Experimental Psychology

PSYC

322

Experimental Psychology

This course focuses on the nature of psychological investigation and the skills needed to develop a research problem. Students will be exposed to primary sources from the psychological literature, learn how to design experiments and analyze data, prepare a review of the literature and develop a research proposal. They will participate in laboratory/field experiments and demonstrations of classic phenomena in various areas ranging from Cognition to Social Psychology. Students will be given extensive experience with the use of computers in psychology for designing and running experiments, data collection, data analysis and scientific reporting.

Fall, Spring

Undergraduate

Yes

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