The course aims to familiarize students with the main theoretical paradigms that characterize contemporary psychosocial empirical research and to deepen some of the related investigation strategies (eg experimental and quasi-experimental research, longitudinal research, research strategies qualitative, sampling techniques).

Expected learning outcomes: The course aims to complete the training of students with notions and tools useful to deepen the critical aspects of the psychosocial research methodology. The training of students will then be enriched with the following skills:
Ability to understand and criticize:
- Understanding the critical and strong aspects of a research in psychology;
- Understanding the critical and strong aspects of different methods of investigation in psychology;
Autonomy:
- Design and carry out research in psychology;
- Evaluate the critical and strong aspects of a research in psychology;
Communication skills:
- At the end of the course the student must know how to use the language of research in psychology