Chapter 1: Developing Your Research Idea
Chapter 2: Expanding Your Knowledge
Chapter 3: Acting Ethically in Your Research
Chapter 4: Adapting and Developing Your Methodology
Chapter 5: Your Results
Chapter 6: Drawing Conclusions
Chapter 7: Writing a Research Report in APA Style
Appendix A: Creating a Poster Presentation
Appendix B: Using SPSS for Data Analysis
Bernard C. Beins is Professor of Psychology at Ithaca College. He
is a past recipient of the Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching
Award from the American Psychological Foundation. He is a Fellow of
APA Divisions 2 (Teaching of Psychology), 3 (Experimental
Psychology), and 52 (International Psychology), the Association for
Psychological Science, and the Eastern Psychological
Association.
He has served as president and as secretary of the Society for the
Teaching of Psychology. In addition, he was Director of Precollege
and Undergraduate Education at APA and has been a member of APA’s
Board of Educational Affairs and Council of Representatives. He is
also a member of the test development committee for the Psychology
test of the Graduate Record Exam and served as chair of the test
development committee for the Advanced Placement test in
Psychology.
Along with authoring textbooks in research methods and writing, Dr.
Beins has participated in the APA’s National Conference on
Undergraduate Psychology, the St. Mary′s Conference, and the
Psychology Partnerships Project. He founded the Northeastern
Conference for Teachers of Psychology, which continues in
conjunction with the New England Psychological Association
convention. He was e-books editor for the Society for the Teaching
of Psychology and editor of the Computers in Psychology section of
Teaching of Psychology, and he currently edits the Teaching of
History section of the journal History of Psychology.
Dr. Beins earned his bachelor′s degree from Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio, and his doctorate from City University of New York.
Writing in a clear, easy-to-understand style, Beins leads the
reader through each step of the research process.
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