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Course Code Psy 110
Descriptive Title Experimental Psychology
No. of Credits 5 units
No. of Sessions/Day/Hours 5 hours/week
No. of Hours Lab /Lecture (2hours laboratory / 3hours lecture)
Course Description The philosophy and methods of science focusing particularly on experimentation in the investigation of problems and issues in psychology including ethical
considerations in the conduct of experimental research.
Year Level Third Year
Course Prerequisite Cognitive Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Educational Psychology
Course General Objectives After completing this course, the student is expected to design and conduct experiments in psychology, write research reports, and present and defend the findings
of the experiment.
Course Requirements Regular attendance, Class participation, Oral and written r0eport, Passing of Major Examinations, Quizzes and Seatworks.
Mode of Evaluation Class Standing .40%
The class standing is based on the recitation during class discussions and participation in group activities and oral presentations.
Written Examination .40%
The written examinations include quizzes, unit tests and periodical examinations
Character .10%
This refers to the students observance of good manners and right conduct within the classroom and during group activities
Project .10%
This pertains to course-related projects that the students must comply with
Weight Distribution for Preliminary - 25%
Periodical Examination Midterm - 25%
Semi Final - 25%
Final - 25%
SESSION TOPICS/LESSON SPECIFIC LEARNING STRATEGIES/ REFERENCES ASSESSMENT/
OBJECTIVE ACTIVITIES EVALUATION
Week 1 Orientation At the end of the lesson, the student must Students activity : The
1. Getting to know activity be able to : students will be asked to
2. Orientation * Learn something interesting about introduce themselves and OPEN FORUM
3. Outline of the course his/her classmate say something interesting
4. Goals and importance of the * Know the expectations of the instructor about themselves by starting
course and grading system to be used with the phrase Did you
5. Relevance of the course in * Know the goals of the course know that I .. Syllabi
ones chosen field explain the importance of psychology to
ones chosen course Discussion regarding the
instructors course
requirements, expectations
and grading system
Week 3 c. Statistical treatments At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Descriptive statistics understood and applied skills learned in
b. Inferential statistics computing and analyzing the data gathered
for research report.
Week 4 Research Techniques : At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Observation appreciate and apply the skills learned.
b. Correlation
c. Experiment
d. Other Non Experimental
Designs
Week 6 Ethics in Psychological Research At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Research with Human valued and expressed the desire to follow
participants the ethical guidelines in conducting
b. Research with animals psychological research.
Scientific Fraud
Monitoring Ethical Practices
The use of consent forms
Week 7 How to write a Psychological Research At the end of the Week, the students are See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Parts of a Journal Article able to identify and justify the parts of a
b. Samples of Journal Articles journal article and research reports;
c. Writing of Research Report evaluate the contents and format of
Checklist in Criticizing a Psychological fallacious research.
Research
Literatures for Psychology
Week 8 Principles and Practices of At the end of the Weeks 8-16, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
Experimental Psychology appreciate, and able to make statements
a. Introduction that compare and contrast the details
b. Psychophysics regarding the topics on the principles and
c. Perception practices of Experimental psychology
Week 9 Principles and Practices of -ditto- See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
Experimental Psychology
c. Attention and Reaction Time
d. Conditioning and Learning
Week 10 MIDTERM EXAMS
Week 17 Integration of Lessons At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
demonstrate better self confidence and
competence in conducting, writing,
defending research reports
Week 18 FINAL EXAMS
Week 4 Basic Experimental Method At the end of the week the students can -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
Types of Extraneous Variables compare and contrast, and evaluate the cts
Techniques for Controlling the topics for the week.
Experiments
Methods used to equate groupings
Week 6 Requirements for Quasi-experimental At the end of the Week, the students are -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
Designs able to build patterns or designs for quasi- cts
experimental research.
Week 7 Ethics in Psychological Research At the end of the Week, the students can -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
Introduction to Experimentation analyze, organize, and show competence in cts
Procedures for Experimentation studying the scientific research methods of
Basic experimental designs and psychology.
Statistical Analysis
- Two Independent Groups Design At the end of the Week, the students can
- Two Matched Group Design analyze, organize, and show competence in
- Within subjects/Repeated doing statistical analysis for the different
measures design experimental group designs.
- Multiple groups
- Factorial designs
Week 8 Review of Experimentation Method At the end of the Week, the students show -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
Survey and Discussion with selected readiness, competence, and ability to cts
Journal Articles on Experimental compose and prepare evaluative reports
Psychology regarding review of literatures on selected
topics.
Week 9 a. Experiment No. 1 At the end of the Week 9-16, the students Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
b. Experiment No. 2 are able to conduct, verify, and conclude, Experiments Manual (2002)by Delia
and documents the data based on the Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
c. Experiment No. 3 results of the experiments
Week 10 MIDTERM EXAMS
Note : The Laboratory Professor could perform experiments more than the stated above provided procedures and results will be discussed for students learning.