Extended data for Research Methods Practical 1.

Research Methods Practical 1.

Institution

Eötvös Loránd University

Organizational Unit

PPK Institute of Psychology

Related programme

Psychology

Code

PSYB19-131

ECTS

3

ISCED code

0313 Psychology

Language of instruction

English

Academic term

1/1

Title

Research Methods Practical 1. hu

Research Methods Practical 1. en

Reading list Compulsory reading list ·         American Psychological Association (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (Chapter 1) ·         Carver, C. S., & Scheier, M. F. (2012). Perspectives on Personality. New York: Pearson. (Chapter 3) ·         Field, A. P. (2009). Discovering statistics using SPSS (third edition). London: Sage publications. (Chapter 1, 2, 17) Suggested reading list ·         Butcher, J. N. (2006). MMPI-2 A practitioner’s guide. Washington: APA. ·         Cohen-Swerdlik (2009). Psychological Testing and Assessment: An Introduction to Tests and Measurement (7th Ed.). The McGraw-Hill Companies. (Chapter 8. Test development.) ·         Groth-Marnat, G. (2003). Handbook of Psychological Assessment. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons Inc. (Chapter 5, 7, 9, 10, 11) ·         Lichtenberger, E. O., & Kaufman, A. S. (2009). Essentials of WAIS-IV Assessment. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1-207. (Chapter 1-5) ·         Urbina, S. (2004). Essentials of psychological testing. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7)

Content of the course Topics of the course ·         The differences between tests and questionnaires ·         Scales. Methodological and statistical basics ·         Reliability check ·         Validity check ·         The methodology of the establishment of a questionnaire, problems of the item-construction. ·         Development of an own questionnaire ·         Factory analysis, principal component analysis ·         MMPI and MMPI-2, CPI. The use of profiles, evaluation ·         Projective personality tests. ·         Performance tests. The development and types of intelligence tests ·         Research planning Learning activities, learning methods frontal method, interactive work, cooperative learning, individual and group work

Evaluation of outcomes Learning requirements, mode of evaluation, criteria of evaluation: requirements ·         active participation on the classes (max. 3 cases of non-attendance) ·         knowledge about the materials of the course (presentations and literature) ·         performance of practical tasks, homework, essays mode of evaluation: ·         precondition: continuous performance of homework as a precondition for the written exam at the end of the course (the student cannot miss any homework, if it is not submitted until the time of the next class, it causes -3% in the evaluation of the written exam) ·         30% of the final grade: research planning in a small group: choosing a topic and a research question, planning a study together with a presentation and the submission of the ethical permission form at the end of the semester ·         70% of the final grade: written exam at the end of the semester, with a result of at least 50% Final grade: can range from 1-5, made of the result of the written exam (70%) and the result of the common research planning work (30%), with using the rules of rounding. criteria of evaluation: ·         the construction of the research plan as a team, the submission of the common presentation and the ethical permission form ·         the quantity and quality of the theoretical material and their possible applications