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Great Scholarship
This text should be on the reading lists for history of psychology courses for years to come. Danziger explores the development of experimental research paradigms in psychology in a broad historical context. Danziger reveals the politics of psychological discourse by emphasizing the role of social context in determining how psychological knowledge claims become legitimate. Although I have a general aversion towards "social constructionism," I was utterly impressed by both the scholarship and authority of this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. Psychology    3. Research & Methodology    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Science / History   

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Psychology    3. Research    4. Research & Methodology    5. Philosophy & theory of psychology    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / Research   

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Wonderful Book
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Subjects:  1. Medical    2. Mental Illness    3. Psychology    4. Psychopathology - General    5. Research & Methodology    6. Popular science    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / Research   

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Inetresting... Acadamia
This book is pretty interesting for a very dry academic study... if that makes any kind of sense at all.If you are interested in background information of the great, the Nature vs. Nurture questions involved,enviornment personality type burth order etc., then you might enjoy this Tome. Not enjoyable light reading by any means, but it does site some very interesting and diverse views and theories.However if the subject is of interest to you, you might read this in tandem with Orson Scott Card's "Pastwatch", or "Enders Shadow", as well as C.J. Cherryh's Cyteen. These are the stories that brought me to the interest of the study that Dr. Simonton investigates here. But you'd have to be a lot smarter than me to read it for fun. The TV series Malcolm in the Middle gives a much more entertaining look at the subject, and if you are an academic that doesn't understand the correlation, then, that is a show you should watch from the Pilot episode to the Finale.

Worth its weight in Gold
This book is highly-recommended reading for parents. This helps parents realize what it takes to be a genius. The wide array of topics, fields covered is nothing short of amazing.
An in-depth look at what makes some people Great
Simonton's book is bound to overwhelm you. There is so much information packed into this tome that I found myself jumping from chapter to chapter. But a lot of this is fascinating. If you want to know about the correlation between intelligence and productivity or birth order and greatness, you can find it here. There is a treasury of great anecdotes about great people (my favorite is Brahms's comment about treading in the footsteps of a giant--Beethoven), and the book is a fast read (page-by-page that is--it's quite a lengthy book).Read more

Subjects:  1. Genius    2. History    3. Philosophy    4. Psychological aspects    5. Psychology    6. Research & Methodology    7. Historiography    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / History   

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Practical and useful!
A guidebook to narrative therapy that has to be one of the most straightforward on the subject. Walter and Peller have taken the best from their previous work on solution-based therapy and blended it with narrativetherapy to come up with a down-to-earth guide that changes how weconceptualize brief therapy and counseling. Unlike the expert model thatstill dominates much of psychotherapy, Walter and Peller emphasizeconversation as a collaborative approach to helping clients reshape,reframe and retell the stories that guide how they think, feel and act. Thefive basic inquires that are used to maintain this special conversation areexplained in separate chapters and illustrated with supporting caseexamples. The book isn't just for therapists--I think you'll find ithelpful if you are in any people-helping position.

Practical and useful!
A guidebook to narrative therapy that has to be one of the moststraightforward on the subject. Walter and Peller have taken the bestfrom their previous work on solution-based therapy and blended it with narrative therapy to come up with a down-to-earth guide that changes how we conceptualize brief therapy and counseling. Unlike the expert model that still dominates much of psychotherapy, Walter and Peller emphasize conversation as a collaborative approach to helping clients reshape, reframe and retell the stories that guide how they think, feel and act. The five basic inquires that are used to maintain this special conversation are explained in separate chapters and illustrated with supporting case examples. The book isn't just for therapists--I think you'll find it helpful if you are in any people-helping position.

Practical and useful!
A guidebook to narrative therapy that has to be one of the moststraightforward on the subject. Walter and Peller have taken the best fromtheir previous work on solution-based therapy and blended it with narrativetherapy to come up with a down-to-earth guide that changes how weconceptualize brief therapy and counseling. Unlike the expert model thatstill dominates much of psychotherapy, Walter and Peller emphasizeconversation as a collaborative approach to helping clients reshape,reframe and retell the stories that guide how they think, feel and act. Thefive basic inquires that are used to maintain this special conversation areexplained in separate chapters and illustrated with supporting caseexamples. The book isn't just for therapists--I think you'll find ithelpful if you are in any people-helping position. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brief Therapy    2. Psychology    3. Psychotherapy    4. Psychotherapy - General    5. Research & Methodology   

Subjects:  1. Computer programs    2. General    3. Mathematical & Statistical Software    4. Research    5. Research & Methodology    6. SPSS for Windows    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Social sciences    9. Sociology    10. Statistical methods    11. Technology    12. Social Science / Research    13. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Psychology    3. Research    4. Research & Methodology    5. Social Psychology    6. Social sciences    7. Sociology    8. Statistics    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Research    10. Social research & statistics   

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I am both appalled and scared at this piece of literature.
I know one can't really write a review for a book one has not yet read.But from what I have heard and read from other people who have seen this work--yes, I say "work" because that's exactly what this author is--I am saddened and appalled that this man is called an "expert" on ADHD.I have combined-type ADD myself, and even if I did not, I would certainly not read something that is so utterly defensive in nature and not at all directed toward the goal of helping us to understand ADHD, but making a mockery of those of us who have it, parents who have children with ADHD (and/or parents who have ADHD themselves), and TRUE experts who actually want to inform with no ulterior motives in mind.
Listen to his techniques, but question his theories
I am a clinical psychology doctoral student with ADHD who has sat and listened to Dr. Barkley's lectures, in person, on this subject at an ADHD seminar.From someone who knows this condition from the inside, this literature through my studies, and much theoretical literature outside of this field, here are my impressions:
hope
This book offers hope in a way that many attitudes don't offer.Read more

