Research Methods
in Psychology 23/24
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Schedule

Weekly schedule

week date topic overview lecture lab worksheets DangerZone notes
0 Monday, 25 September

Lecture: Module Overview and Coursework requirements
Lab: N/A

1 Monday, 02 October

Lecture: Module overview and what is Science?
Lab: Welcome to the Lab - group formation and topic brainstorming

2 Monday, 09 October

Lecture: Asking good questions and gathering evidence
Lab: Literature Search & Management, Critical Appraisal & Effect Sizes

3 Monday, 16 October

Lecture: Being critical and evaluating the work of others
Lab: Planning for Success, & The Critical Proposal Coursework

4 Monday, 23 October

Lecture: There’s no ‘I’ in Research.. Making Psychology personal
Lab: Experimental variables, design and notation

5 Monday, 30 October

Lecture: The Open Science movement in Psychology
Lab: Critical Proposal support and Power Calculations

Reading Week
6 Monday, 13 November

Lecture: Operationalisation of variables and bringing concepts to life
Lab: Collecting Data Online and in Person

7 Monday, 20 November

Lecture: How do we measure or assess psychological concepts and constructs?
Lab: Task development and Ethics applications

8 Monday, 27 November

Lecture: Developing and validating a psychological measure of ‘X’
Lab: Task development and Ethics workshop [Peer Review]

9 Monday, 04 December

Lecture: Communicating science: Lessons from legends
Lab: Participant Recruitment Planning & Yr 3 Dissertation Preview

10 Monday, 11 December

Lecture: Introducing the wonders of Qualitative research
Lab: Open Science Requirements: Open Methods and Open Data

Winter Break
11 Monday, 08 January

Lecture: The foundations of Qualitative Research
Lab: Data collection | Study Swap and Raw Data Setup/Review

12 Monday, 15 January

Lecture: Doing Qualitative Research
Lab: Data collection | APA Report Writing Refresher

13 Monday, 22 January

Lecture: Reporting and Critiquing Qualitative Research
Lab: Data collection | Raw Data, preprocessing and APA Methods Section & Open Materials

14 Monday, 29 January

Lecture: Inclusivity ½ (Dr. Tegan Penton)
Lab: Data collection | Analysis Plans and APA Results Section

15 Monday, 05 February

Lecture: Inclusivity 2/2 (Dr. Tegan Penton)
Lab: Data collection | Data export, preprocessing & Open Data

Reading Week
16 Monday, 19 February

Lecture: CHIP - Metacognition and Reflective Practice
Lab: Analysis | Three Flavours of ANOVA, Assumptions & Post-Hoc tests

17 Monday, 26 February

Lecture: CHIP - Psychology as Science & Philosophical Perspectives
Lab: Analysis | Results write-up, APA formatting, figures and tables

18 Monday, 04 March

Lecture: CHIP - Evolution and Evolutionary Psychology
Lab: Writing up | Focus on the Introduction & APA style

19 Monday, 11 March

Lecture: CHIP - Cultural Evolutionary Psychology & Cognitive Gadgets
Lab: Writing up | Interpreting and discussing your results

20 Monday, 18 March

Lecture: CHIP - The dark history of statistics and wrap up
Lab: Writing up | Pre-submission checklist & editing strategies

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