Unit name | Introduction to Psychological Experiments and Statistics |
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Unit code | PSYC10002 |
Credit points | 40 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Chris Kent |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Psychological Science |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit provides training in the range of theoretical and practical skills used in psychological research. Four experimental studies will be conducted in the broad areas of biological, cognitive, developmental and social psychology.
The aims of this unit are to introduce students to basic methodological approaches to psychological research and statistical techniques, through the application of specific methodologies to the study of psychological phenomena.
On successful completion of this unit, a student will be able to:
Weekly lectures/mandatory laboratory sessions.
Assessment and Award of Credit:
Essential
British Psychological Society (2014). Code of human research ethics. Leicester, UK: British Psychological Society.
Stollery, B. T. (2015). Laboratory handbook: Reporting psychological experiments. Unpublished document, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, UK.
Recommended
American Psychological Association (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Coolican, H. (2014). Research methods and statistics in psychology. (6th ed.). London: Hodder Education.
Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS Statistics (4th ed.). London: Sage.
Harris, P. (2008). Designing and reporting experiments in psychology (3rd ed.). Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.
Additional recommended and further reading will be made available through Blackboard