Introduction to Experimental Psychology

Catalog description

This course will teach students how to design, conduct, and report psychological research. Topics include the nature of science, formulation of hypotheses, research methods and design, and ethical issues in using human and nonhuman subjects. Emphasis will be given to experimental design techniques, evaluation of published research in psychology, and the writing of research reports. The course will also focus on the teaching of library research skills and producing formal research reports in APA manuscript style Students with a semester level of Freshman 1 or Freshman 2 may not enroll. Enrollment is limited to students with a program in Psychology, Psychology, Psychology-Developmental, Psychology-Neuroscience or Psychology-Pre PA-SRU 3+2.