LAB BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Course Sheet

Course code:

SP13E

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Divisions:

Cognomi I-Z

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Psychometrics

Is part of:

LAB BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

TORO FRANCESCA

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

The student must have acquired the notions provided by the teaching of Psychometrics I.

Objectives

Present teaching provides the aim of introduce the students to the methodology used in psychological research.

Contents

The specific topics of the course are the following:
1) the importance of doing research in psychology;
2) types of research in psychology;
3) how to write a questionnaire.

Teaching of these topics regards the understanding of the principal concepts of the psychological research and their practical implications.

Extended Syllabus

The topics that will be treated are the following:
1) Psychology as science;
2) The phases of the scientific research;
3) The different research designs in Psychology;
- non-experimental research: observation method, archive search, studying individual case reports, survey;
- experimental research: true experiments and quasi-experiments;
4) how to write a questionnaire;
5) reading a scientific article: a first approach.

Recommended Bibliography

-Attendants: Balsamo, M .: Elementi di Psicometria. McGraw-Hill, 2017, € 35.00. (Chapters 12 and 13)

-Not attending: Balsam, M .: Elements of Psychometrics. McGraw-Hill, 2017, € 35.00. (Chapters 12 and 13) plus detailed analysis of an article
scientific in English download free from the portal http://www.psicometria.unich.it.

Teaching Methods

The E.P.G. module of Psychometrics II provides two modes of
examination: for attending students and not attending ones. The method for attending students consists of theoretical and practical tests carried out during classes. The modality for not attending students consists in an
essay question written test: the student will have to answer one of the two proposed questions.

Evaluation:
Final suitability

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Evaluation:
Final suitability

Contacts/More Information

For additional information, consult the portal: http://www.psicometria.unich.it

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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