The Sage Handbook of Methods in Social Psychology

Foreword Preface SECTION ONE: INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK 1. The Research Process: Of Big Pictures, Little Details, and the Social Psychological Road In Between - Carol Sansone, Carolyn Morf & A.T. Panter SECTION TWO: FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH 2. The Methodological Assumptions of Social Psychology: The Mutual Dependence of Substantive Theory & Method Choice - Thomas D. Cook & Carla Groom 3. Ethical Issues in Social Psychology Research - Allan J. Kimmel 4. Developing a Program of Research - Susan Fiske SECTION THREE: DESIGN & ANALYSIS A. Implications of a Heterogeneous Population: Deciding for Whom to Test the Research Question(s), Why, and How 5. Culturally Sensitive Research Questions and Methods in Social Psychology - Joan Miller 6. Individual Differences in Social Psychology: Understanding Situations to Understand People, Understanding People to Understand Situations - Yuichi Shoda B. Operationalizing the Constructs: Deciding What to MEasure, Why, and How 7. Constructing & Evaluating Quantitative Measures for Social Psychological Research: Conceptual Challenges & Methodological Solutions - Duane T. Wegener & Leandre R. Fabrigar 8. Measures & Meanings: The Use of Qualitative Data in Social & Personality Psychology - Laura A. King 9. Implicit Methods in Social Psychology - John F. Kihlstrom 10. Mediated and Moderated Effects in Social Psychological Research: Measurement, Design, & Analysis Issues - Rick H. Hoyle & Jorgianne I. Robinson C. Research Designs: Deciding the Specific Approach for Testing the Research Question(s), why, and How 11. Experimental Designs & Causality in Social Psychology Research - S. Alexander Haslam & Craig McGarty 12. Quasi-experimental & Correlational Designs: Methods for the Real World When Random Assignment Isn't Feasible - Melvin M. Mark & Charles S. Reichardt 13. Within-subject & Longitudinal Experiments: Design & Analysis Issues - Stephen G. West, Jeremy C. Beisanz & Oi-Man Kwok 14. Measuring Individuals in a Social Environment: Conceptualizing Dyadic & Group Interaction - Richard Gonzalez & Dale Griffin 15. Quantitative Research Synthesis: Examining Study Outcomes over Settings, Samples, & Time - Wendy Wood & P. Niels Christensen SECTION FOUR: EMERGING INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES: THE INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & OTHER DISCIPLINES 16. Methodological & Ethical Issues in Conducting Social Psychology Research via the Internet - Michael H. Birnbaum 17. Social Neuroscience: Bridging Social & Biological Systems - John T. Cacioppo, Tyler S. Lorig, Howard C. Nusbaum & Gary G. Berntson 18. Supplementing the Snapshots with Video Footage: Taking a Developmental Approach to Understanding Social Psychological Phenomena - Eva M. Pomerantz, Diane N. Rubl,e & Niall Bolger SECTION FIVE: THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & ITS METHODS TO OTHER DOMAINS 19. Program Evaluation, Action Research, & Social Psychology: A Powerful Blend for Addressing Applied Problems - Geoffrey Maruyama 20. Methodological Challenges & Scientific Rewards for Social Psychologists Conducting Health Behavior Research - Peter Salovey & Wayne T. Steward 21. Research Methods of Micro Organizational Behavior - Leigh Thompson, Mary Kern, & Denise Lewin Loyd 22. Conducting Social Psychological Research in Educational Settings: "Lessons We Learned in School - Judith M. Harackiewicz & Kenneth E. Barron Name Index Subject Index About the Editors About the contributors