Postgraduate Course: Psychological Research Skills (PSYL11065)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course covers fundamental skills relating to the psychological research process, from developing research ideas to designing and conducting an experiment, communicating research findings, and knowledge transfer. |
| Course description |
Lectures (2 hours each):
- Foundations of Psychological Research (Bates)
- Conference talks & poster presentations (Corley)
- Public engagement & knowledge-transfer (Morton)
- Publishing research & writing research proposals (Pickering)
- Research ethics (Gale)
- Academic writing (McIntosh)
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 1 (Sem 1) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 12,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
182 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Semester 1: 1000 word PhD research proposal prepared according to the PPLS postgraduate application guidelines, plus a 300 word lay summary of the proposed research. The proposal should usually be linked to the research theme of an academic member of staff within Psychology. Formative feedback will be provided, but a numerical mark will not be recorded.
Assessment Deadline: Thursday 19th November 2015, 12 noon
Coursework Word Limit: 1,000 words
Coursework Return Date: 11th December 2015
Semester 2: Poster presentation of MSc Dissertation proposal to be presented at Psychology MSc poster day. Formative feedback will be provided, but a numerical mark will not be recorded, only Pass / Fail.
Submission Deadline: midnight of day of Poster Presentation (Friday 19th February)
Poster Format: will be specified on the Learn pages
Poster Return Date: 14th March 2016 |
| Feedback |
Formatively assessed using spoken and written feedback. Comments provided on submitted assessments |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the relationship between research ideas and the formulation of testable hypotheses
- Communicate research ideas and findings in a variety of formats to specialist and non-specialist audiences
- Appreciate the importance of public engagement and knowledge transfer in the research process
- Understand ethical considerations relating to psychological research design
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures as scheduled |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Martin Pickering
Tel: (0131 6)50 3447
Email: Martin.Pickering@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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