Introduction
Assessing Your Interest, Competence and Confidence
Tips for Success: How to Succeed in Your Assessments
Research in Psychology
Designing Research Studies
The Basics of Experimental Design
Designing Complex Experiments
Case Studies, Single-Case and Small-n Designs
Observational Methods
Survey Research
Reliability and Validity
Qualitative Approaches and Methods
Ethics of Research with Humans and Animals
Reporting Research
Writing an Essay: A Format for Success
Summary and Conclusions
MCQ Answers

Test Yourself: Research Methods and Design in Psychology provides essential learning and practice through assessment for psychology students. It enables year 1 and 2 undergraduates to assess their confidence and competence and tackle the types of questions they will face in their formal university assessments.

The book includes over 200 multiple-choice and extended multiple-choice questions, designed to assess depth of knowledge. At the end of each chapter sample essay questions are provided, plus further guidance, to complement the multiple-choice questions and further test understanding. Information is provided to help students make sense of their results and identify strengths and weaknesses.