The Sage handbook of methods in social psychology / edited by Carol Sansone, Carolyn C. Morf, and A.T. Panter.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Pt. I. Introduction and Overview -- 1. The Research Process: Of Big Pictures, Little Details, and the Social Psychological Road in Between / Carol Sansone, Carolyn C. Morf and A. T. Panter -- Pt. II. Fundamental Issues in Social Psychological Research -- 2. The Methodological Assumptions of Social Psychology: The Mutual Dependence of Substantive Theory and Method Choice / Thomas D. Cook and Carla Groom -- 3. Ethical Issues in Social Psychology Research / Allan J. Kimmel -- 4. Developing a Program of Research / Susan T. Fiske -- Pt. III. Design and Analysis -- 5. Culturally Sensitive Research Questions and Methods in Social Psychology / Joan G. Miller -- 6. Individual Differences in Social Psychology: Understanding Situations to Understand People, Understanding People to Understand Situations / Yuichi Shoda -- 7. Constructing and Evaluating Quantitative Measures for Social Psychological Research: Conceptual Challenges and Methodological Solutions / Duane T. Wegener and Leandre R. Fabrigar -- 8. Measures and Meanings: The Use of Qualitative Data in Social and 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, and Analysis Issues / Rick H. Hoyle and Jorgianne Civey Robinson -- 11. Experimental Design and Causality in Social Psychology Research / S. Alexander Haslam and Craig McGarty -- 12. Quasi-Experimental and Correlational Designs: Methods for the Real World When Random Assignment Isn't Feasible / Melvin M. Mark and Charles S. Reichardt -- 13. Within-Subject and Longitudinal Experiments: Design and Analysis Issues / Stephen G. West, Jeremy C. Biesanz and Oi-Man Kwok -- 14. Measuring Individuals in a Social Environment: Conceptualizing Dyadic and Group Interaction / Richard Gonzalez and Dale Griffin -- 15. Quantitative Research Synthesis: Examining Study Outcomes Over Settings, Samples, and Time / Wendy Wood and P. Niels Christensen -- Pt. IV. Emerging Interdisciplinary Approaches: the Integration of Social Psychology and Other Disciplines -- 16. Methodological and Ethical Issues in Conducting Social Psychology Research via the Internet / Michael H. Birnbaum -- 17. Social Neuroscience: Bridging Social and Biological Systems / John T. Cacioppo, Tyler S. Lorig, Howard C. Nusbaum and Gary G. Berntson -- 18. Supplementing the Snapshots With Video Footage: Taking a Developmental Approach to Understanding Social Psychological Phenomena / Eva M. Pomerantz, Diane N. Ruble and and Niall Bolger -- Pt. V. The Application of Social Psychology and Its Methods to Other Domains -- 19. Program Evaluation, Action Research, and Social Psychology: A Powerful Blend for Addressing Applied Problems / Geoffrey Maruyama -- 20. Methodological Challenges and Scientific Rewards for Social Psychologists Conducting Health Behavior Research / Peter Salovey and Wayne T. Steward -- 21. Research Methods of Micro Organizational Behavior / Leigh Thompson, Mary Kern and Denise Lewin Loyd -- 22. Conducting Social Psychological Research in Educational Settings: "Lessons We Learned in School" / Judith M. Harackiewicz and Kenneth E. Barron.