Course: Theory and Practice of Research Methods in Psychology

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Course title Theory and Practice of Research Methods in Psychology
Course code KEF/PGSPS
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cakirpaloglu Panajotis, prof. PhDr. DrSc.
Course content
The relationship of theory and practice in psychological research: antecedence and priorities. Social order as an ethical criterion. Benefits of the methodological tool box "psychology teaching" in the scope of the undergraduate background of physics teachers.Biometrics parallels - psychometry - Sociometry in quantitative and qualitative approach to the research. Isomorphism hypothesis of the psychological and physical events.Algoritmus of the form and content of planning educometric research in teaching physics in high school. The methodology and forms of psychological research. Research methods of cognition.Faktor analysis - entry into the topics of the specific psychological classification methods (theory). The issue of efficiency "of the educational process" in the exact physics courses, etc.from a psychological perspective.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The relationship of theory and practice in psychological research.Algoritmus of the form and content of planning educometric research in teaching physics in high school. The methodology and forms of psychological research. Research methods of cognition.
Evaluation Evaluate the particular methods and principles, explain the aspects and results concerning the given issue, integrate the knowledge, predict the solutions, evaluate the results and outcomes.
Prerequisites
Methods of quantitative and qualitative investigations in psychology

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

Knowledge within the scope of the course topics (examination)
Recommended literature
  • Bouma G. D. (1995). The Research Process. Revised Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Guilfrord, J. P. (1956). Fundamental Statistics in Psychology and Educaiton. New York.
  • Komenda S. (2003). Měření a metaměření znalostí. Vydavatelství UP Olomouc.
  • Komenda S. (1995). Politometrie. Vydavatelství UP Olomouc.
  • Musil J. V. (2003). Sociometrie. CMTF UP Olomouc.
  • Musil J. V. (1999). Speciální psychologie 1. Vydavatelství UP Olomouc.
  • Musil J. V. (2001). Speciální psychologie 2. CMTF a PVP UP Olomouc.
  • Rust J., Golombok S. (1992). Modern Psychometrics: The Science of Psychological Assessment, 2nd Ed.. Routledge, London and New York.
  • Shaughnessy J. J., Zechmeister E. B. (1990). Research Methods in Psychology, 2nd Ed.. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York.
  • Zechmeister E. B., Shaughnessy J. J. (1992). A Practical Introduction to research Methods in Psychology. McGraw-Hill, INC, New York.


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