LAB BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Course Sheet

Course code:

SP13E

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Divisions:

Cognomi I-Z

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Psychometrics

Is part of:

LAB BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TORO FRANCESCA

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

The student must have acquired the concepts provided by the teaching of Psychometric I.

Objectives

Present teaching provides the aim of introduce the students to the methodology used in psychological research.

Contents

The specific topics of the course are the following:
1) the importance of doing research in psychology;
2) types of research in psychology;
3) how to write a questionnaire.

Teaching of these topics regards the understanding of the principal concepts of the psychological research and their practical implications.

Extended Syllabus

The topics that will be treated are the following:
1) Psychology as science;
2) The phases of the scientific research;
3) The different research designs in Psychology;
- non-experimental research: observation method, archive search, studying individual case reports, survey;
- experimental rearch: true experiments and quasi-experiments;
4) how to write a questionnaire;
5) Reading a scientific article: a first approach.

Recommended Bibliography

Balsamo, M.: Elementi di Psicometria. McGraw-Hill, 2017, Euro 35,00. (Chapters 12 and 13)

Teaching Methods

Classes in a lecture hall; teamwork; simulations.

Moreover, the course will make use of CONNECT, an online platform for individual exercising at theoretical and practical levels. The personal access code of the platform will be provided to the students together with the text book (Elementi di Psicometria, McGraw-Hill Education).

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The modality consists of a written test with 10 questions with closed answers, with four alternative answers (1 correct and 3 incorrect).

Evaluation:
Final suitability

Contacts/More Information

The teacher can be contacted at the email address: francesca.toro@unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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