PSB_603 Introduction to Psychological Research

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Eva Rubínová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Zdenka Stránská, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–14:05 C51
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the most significant studies that influenced both the theory and practice of psychology. Students should strenghten their knowledge of methodology through reading primamry research studies. Critical thinking should be cultivated in discussions and writing assignments.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social psychology: Behavioral study of obedience (Milgram, 1963); A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison (Haney, Banks, & Zimbardo, 1973). 2. Biological and comparative psychology: Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models (Bandura, Ross, & Ross, 1961); Hemisphere deconnection and unity in conscious awareness (Sperry, 1968). 3. Diversity: Sex reassignments at birth: a long term review and clinical implications (Diamond & Sigmundson, 1997); Why are children in the same family so different from one another? (Plomin & Daniels, 1987) 4. Developmental psychology: Love in infant monkeys (Harlow, 1959); Conditioned emotional reactions (Watson, 1920). 5. Cognitive psychology: Reconstruction of automobile destruction: an example of the interaction between language and memory (Loftus & Palmer, 1974); Retrieval time from semantic memory (Collins & Quillian, 1969). 6. Psychological methods: The effect of experimenter bias on the performance of the albino rat (Rosenthal & fode, 1963).
Literature
    required literature
  • Haney, C., Banks, C., & Zimbardo, P. (2004). A study of prisoners and guards in a simulated prison. Theatre in prison: Theory and practice, 19-32.
  • Loftus, E. F., & Palmer, J. C. (1974). Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory. Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior, 13(5), 585-589.
  • Harlow, H. F. (1959). Love in infant monkeys (pp. 94-100). San Francisco: WH Freeman.
  • Banyard, P., & Grayson, A. (2008). Introducing psychological research. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Collins, A. M., & Quillian, M. R. (1969). Retrieval time from semantic memory. Journal of verbal learning and verbal behavior, 8(2), 240-247.
  • Rosenthal, R., & Fode, K. L. (1963). The effect of experimenter bias on the performance of the albino rat. Behavioral Science, 8(3), 183-189.
  • Diamond, M., & Sigmundson, H. K. (1997). Sex reassignment at birth: Long-term review and clinical implications. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 151(3), 298.
  • Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, S. A. (1961). Transmission of aggression through imitation of aggressive models.
  • Plomin, R., & Daniels, D. (1987). Why are children in the same family so different from one another?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(01), 1-16.
  • Watson, J. B., & Rayner, R. (2000). Conditioned emotional reactions. American Psychologist, 55(3), 313-317.
  • Sperry, R. W. (1968). Hemisphere deconnection and unity in conscious awareness. American Psychologist, 23(10), 723-33.
  • Milgram, S. (2001). Behavioural study of obedience. Conflict, Order and Action: Readings in Sociology, 134.
    recommended literature
  • Sternberg, R. J., Roediger III, H. L., & Halpern, D. F. (2007). Critical thinking in psychology. Cambridge University Press.
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation - lectures. Seminal work - discussions, work in small groups. Home readings.
Assessment methods
1) Each student, either alone, or in pairs, will choose three classical studies, and will prepare presentations on the lectures (he/she has to present at least once alone and at least once in pair). The offer is available to the students in a shared table. 2) Each student will chose one from a broad offer of recent studies and write a popular version of the study. Students provide feedback each other (each students provides feedbact to two other students). 3) Students will be devided to three groups and will prepare a proposal for direct replication of a selected study, and may also collect data and write a research report.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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