PSY402 Experimental Psychology
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| Course Code | Course Title | Weekly Hours* | ECTS | Weekly Class Schedule | ||||||
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| PSY402 | Experimental Psychology | 2 | 1 | 6 | Thu. 09:00-11:50 | |||||
| Prerequisite | PSY105, PSY202 | It is a prerequisite to | None |
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| Lecturer | Orkun Aydin | Office Hours / Room / Phone | Monday: 13:00-15:00 Tuesday: 13:00-16:00 |
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| oaydin@ius.edu.ba | ||||||||||
| Assistant | Assistant E-mail | |||||||||
| Course Objectives | Experimental Psychology offers a thorough introduction into basic principles of research in psychology, covering key principles of research design. It equips students with the competency to apply these principles within the context of concrete examples, and develops their skill to design and conduct an experiment. Students will be able to critically reflect on classical and recent psychological studies. |
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| Textbook | Myers, A. & Hansen, C. (2012). Experimental Psychology, 7th Ed., Wadsworth, Cengage Learning | |||||||||
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| Learning Outcomes | After successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: | |||||||||
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| Teaching Methods | Lectures combined with class discussions with examples of particular research studies. Demonstrations and group work on tasks relevant to the course objectives. | |||||||||
| Teaching Method Delivery | Face-to-face | Teaching Method Delivery Notes | ||||||||
| WEEK | TOPIC | REFERENCE | ||||||||
| Week 1 | Introduction to Experimental Psychology. Course overview. | |||||||||
| Week 2 | Experimental Psychology and the Scientific Method | Chapter 1 | ||||||||
| Week 3 | Research Ethics | Chapter 2 | ||||||||
| Week 4 | Alternatives to Experimentation. Nonexperimental Designs | Chapter 3 | ||||||||
| Week 5 | Quiz I & Alternatives to Experimentation: Surveys and Interviews | Chapter 4 | ||||||||
| Week 6 | Alternatives to Experimentation: Correlational and Quasi-Experimental Designs | Chapter 5 | ||||||||
| Week 7 | Formulating the Hypothesis | Chapter 6 | ||||||||
| Week 8 | Preparation for midterm exam | |||||||||
| Week 9 | Midterm exam | |||||||||
| Week 10 | The Basics of Experimentation | Chapter 7 | ||||||||
| Week 11 | Solving Problems: Controlling Extraneous Variables | Chapter 8 | ||||||||
| Week 12 | Basic Between Subjects Designs | Chapter 9 | ||||||||
| Week 13 | Quiz II & Between-Subjects Factorial Designs | Chapters 10 | ||||||||
| Week 14 | Within Subjects Designs | Chapters 11 | ||||||||
| Week 15 | Preparation for final exam | |||||||||
| Assessment Methods and Criteria | Evaluation Tool | Quantity | Weight | Alignment with LOs |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | ||
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| Midterm Exam | 1 | 30 | ||
| Quiz | 2 | 40 | ||
| *** ECTS Credit Calculation *** | ||||
| Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | Activity | Hours | Weeks | Student Workload Hours | |||
| Lecture Hours | 3 | 14 | 42 | Home Study | 1 | 14 | 14 | |||
| Quizzes | 6 | 6 | 36 | Midterm Exam | 4 | 7 | 28 | |||
| Final Exam | 3 | 10 | 30 | |||||||
| Total Workload Hours = | 150 | |||||||||
| *T= Teaching, P= Practice | ECTS Credit = | 6 | ||||||||
| Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey | Last Update Date: 08/04/2024 | |||||||||