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Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
Contents The course presents the following key topics:
- the design and development of an experimental paradigm in Cognitive Psychology;
-the manipulation of dependent and independent variables;
- subjects recruitment
- experimental proceure
- testing;
- Analyze data;
- discussion of results.
Extended Syllabus The EPG is a stimulating introduction the research methods in Cognitive Psychology and offers students the possibility of acquiring the fundamental concepts and research tools to carry out research. Through the use of numerous examples, students will face the key concepts for carrying out efficient research: from the choice of the topic, to formulating hypotheses, the design of experimental paradigms, to methods of analysis, to the presentation of the results.
Recommended Bibliography For those who attend the course, materials will be provided during lessons (e.g. scientific articles). For those who do not attend the course: D.H. McBurney & T. L. White (2008). Metodologia della ricerca in psicologia. Il Mulino, Bologna, chapters 2-3-4-5-6-7-8. (28 euro).
Teaching Methods Lesson and experimental situations in the lab.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
For those who attend the course, exam details will be given during the lessons. Generally, the EPG is evaluated through the active participation of an experimental situation in the lab. For those who do not attend, the exam is written with open questions (generally 5) regarding a graph showing behavioral data from the course text.