PSYC5867-1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

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

Lecturer

André Ferrara

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit 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 learning unit

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

Lectures.
Scheduled interactive sessions for the experimental designs study (problem solving).
Works of preparation of the interactive sessions (individually or in small groups) to deliver according to the schedule envisaged in the oral course.

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

Face-to-face.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Ferrara André (04/366.22.32 - a.ferrara@uliege.be)

Methodological foundations of psychological sciences