Subjects:  1. Cognitive Psychology    2. Developmental - Child    3. Methodology    4. Psychological Research    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD--ADHD)    7. Research & Methodology    8. Neurology & clinical neurophysiology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Research   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Congresses    4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology    5. Interpersonal Relations    6. Leadership    7. Leadership In Business    8. Multiple intelligences    9. Psychology    10. Research & Methodology    11. Management & management techniques    12. Occupational & industrial psychology    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Occupational & Industrial Psychology   

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Your Funds are Better Used Elsewhere
I just used this book for to create figures for my senior thesis and a poster for a psychology conference. I did not find that this book served my interests.
Displaying Your Findings: A Practical Guide for Presenting Figures, Posters, and Presentations
prompt service and the book was in very good condition

Useful for Research Presentation
If you want to find a supplement to the APA Style Manual on presenting your findings, look no further. This book has many great examples of various figures and ways of presenting findings. I found it very useful in putting together figures for my own research project. The examples are great!Read more

Subjects:  1. Graphic methods    2. Personal & Practical Guides    3. Poster presentations    4. Posters    5. Psychological literature    6. Psychology    7. Reference    8. Research & Methodology    9. Business communication & presentation    10. Psychiatry    11. Research methods: general   

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Summated Rating Scale Construction : An Introduction (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences)
I purchased this book to assist me with construcing an inventory for a project connected to my Master's Thesis.This book is an excellent guide for taking the reader through in a step by step fashion to construct effective Summated or Likert Scales.I would highly recommend this to any student or professional.It is also published by Sage Publications who has a well established reputation for their academic and scholarly publications.
Summated Rating Scale
My purchase arrived in a timely manner and in very good condition. Thanks for the quick and quality service.

A very good monograph on scale development
This small little book succintly lay out the essential procedures to scale development. Clearly written and very focused, it has cleared my doubts in summated rating scale development! Thanks Dr. Spector. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Psychology    2. Research    3. Research & Methodology    4. Scaling (Social sciences)    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. Survey Research Methods    8. Social Science / Research    9. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Health    3. Health Risk Assessment    4. Medicine    5. Psychology    6. Psychology of Religion    7. Religious aspects    8. Research & Methodology    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Clinical Psychology    10. Religion & Beliefs   

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SPSS
An excellent book, especially for those who are now learning to use SPSS and the applications of statistical tests. The book however is lacking details for the advanced statistics - Loginlear analysis etc.More could have been said with regards to the data assumptions necessary to meet statistical analysis.Nevertheless it provides the reader with sufficient knowledge with regards to the use of SPSS, and is recommended for those who don't need to go indepth into multivariate analysis.

the best intro for dummies
this book is great, i can recommend it to all who are autodidact and want to learn what spss can do with your data. it is easy to read and simple to follow and it has no formula, what is crucial to non-statisticians but seldomly thought about by those who write books on stats for users only. great stuff you have done here, authors! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer programs    2. Methodology    3. Research & Methodology    4. SPSS for Windows    5. Social Science    6. Social sciences    7. Sociology    8. Statistical Methods In The Social Sciences    9. Statistical methods    10. Statistics    11. Computer Software Packages    12. Data capture & analysis    13. Microsoft Windows    14. Science / Research    15. Sociology, Social Studies   

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Experimental Psychology    3. Methodology    4. Psychology    5. Research    6. Research & Methodology    7. Psychological methodology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Applied Psychology    9. Social research & statistics   

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Grad student review
Having studied experimental research designs for the past 6 years and numerous topics dedicated to the subject, I have found this text to be the most convoluted and dense book on the subject of research yet. Rarely do the authors speak in a language that is accessible and meaningful to the general audiences of researchers and pre-researchers. Instead they are overly verbose and convoluted which makes searching for the key points and important concepts like fishing for a needle in ahaystack. Here is an example sentence from page 202:
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Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Clinical Psychology (General)    3. Managed mental health care    4. Practice    5. Psychological Research    6. Psychology    7. Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - General    8. Psychology, Clinical    9. Research    10. Research & Methodology    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

Subjects:  1. Acculturation    2. Ethnicity    3. Ethnopsychology    4. History    5. Mental Health    6. Psychology    7. Psychotherapy - Couples & Family    8. Research    9. Research & Methodology    10. Social Psychology    11. Ethnic studies   

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Beware the stochastic dominance
Most of the chapters are pretty good for learning how useful internetresearch is going to be to you and discovering effective techniques to use,but if you're not up on decision theory, skip Mike's own.It is so arcaneas to be impenetrable unless this is your field. A new area that shines through
The web is a wonderful vehicle for communication and interaction. Psychology seems to finally starts to find its own path in the Internet area. This book covers this yet unchartered territory in a clear andcomprehensive way and opens up new possibilities that one can't afford toignore. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Computers And Society    3. Data processing    4. Internet - General    5. Internet in experimental psych    6. Internet in experimental psychology    7. Mental Health    8. Methodology    9. Psychological Research    10. Psychology    11. Research    12. Research & Methodology    13. Social Psychology    14. Internet    15. Psychological testing & measurement    16. Psychology & Psychiatry / Statistics   

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Methodology    3. Psychology    4. Psychometrics    5. Research    6. Research & Methodology    7. Statistics    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Testing & Measurement    9. Psychology | Experimental   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Mental Disorders    3. Play Therapy    4. Psychiatry - General    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior    7. Psychotherapy - General    8. Research & Methodology    9. in infancy & childhood    10. Child & developmental psychology    11. Paediatric medicine    12. Philosophy & theory of psychology    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / Research    14. Psychotherapy