BUNDLE: Picardi: Designing and Conducting Research with a Real-World Focus + Hettich: Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology

We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students.Picardi: Designing and Conducting Research With a Real-World FocusResearch Methods: Designing and Conducting Research with a Real-World Focusprovides the tools required to conduct relevant, high-quality research in both the classroom and the field. Carrie A. Picardi and Kevin D. Masick--psychologists with expertise in both teaching...
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We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students.Picardi: Designing and Conducting Research With a Real-World FocusResearch Methods: Designing and Conducting Research with a Real-World Focusprovides the tools required to conduct relevant, high-quality research in both the classroom and the field. Carrie A. Picardi and Kevin D. Masick--psychologists with expertise in both teaching research methods and applying methods to diverse field settings--offer a unique perspective by integrating current research articles with field-specific scenarios. They draw from research methodology tactics, strategy, and constraints from practitioners across the social sciences and in business. This text effectively bridges the gap between theory and practice by demonstrating how research is done within an organizational setting, and supplies students with relevant, applicable examples to learn from.Hettich: Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology

Innovative strategies for psychology majors to survive and thrive in the workforceNearly 100,000 students graduate each year with a bachelor's degree in psychology, and a majority of these students will enter the workforce instead of pursuing a graduate degree. Many will find themselves tentatively deciding their next steps amid a complex and changing economic and job environment.In this text, authors and professors Paul I. Hettich and R. Eric Landrum provide innovative strategies and tools for succeeding after college with an undergraduate degree in psychology. Drawing on current research data, applied theory, and both academic and workplace experiences, they help stimulate self-reflection and improve decision making as students approach their careers. The text covers key topics in the college-to-career transition, including career planning and development, identifying and transferring marketable skills, building and sustaining strong networks, understanding what employers want and don't want, coping with personal life changes, becoming a valued employee, and more.Please contact your Sales Representative for more information.