact agential realist and posthumanist philosophies in research involving young children.
Doorknob Bombshells in Therapy
It's a near-universal experience among mental health practitioners: a patient drops a bombshell--a critical disclosure that moves the treatment forward--on their way out, with a hand on the doorknob. This "doorknob moment" creates a stressful dilemma for clinicians, especially when the patient is distraught. Should the clinician end the session on time, or run over and be late for the next patient?Here, seasoned psychiatrist Daniela V. Gitlin provides clinicians with a clear, evidence-based answer. By conceptualizing the functional differences between patient and therapist in the treatment relationship as a metaphor for the functional differences between right and left cerebral hemispheres, Gitlin's argument yields a comprehensive explanation for why doorknob moments occur, why they are necessary to prevent treatment stagnation, and why ending on time makes patients feel safer to deliver them.
Regression Basics
Using an accessible, nontechnical approach, the third edition of Regression Basics introduces readers to the fundamentals of statistical regression. Accessible to anyone with an introductory statistics background, the book draws on engaging examples using real-world data and software programs SPSS(R), Stata(R), and R to illustrate the key concepts of the least squares regression methodology.The book emphasizes the intuition of regression methodology and provides a hands-on approach, as well as helpful end-of-chapter summaries and questions to consolidate learning. This new edition has been substantially revised and enhanced, with features including the following: Fully updated to show procedures in R, SPSS(R), and Stata(R) Color images and substantially revised visual presentation A suite of online resources including data sets, software instructions, and PowerPoint slides for instructors New and updated examples throughout Expanded material to help students overcome "math anxiety" Expanded material on multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity, and robust standard errors This well-paced book is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students focusing on quantitative methods, research design, and statistical regression in the social and behavioral sciences, political science, and economics.
Constructivism and the Metaphysics of Qualitative Research
This book challenges the widespread assumption that a necessary preliminary to qualitative research is the formulation of ontological and epistemological beliefs. It argues that the metaphysical claims which supposedly underpin different approaches to social research do not make sense. Literally. Sentences such as 'There is a single objective reality' and 'There are multiple constructed realities' fail to make information-providing statements. They do not refer or describe. Despite appearances, they say nothing about reality (or realities) at a fundamental level, so they cannot be used to justify, ground, or align with, methodological decisions. The 'necessary preliminary' turns out not to be necessary at all; and we can dispense with, not just 'paradigms', but metaphysical underpinnings in general, whether structured as paradigms or not.Drawing on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, Carnap's metametaphysics, and contemporary linguistics, the book suggests that the metaphysical claims of qualitative texts can be reinterpreted as performative. Ontological and epistemological beliefs are resolutions and proposals, recommendations for the use of language. They form part of a creed by means of which researchers enact the joining of an academic community. Written in Paley's trademark clear, accessible and conversational style, the book points to a revolution in our understanding of the relation between metaphysics and social research. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in qualitative research and its philosophical foundations.
Lessons in Teletherapy
Lessons in Teletherapy provides composite case studies and a treatment framework for clinicians exploring virtual therapy with clients. Louis Propp, a seasoned clinical psychologist specializing in child, adolescent, and family therapy, draws from his experience rapidly transitioning to telehealth during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. These stories mirror the real patient and provider challenges and progression, in monthly segments, addressing such issues as family domestic violence, behavioral issues, neurodivergence, substance abuse, social discrimination, grief, and psychopathology. Using a cognitive behavioral therapy-based treatment intervention--developed from ideas common to both in-person and virtual therapy--Dr. Propp demonstrates and explains how this framework may be applied to each client's unique situation.
