Do I Have To Take Experimental Psychology?

Reviews the books, Experimental Psychology: Research Methods and Statistics by R. B. Burns and C. B. Dobson (1981); and Methods Toward a Science of Behavior and Experience by William J. Ray and Richard Ravizza (1981). The authors of both of these textbooks have attempted to alleviate student anxieti...

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Published in:Contemporary psychology 1982-06, Vol.27 (6), p.469-470
Main Author: Weinstein, Claire E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Experimental Psychology
Human
Methodology
Statistics
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Reviews the books, Experimental Psychology: Research Methods and Statistics by R. B. Burns and C. B. Dobson (1981); and Methods Toward a Science of Behavior and Experience by William J. Ray and Richard Ravizza (1981). The authors of both of these textbooks have attempted to alleviate student anxieties by incorporating a number of instructional techniques that are based on our understanding of knowledge acquisition and retention. The text by Burns and Dobson is designed to enable the student to evaluate the research of others, to define a problem, formulate a hypothesis about it, design and carry out the experiment, apply the correct statistics, discuss the results and implications, and write it all up in a logical and sensible fashion. The major goal of the text by Ray and Ravizza is to introduce the student to both the basics of doing science and to the spirit that motivates many scientists. The difference in approaches employed by the two volumes reflects the current lack of consensus about how best to teach students both the process and the content of experimental psychology. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
ISSN:0010-7549
DOI:10.1037/021240