Table of Contents

Primera parte. Fundamentos de la investigaci�n.
1. Explicaci�n de la psicolog�a cient�fica.
2. T�cnicas de investigaci�n: Observaci�n y Correlaci�n.
3. T�cnicas de investigaci�n: Experimentos.
4. La �tica en la investigaci�n psicol�gica.
5. C�mo leer y escribir reportes de investigaci�n.
Segunda parte. Principios y pr�cticas de la psicolog�a experimental.
6. Psicof�sica.
7. Percepci�n.
8. Tiempo de atenci�n y reacci�n.
9. Condicionamiento y aprendizaje.
10. Recuerdo y olvido.
11. Pensamiento y resoluci�n de problemas.
12. Diferencias individuales y desarrollo.
13. Psicolog�a social.
14. Psicolog�a del ambiente.
15. Factores Humanos.

About the Author

David G. Elmes is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Washington and Lee University, where he taught for forty years. He earned his B.A. with high honors from the University of Virginia and completed the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in psychology there. Dr. Elmes was an adjunct professor at Hampden-Sydney College, a research associate for a year in the Human Performance Center of the University of Michigan, and a Visiting Fellow of University College at the University of Oxford. At Washington and Lee, he co-directed the Cognitive Science Program and chaired the Department of Psychology for ten years. Professor Elmes edited READINGS IN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY and DIRECTORY OF RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY AT PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, and is coauthor of RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY (Cengage, 2012, with B. H. Kantowitz and H. L. Roediger III). Barry H. Kantowitz is Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Operational Engineering, and former Director of the Transportation Research Institute at the University of Michigan. Prior to that, he was Chief Scientist of the Human Factors Transportation Center of the Battelle Memorial Institute in Seattle. He received his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1969. He has written and edited more than two dozen books. His research on human attention, mental workload, reaction time, human-machine interaction, and transportation human factors has been supported by the Office of Education, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, NHTSA, and FHWA.