The Handbook of Research Methods in Experimental Psychology presents a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of research methodologies used in experimental psychology. Places experimental psychology in historical context, investigates the changing nature of research methodology, experimental design, and analytic procedures, and features research in selected content areas. Provides an excellent source of potential research ideas for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Illustrates the range of research methodologies used in experimental psychology. Contains contributions written by leading researchers. Now available in full text online via xreferplus, the award-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For more information, visit xreferplus.com

The Handbook of Research Methods in Experimental Psychologypresents a comprehensive and contemporary treatment of researchmethodologies used in experimental psychology.* * Places experimental psychology in historical contextinvestigates the changing nature of research methodologyexperimental design, and analytic procedures, and features researchin selected content areas.* Provides an excellent source of potential research ideas foradvanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students.* Illustrates the range of research methodologies used inexperimental psychology.* Contains contributions written by leading researchers.* Now available in full text online via xreferplus, theaward-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For moreinformation, visit xreferplus.com

List of Contributors.Part I: Historical Roots and Future Trends.1. Psychology's Experimental Foundations (C. James Goodwin).2. Current and Future trends in Experimental Psychology (E. JCapaldi and Robert W. Proctor).Part II: Research Designs, Methodological Issues, andAnalytic Procedures.3. Traditional Nomothetic Approaches (Richard J. Harris).4. Traditional Idiographic Approaches: Small-N Research Designs(Bryan K. Saville and William Buskist).5. The Importance of Effect Magnitude (Roger E. Kirk).6. The Changing Face of Research Methods (Randolph A. Smith andStephen F. Davis).7. Ethical Issues in Psychological Research with HymanParticipants (Richard L. Miller).8. Research with Animals (Jesse E. Purdy, Scott A. Bailey, andSteven J. Schapiro).9. Cross-cultural Research (David Matsumoto).Part III: Selected Content Areas.10. Comparative Psychology (Mauricio R. Papini).11. Animal Learning and Animal Cognition (Lewis Barker andJeffrey S. Katz).12. Sensation and Perception Research Methods (Lauren Fruh VanSickle Scharff).13. Taste (Scott A. Bailey).14. Olfaction: Recent Advances in Learning about Odors (W.Robert Batsell, Jr.).15. Physiological Psychology: Biological and Behavioral Outcomesof Exercise (Brenda J. Anderson, Daniel P. McCloskey, Despina A.Tata, and Heather E. Gorby).16. Research Methods in Human Memory (Deanne L. Westerman andDavid G. Payne).17. Research Methods in Cognition (David G. Payne and Deanne L.Westerman).18. Motivation (Melissa Burns).19. Audition (Henry E. Heffner and Rickye S. Heffner).20. Psychophysics (H.R. Schiffman).Subject Index.Name Index.