2024
Research Methods in Psychology
Name: Research Methods in Psychology
Code: PSI11098L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Psychology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The general aim of this course is the description, discussion and training of a set of procedures, conceptually oriented, required to carry out a research project in psychology and an evaluation of research reports.
- Demonstrates skills to perform, under supervision, a literature review for the formulation and analysis of a research problem.
- Demonstrates skills to report, under supervision, characteristics of participants, instruments and procedures appropriate to the analysis of a research problem.
- Demonstrates skills in research design and in writing a research project following the specific guidance of a supervisor.
- Acquires a reflective, critical and ethically grounded on the usé of psychology research methods.
- Undertakes an evaluation of a research report in psychology under supervision.
- Demonstrates skills to perform, under supervision, a literature review for the formulation and analysis of a research problem.
- Demonstrates skills to report, under supervision, characteristics of participants, instruments and procedures appropriate to the analysis of a research problem.
- Demonstrates skills in research design and in writing a research project following the specific guidance of a supervisor.
- Acquires a reflective, critical and ethically grounded on the usé of psychology research methods.
- Undertakes an evaluation of a research report in psychology under supervision.
Contents
1. lntroduction: Scientific knowledge, its creation, classification publication, indexing, searching and synthesis.
2. Meta-analyses, bibliometric studies, and literature reviews.
3. Steps in the research processes.
4. Research problems and typologies of research methods in psychology
5. Prior knowledge framework
6. Research designs
7. Measurement in research
8. Developing and selecting instruments
9. Data sources
10. Data collecting
11. Data treatment
12. Interpretation
13. Research evaluation critical analysis of research reports
2. Meta-analyses, bibliometric studies, and literature reviews.
3. Steps in the research processes.
4. Research problems and typologies of research methods in psychology
5. Prior knowledge framework
6. Research designs
7. Measurement in research
8. Developing and selecting instruments
9. Data sources
10. Data collecting
11. Data treatment
12. Interpretation
13. Research evaluation critical analysis of research reports
Teaching Methods
The following methods are applied:
Lectures: structured presentation of contents
Practical: guided discussion, exemplification, demonstration and group work.
In the lectures the subjects are approached in a structured way while in practical classes the corresponding tasks are performed.
Students are required to perform several tasks and asked for monitoring the time they spend performing them. Through this procedure its possible monitoring and correct the workload considering the number of ECTS of the curricular unit.
Continuous evaluation:
1) All activities which are required to be carried out to and in the lab classes (35%)
2) Data gathering assignment (individual) (20%)
3) Literature review (group assignment (max. 4 team members) and discussed with the teacher (25 %)
4) Research report evaluation (group assignment) and discussed with the teacher (20%)
Final evaluation:
Exam (80%) + assignment 2 or 4 described above (20%)
Lectures: structured presentation of contents
Practical: guided discussion, exemplification, demonstration and group work.
In the lectures the subjects are approached in a structured way while in practical classes the corresponding tasks are performed.
Students are required to perform several tasks and asked for monitoring the time they spend performing them. Through this procedure its possible monitoring and correct the workload considering the number of ECTS of the curricular unit.
Continuous evaluation:
1) All activities which are required to be carried out to and in the lab classes (35%)
2) Data gathering assignment (individual) (20%)
3) Literature review (group assignment (max. 4 team members) and discussed with the teacher (25 %)
4) Research report evaluation (group assignment) and discussed with the teacher (20%)
Final evaluation:
Exam (80%) + assignment 2 or 4 described above (20%)
Teaching Staff
- João Nuno Ribeiro Viseu [responsible]
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