PSYC 7455 - Research Methods and Design in Psychology

Four credit hours.

Emphasis will be on basic principles of research design in the psychological sciences. Topics include the ‘scientific method, types of research paradigms (including naturalistic observation, the case study, the survey, correlational research, and experimentation), factorial designs, internal and external validity, research ethics, and APA style manuscript writing. Part of the course will be devoted to a survey of traditional experimental area of psychology including learning, perception cognition, psychophysics, individual differences, and social/personality psychology. Students will read and gain experience critiquing published psychology research articles. Students will gain hands-on experience with the research process.