Within the framework of the introductory one-day course, students will meet a range of up-to-date research resources and specialized software applications available at the Department of Psychology. An offer consists of about 8 research technologies. Students then choose one particular technology from this offer, according to their focus and preferences. 1) Abbyy Flexicapture Software - OMR, OCR, and ICR software for highly accurate and scalable intelligent automatic data extraction from scanned paper and electronic forms and documents. These data can be further sorted and passed for further analysis. This is useful when conducting extensive questionnaire surveys, admissions or qualification exams, etc. 2) IBM Modeler Professional Software - Wide-ranging data-mining software for working with complicated data files stored in multiple formats, extracting important information about these data, and generating useful reports. 3) Felix PRO 2 3D printer and Kisslicer 3D printing software - a kit designed for 3D printing of plastic filament prototypes. We can use this application while creating new (especially manipulative) diagnostic methods, modelling of teaching and demonstration aids, creating of technical aids for experiments realization, etc. 4) Thermal imaging camera - a device for accurate measuring of the temperature distribution on the body or in the face for scientific and research purposes, such as physiological expression of emotions, psychodiagnostics, marketing, sports psychology, etc. 5) Eyetracker - a device for measuring eye movement, that is used in the research of visual perception, i.e. in the research of human-machine interaction, in the traffic psychology, psychodiagnostics, cognitive science, marketing, etc. 6) QED GROUP Sociomapping System - This solution helps real-time mapping interactions between individuals in group communication. The resulting social map combines the perspective of each member of the team and a compact 3D visual representation of how the team behaves. Parameters such as proximity and intensity help to understand roles and communication models in the team. 7) ATLAS.ti 8 - which is one of the most commonly used and high-quality program for qualitative data analysis. It is not just about the basics of software control, but rather the good practice of working with this program in terms of the processing of qualitative data with the most common methods such as Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Grounded Theory, and Narrative Analysis. 8) Software for online surveys with security for psychological data - Original software developed at the Palacký University in Olomouc. The application allows to flexibly compile new psychodiagnostic methods, to compose the test battery, to administrate battery online, to manage respondents, to export results and to export final reports for respondents. The software is compiled as a modular application in which a user without programming knowledge determines the order of elements and their contents using pre-set functions. Study materials are, in particular, manuals for working with such devices and software. Further recommended e-learning applications and instructional videos.
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