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PSYCHOL 3020 - Doing Research in Psychology: Advanced

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: 4120
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: Yes
Available for Non-Award Study: Yes
Pre-Requisite: PSYCHOL 2004 and at least 3 more units of Level II Psychology Courses
Assessment: Practical report, written assignments, written exam
Syllabus:

Every day we make decisions that guide our behaviour by relying on our tacit knowledge about the world. We form impressions and make predictions based on personal experience. But our cognitive architecture leaves us ill-equipped to deal with random and unusual events, and the probabilistic inferences we make about the world with imperfect data are often wrong. With mass media and vast datasets now at our fingertips online, sound scientific and statistical thinking has never been more important for evaluating claims made with data. The goal of this capstone course is to challenge you to think critically about research methods in psychology, bringing together and extending what you've learned about research design and statistics. We will apply scientific and statistical concepts like regression to the mean, the law of large and small numbers, correlation, causation, replication, generality, fidelity, and control, to a variety of real-world questions. We will discuss classic and contemporary meta-science problems, open science practices, and how the credibility revolution is changing the way we do and evaluate research in psychology. You will put all of this into practice by critically evaluating popular psychological claims, presenting your principled arguments to your peers, and critically reflecting on thorny methodological problems. The emphasis in this course is on when and why particular methods and statistical tools might be applied, and how to formulate a principled argument for what they can (and can't) tell us.

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Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
4120 Mon 09/08/2021 Wed 18/08/2021 Fri 17/09/2021 Fri 29/10/2021


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
22019 LE01 296 15 26 Jul - 13 Sep Monday 9am - 10am The Braggs, G60, Bragg Lecture Theatre
4 Oct - 25 Oct Monday 9am - 10am The Braggs, G60, Bragg Lecture Theatre
Note: Please note, this lecture will be recorded and made available online after its scheduled time. However, if you wish to attend the face to face location, and if there are seats available in the face to face lecture, you are welcome to attend them.
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
22215 TU14 24 1 10 Sep - 10 Sep Friday 9am - 10am MyUni, OL, Online Class
8 Oct - 8 Oct Friday 9am - 10am MyUni, OL, Online Class
Note: For details on accessing this online Tutorial, please refer to MyUni once enrolled.
24320 TU01 25 2 6 Sep - 6 Sep Monday 11am - 12pm Schulz, 218, Teaching Room
4 Oct - 4 Oct Monday 11am - 12pm Schulz, 218, Teaching Room
24321 TU02 25 1 10 Sep - 10 Sep Friday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
8 Oct - 8 Oct Friday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
24322 TU03 24 2 9 Sep - 9 Sep Thursday 10am - 11am Helen Mayo Sth, S416, Teaching Room
7 Oct - 7 Oct Thursday 10am - 11am Helen Mayo Sth, S416, Teaching Room
24323 TU04 23 FULL 8 Sep - 8 Sep Wednesday 9am - 10am Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
6 Oct - 6 Oct Wednesday 9am - 10am Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
24325 TU06 25 FULL 8 Sep - 8 Sep Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
6 Oct - 6 Oct Wednesday 12pm - 1pm Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
24326 TU07 25 2 7 Sep - 7 Sep Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 5 Oct Tuesday 1pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
24328 TU09 25 FULL 7 Sep - 7 Sep Tuesday 2pm - 3pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 5 Oct Tuesday 2pm - 3pm Helen Mayo Sth, S415, Teaching Room
24329 TU10 25 2 9 Sep - 9 Sep Thursday 11am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S416, Teaching Room
7 Oct - 7 Oct Thursday 11am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S416, Teaching Room
24330 TU11 25 4 7 Sep - 7 Sep Tuesday 10am - 11am Helen Mayo Sth, S412, Teaching Room
5 Oct - 5 Oct Tuesday 10am - 11am Helen Mayo Sth, S412, Teaching Room
24331 TU12 25 FULL 8 Sep - 8 Sep Wednesday 10am - 11am Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
6 Oct - 6 Oct Wednesday 10am - 11am Helen Mayo Sth, S411, Teaching Room
24332 TU13 25 1 10 Sep - 10 Sep Friday 2pm - 3pm Nexus10, 102, Teaching Room
8 Oct - 8 Oct Friday 2pm - 3pm Nexus10, 102, Teaching Room