The recent widespread rejection of conventional theory and method has led to the evolution of different ways of gathering and analyzing data. This accessible textbook introduces key research methods that challenge psychology's traditional preoccupation with `scientific' experiments.
The book provides a well-structured guide to methods, containing a range of qualitative approaches (for example, semi-structured interviews, grounded theory, discourse analysis) alongside a reworking of quantitative methods to suit contemporary psychological research. A number of chapters are also explicitly concerned with research as a dynamic interactive process. The internationally respected contributors steer the reader through the main stages of conducting a study using these methods.
Introduction - Jonathan A Smith, Rom Harr[ac]e and Luk Van Langenhove
PART ONE: SEARCHING FOR MEANINGS
Semi-Structured Interviewing and Qualitative Analysis - Jonathan A Smith
Grounded Theory - Kathy Charmaz
Life Story Research - Ken Plummer
PART TWO: DISCOURSE AS TOPIC
Conversation Analysis - Paul Drew
Discourse Analysis - Jonathan Potter and Margaret Wetherell
Basic Principles of Transcription - Daniel C O'Connell and Sabine Kowal
PART THREE: RESEARCH AS DYNAMIC INTERACTION
Role Play - Krysia Yardley
Cooperative Inquiry - Peter Reason and John Heron
PART FOUR: USING NUMBERS DIFFERENTLY
Rethinking the Role of Quantitative Methods in Psychology - James T Lamiell
Repertory Grids - Jonathan A Smith
An Interactive, Case-Study Perspective
Q Methodology - Rex Stainton Rogers
