Social cognition is an approach to understanding how people think about people and events. We are constantly processing information to navigate the world we live in. The authors will guide your students, using examples and up-to-date studies, through this approach; from explaining the processes themselves right through to demonstrating the role cognitive processes play in our social lives. With chapters on the following processes: * Memory * Judgement * Attention * Attribution * Evaluation * Automatic processing. This book will provide your students with a framework for understanding the most common areas of interest for Social Cognition, such as perception, attitudes and stereotyping.
Social cognition is an approach to understanding how people think about people and events. We are constantly processing information to navigate the world we live in. The authors will guide your students, using examples and up-to-date studies, through this approach; from explaining the processes themselves right through to demonstrating the role cognitive processes play in our social lives. With chapters on the following processes: * Memory * Judgement * Attention * Attribution * Evaluation * Automatic processing. This book will provide your students with a framework for understanding the most common areas of interest for Social Cognition, such as perception, attitudes and stereotyping.
Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Students across social science, behavioral science, and health and nursing fields are now expected to be proficient in mixed methods research. This text begins with an introduction to and overview of the development of mixed methodology, and then takes students through all aspects of working with mixed methods, from research design and data collection through to analysis and conclusions. Authors Abbas Tashakkori, R. Burke Johnson, and Charles Teddlie have thoroughly updated the text to reflect the many advances in mixed methods in recent years. The new edition includes additional information on writing, publishing, and disseminating results, as well as information on policy impact and annotated examples of mixed methods research studies.
This affordable student study guide and workbook to accompany Wendy J. Steinberg and Matthew Price's Statistics Alive!, Third Edition, helps students get the added review and practice they need to improve their skills and master their Introduction to Statistics course.
