Providing an applied approach in this thoroughly updated Second Edition of Methods of Psychological Research , the authors apply findings from student feedback from their extensive classroom experience to insure both accessibility and relevance. End-of-chapter FAQs and projects complement the in-text exercises and art to develop a refreshingly realistic methodology. Key Features include: - Updated material and research examples incorporating reviewer suggestions - New illustrative artwork emphasizes pertinent concepts while providing a visual foundation for today′s students. - Conceptual mini-exercises throughout the text encourage students to stop and think critically about the material they have just read. - End-of-chapter material includes suggested answers to the conceptual exercises, a collection of chapter exercises and projects voted by students to be the most useful, and a popular FAQ section comprised of the questions asked most often by the authors′ students. - Chapter 13 is written specifically for students who are required to conduct or propose a research project, and is complete with detailed examples and basic statistical procedures.