Psychological Methodology 2 - APS100094
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The course teaches students to find and test psychological hypotheses. It also trains the ability to critically evaluate psychological research and to apply the findings of that research appropriately in practice. Attention is given to research design, research implementation, evaluation, and scholarly publication. At the same time, skills related to the use of different methods of data collection - trace and activity analysis, observations, interviews, tests and experiments - are developed.
Knowledge gained: The student is familiar with research methods, theories, research findings and practical applications; distinguishes between types of research (experimental, "non-experimental", heuristic, validation, critical, exploratory, descriptive, field-based, quasi-experimental, clinical, case-based, correlational, qualitative, action research); has a good knowledge of research methodology (research procedure, research conditions, study sets, research methods, workflow); has a deeper knowledge of descriptive statistics and demonstrates a basic orientation in the use of multivariate statistical methods and their computer output (correlation and regression analysis, analysis of variance, factor analysis); is oriented in the practices of qualitative methodology Skills acquired: The student can identify the differences between qualitative and quantitative methodologies, recommend appropriate approaches in relation to the identified phenomena, research objectives and expected outcomes; can prepare a research design, define research questions, find relevant methods for data collection to verify them and find statistical procedures to process them; master the procedures of descriptive statistics and hypothesis testing, can interpret results; is able to prepare a field psychological research on a selected educational phenomenon; is able to conceptualize the phenomenon under study using a concept map - diagram; is able to search for disputes and conduct a professional discussion while studying the literature (including the use of electronic resources from psychological literature databases); is able to subordinate data collection to the needs arising from specific tasks; In his/her own literary work, he/she can integrate everything into an analytical narrative with formal correctness of the text; is able to participate in the solution of a research task in a team, from theorizing, to creating a research design, to collecting data, to processing and interpreting it, to creating a research report; is able to consider the ethical implications of research work. Course content: research surveys - samples from populations and the question of representativeness. Undesirable variables - their types and their elimination. Methods of data collection in psychology, their different types, indications and contraindications: analysis of traces and results of activities, tests, ex post facto experiment. Research presentation - structure of qualitative and quantitative research report. Data analysis in quantitative research, basic principles of statistics. Secondary data analysis and meta-analysis. Principles of scientific publishing and evaluation of scientific findings. Replication crisis; Ethical issues in psychological research. Quasi-experiments - division. Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (06.11.2023)
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Credit must be obtained prior to the oral examination. The credit is conditional on the submission of a scientific article summarizing one's own qualitative research, an article summarizing one's own quantitative research (no more than three people can collaborate on one research), and one's own refutation of an article published in a scientific psychology journal. Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (13.10.2023)
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Cuttler, C., Jhangiani, R. S., & Leighton, D. C. (2019). Research Methods in Psychology; 4th American Edition. Godfrey-Smith, P. (2003). Theory and reality: an introduction to the philosophy of science. Chicago: The University of Chicago press. Lane, D.A., & Corrie, S. (2006). The modern scientist-practitioner. A guide to practice in psychology. London: Routledge. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2002, 5th edition). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Last update: Dragomirecká Eva, PhDr., Ph.D. (16.10.2023)
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