Scientific understanding of behaviour -- Where to start -- Ethical research -- Research design fundamentals -- Measurement concepts -- Observational methods -- Asking people about themselves : survey research -- Experimental design -- Conducting studies -- Complex experimental designs -- Research designs for special circumstances -- Understanding research results : describing variables and relationships among them -- Understanding research results : statistical inference basics -- Generalizing results -- Appendix: Writing research reports in APA style ; Statistical tests ; Statistical tables ; How to conduct a PsycINFO search ; Constructing a Latin square.