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Research Methods & Design in Experimental Psychology
PSYC217 SP

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

EXAMINATIONS AND 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)

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Rosselli,Francine    

Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: JUDD116

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 5   Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO: 10   FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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