Rethinking Methods in Psychology

Jonathan A. Smith is Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck University of London, UK where he leads the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) research group. He has written many articles applying IPA to a range of areas in health, clinical and social psychology. He is co- author (with Paul Flowers and Michael Larkin) of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research (Sage, 2009). He also has a wider interest in qualitative psychology generally and has co-edited a number of books in the area. Rom Harré is a Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford and Professor of Psychology at Georgetown University, Washington, DC

• Introduction - Jonathan A Smith, Rom Harr[ac]e and Luk Van LangenhovePART ONE: SEARCHING FOR MEANINGSSemi-Structured Interviewing and Qualitative Analysis - Jonathan A SmithGrounded Theory - Kathy CharmazLife Story Research - Ken PlummerPART TWO: DISCOURSE AS TOPICConversation Analysis - Paul DrewDiscourse Analysis - Jonathan Potter and Margaret WetherellBasic Principles of Transcription - Daniel C O′Connell and Sabine KowalPART THREE: RESEARCH AS DYNAMIC INTERACTIONRole Play - Krysia YardleyCooperative Inquiry - Peter Reason and John HeronPART FOUR: USING NUMBERS DIFFERENTLYRethinking the Role of Quantitative Methods in Psychology - James T LamiellRepertory Grids - Jonathan A SmithAn Interactive, Case-Study PerspectiveQ Methodology - Rex Stainton Rogers

`Following on from recent debates surrounding the limitations of positivist methodologies in psychology, this book has been written in order to fill the gaps in the market for a textbook that looks at post-positivist, non-experimental methods in psychology... a useful text for those who have examined post-positivist psychology on a philosophy course at undergraduate level... The book is useful in that it focuses upon techniques and provides "tasters" of qualitative methodologies and encourages readers to try the methods for themselves in their own research projects. It is well-referenced and directs the reader to other sources of information should they wish to pursue their interests... it encourages the reader to take a wider perspective than the quasi-experimental methods presented in most methodology texts at this level. The authors encourage us to develop new ways of working and using data′ - British Psychological Society History and Philosophy of Psychology Newsletter