Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:09
This course will help you learn the skills you need as a researcher in Psychology, including how to design a research project, how to treat participants ethically, how to present your data in visual format and how to write it all up in a report. The skills you learn will also be transferable to other domains so this course is a valuable addition to any degree.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course helps you learn the skills you need to do research. In weekly lectures, you will be introduced to many different ways in which we do research in Psychology. In the weekly workshops, we start with how to navigate the scientific literature and you will learn about jargon used in articles. As you work towards conducting your own research project, you will also learn how to summarize the work from other researchers on this topic. The actual research project is done in class with your class mates as participants. Doing research with people also means having to learn about ethical conduct – after all, we have a duty of care to protect them and ourselves. The final piece of coursework is a lab report, where you will describe the research project you did, and what the outcome means. To do this well, you will learn about data visualization (e.g., how to make a good graph) and writing in general. To help you assimilate the lecture content, there are weekly non-graded MCQs where you can test your own understanding.
| Description | Value |
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| Morling, B. (2014 or 2018). Research Methods in Psychology, 2nd or 3rd Ed (either is fine). W.W Norton Co., UK. Third edition available at Blackwells, £29.99.This is a compulsory purchase as it includes a registration code allowing students to access the ZAPS online experiments during the practical course. Without it, students cannot carry out the online experiments necessary to complete and pass the course. | GBP 29.99 |
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 70 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 9 | Feedback Weeks | 12 | |
| Feedback |
This is an experimental report students will work on throughout the semester with a word count of 1,500. Written feedback will be provided. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Being able to communicate ideas in a clear way. |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Being able to evaluate scientific articles. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Being able to summarize scientific articles. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Being able to understand basic research methodology |
| Factual | Remember | Being able to find scientific articles online. |
| Factual | Understand | Being able to understand scientific articles. |
| Procedural | Create | Being able to write up an experimental report |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 12 | Feedback Weeks | 14 | |
| Feedback |
700 words. Individual, written feedback is given by students' class tutor. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Apply | Being able to communicate ideas in a clear way. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Being able to summarize scientific articles. |
| Factual | Remember | Being able to find scientific articles online. |
| Factual | Understand | Being able to understand scientific articles. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Remember | Being able to find scientific articles online. |
| Factual | Understand | Being able to understand scientific articles. |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
MCQs related to the lectures will be posted weekly on MyAberdeen as a formative assessment. Students will see which answers they got right and wrong. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Being able to understand basic research methodology |
| Assessment Type | Formative | Weighting | ||
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| Assessment Weeks | 10 | Feedback Weeks | 12 | |
| Feedback |
The articles that students are asked to read will be directly relevant to their Experimental Report. Answering questions about these articles will take place in class and feedback is oral (in class). |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Remember | Being able to find scientific articles online. |
| Factual | Understand | Being able to understand scientific articles. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Create | Being able to write up an experimental report |
| Conceptual | Evaluate | Being able to evaluate scientific articles. |
| Factual | Understand | Being able to understand scientific articles. |
| Factual | Remember | Being able to find scientific articles online. |
| Conceptual | Apply | Being able to communicate ideas in a clear way. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Being able to summarize scientific articles. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Being able to understand basic research methodology |
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