PSYC5867-1 : Methodological foundations of psychological sciences

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PSYC5867-1

Methodological foundations of psychological sciences

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in psychology and education : speech and language therapy		3
Bachelor in psychology and education : general		3

Lecturer :

André Ferrara

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

This course introduces the main research methods in psychology (nonexperimental, correlational, quasi-experimental and experimental designs).
it presents a methodological overview of scientific research in psychology: hypothesis formulation, classical experimental designs (between-subjects factorial designs, within-subjects designs, mixed designs, etc.), alternatives to experimentation. Validity notions, ...
It constitutes a first approach to the use of the scientific method in answering fundamental or applied research questions.

Learning outcomes of the course :

The course helps developing critical thinking relatively to the use of the experimental approach in psychology. It initiates the student into the hypothesis operationalization and the conception of an experimental design, viewing potential biases which could impact the experiment validity.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Ex cathedra.
Scheduled interactive sessions for the experimental designs study.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face.