ID:
40078
Dettaglio:
SSD: Psychometrics
Duration: 48
CFU: 8
Located in:
BERGAMO
Url:
PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES - 40-R/PERCORSO COMUNE Year: 1
Year:
2025
At the end of the course, the students will know the main methodologies that are used in the field of basic and applied psychological research. Furthermore, they will have acquired the necessary skills to critically analyze the coherence between the goals and hypotheses of a specific research project and its techniques of data collection and data analysis.
Basic knowledge of General Psychology.
Teaching will take place through lectures and practical exercises with a focus on discussion and dialogue with the students, also with the use of slides.
The exam consists of a written test. The test includes 31 forced-choice questions, to be solved in 40 minutes, which will permit to verify if the student has learnt the theoretical foundations and to assess his or her ability to apply the theoretical knowledge to real life problems concerning specific research and intervention contexts. It will be assigned one point for each correct answer. The final mark is the sum of the scores assigned to each question. Students who will provide correct answers for all the questions will obtain the maximum mark (30 cum laude). The marks will be sent to the institutional email of each student through the University information system.
The course will present an overview of the main research methods employed in the study of psychological processes and behavior. Specifically, the following topics will be treated: scientific and naive approaches to knowledge – the scientific method and its application in psychology – ethical issues in the conduct of psychological research – the measurement of psychological processes and behavior: the operazionalization of concepts and the definition of variables – descriptive methods: observation and survey research –experimental methods: independent group designs, repeated measures designs, complex designs – applied research: the case study method, single-subject experimental designs, “quasi-experiments”, qualitative and mixed methods – reporting and communicating results.
The students not attending classes and the working students must adhere to the program described above. For any request, they can contact the professor either personally or by e-mail.