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PSY 112 Research in Psychology
TEACHING PLAN
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Orientation and Introduction to
the Course
Introduction: What do you know?
Lecture: Psychology as a Science; Why do research;
Introduction to the course
Describe the basic principles,
processes, and issues ofpsychological research
Psychology and Science Exercise: Research as a script
Lecture: Science and the research process
Exam - essay
Behave towards researchparticipants in a responsible
and ethical manner
Ethics in Research Case Study: Read case study. Was the study
ethical or not?Lecture: Ethics in Psychological Resarch Exam essay
ormultiple choice
Design and carry out a sound
psychological study
Identifying a research topic Lecture: Identifying a research
topic
Workshop: Findings a topic
Doing A Review of Literature Lecture: Doing Lit Review;
Theoretical contribution
Exercise Analysis of Theoretical Contribution Research
Research proposal
Conceptualization Lecture: What is a good research question?
Exercise: Critiquing research questions & hypotheses
Exam critique
hypotheses
Research proposalQuantitative Methods Assignment: Bring an
article using qualitative methods
Lecture: Quantitative Methods
Game: Whats your metric?Lecture: Reliability & Validity
Exam essay or
multiple choice
Research proposal
Qualitative Methods Assignment: Bring an article using
qualitative methods
Lecture: Quantitative Methods
Exam - essay
Research proposal
Mixed Methods Discussions: Strengths and weaknesses of Quanti vs
Quali
Lecture: Mixed methods
Exam
Research proposal
Analyze and interpret theresults
Quantitative Analysis Lecture: Analysis of quantitative
dataGame: Whats the right statistic to use?
Exam identificationResearch Proposal
Qualitative Analysis Exercise: Thematic analysis
Lecture: Analysis of qualitative data
Exam - essay
Research proposal
Write a high-quality and
scholarly research report using
the APA format
Effective Writing Lecture: Writing; APA format
Exercise: Critique of papers Research proposal
