Research Methods in Psychology, a text loved by instructors and students, provides the best learning experience for both future consumers and producers as they evaluate all facets of research. Award-winning author Beth Morling has thoroughly updated her groundbreaking text with fresh examples, revised ethics and statistics coverage, and a new section on qualitative methods. The new Fifth Edition is available as a Norton Illumine Ebook designed to support students as they practice being research consumers, learn how to produce research, and actively engage with their reading.

Highlights of this Edition's new content:

• A new Norton Illumine Ebook supports the success of all students through active learning and assessment
• More inclusive content inclu*es: coverage in Chapter 1 that addresses the historical lack of diversity in psychological research and the advantages of having a more diverse range of participants, new examples by BIPOC researchers-including the Okonofua et al. studies covered extensively in Ch 12, and a new section on diversity in psychological samples and in psychological scientists in Chapter 14
• Entirely revised coverage of animal research in Chapter 4
• New sections introducing qualitative methods and its role in psychological research in Chapters 1 and 6
• New revision of the statistics coverage in Chapter S2, including both the new statistics (confidence intervals and effect size) and the NHST
• New coverage of generative AI in Chapter S3, including how to use it effectively and ethically, as well as citation guidelines