PSYC 4495 Advanced Experimental Psychology (Senior Seminar)

This course is designed to give students a thorough grounding in the empirical research techniques used in psychology. All types of research will be covered, including surveys, naturalistic observations, true experiments, and quasi-experiments. Students will develop and design individual research projects, collect data, and use statistics to determine results. Students will write an APA-paper of their findings and present their findings in a seminar format.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PSYC 2202, MATH 2100

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Design an original research project.
2. Conduct a background literature search of research related to project.
3. Collect and analyze data.
4. Write a report of research project in appropriate APA format.
5. Present research findings in a scientific setting.
6. Critically analyze research.