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Academic Year 2000/2001

Research Methods and Design in Experimental Psychology
PSYC 217 FA

This course will review methods in experimental psychology. The topics to be covered will include scientific thinking in psychology, design methodology and its applications to major research areas such as perception, attention, memory, and social psychology. The focus will be on what experiments are, how to design them, how to avoid pitfalls in carrying them out, and general types of procedures such as the use of reaction time in measuring the speed of mental events.

MAJOR READINGS

Martin, D.W. (2000). DOING PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENTS. Wadsworth Publishing.
Stanovich, K.E. (1998). HOW TO THINK STRAIGHT ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY (5th edition). New York, NY; Longman.
American Psychological Association (1994). PUBLICATION MANUAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (4th edition). Washington, D.C.: APA.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two exams and several assignments.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM PSYC    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: (PSYC101 AND PSYC201 AND PSYC214) OR (PSYC105 AND PSYC201 AND PSYC214) Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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