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200027 PS Proseminar General Psychology (2024W)

Introduction to Empirical Aesthetics

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 08.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 15.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 22.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 29.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 05.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 12.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 19.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 26.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 03.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 10.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 17.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 07.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 14.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 21.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock
  • Tuesday 28.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal G Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5, 2. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the seminar is to develop your understanding of scientific psychology, scientific thinking and
communication. We develop these basic skills by focusing on one area of psychology: the psychology of aesthetics.

Are you interested in aesthetics from a psychological point of view? This class may be the class for you!
Through the scientific literature we will explore questions such as: Why do people become more attractive after some beers? Can visiting a museum really improve your well-being? Can listening to music reduce your stress in the exam period?

We aim to cover the different class topics with the help of one review article and one empirical paper that gives the
opportunity to discuss critically a selected empirical study’s research question, methods, and statistical analysis.
The class will start with 4 foundational sessions. The following sessions will be dedicated to in-depth discussions, based on the scientific literature. For these classes, groups of students will present the literature of that week as a starting point.

After completing this course, you will be able to:
• Understand scientific psychology, scientific communication, how it feels to be a working scientist
• Discuss, explain about several topics in aesthetics, perception, and beauty
• Summarize, evaluate research papers
• Read papers critically (what is missing? What could be next steps?)
• Give academic presentation
- Work with others in a group
- Structuralize presentation content
• Construct a short academic paper
- find, compare different research papers
- prioritize arguments
- discuss previous findings, and criticize their methods
- formulate new research question, hypotheses
- address you research question with empirical methods
- use scientific reference style (APA 7th)

Assessment and permitted materials

Your grade will consist of 4 parts:
1) scientific presentation = 26%
2) active participation in class (discussions) = 29%
3) written paper = 35%
4) peer-review feedback (on the paper of others) = 10%

1 &2 directly relate to the in-class discussions. You will be required to give a presentation about a topic of your choice (as part of a group) in one class and be an active participant in the following discussions both when you present as well as in the other sessions.

3&4, relate to the (short) academic paper that you will be required to write. Again, you can pick one topic of your choice (but different from your presentation). You will receive feedback from your peers on your work, as well as that you need to give them feedback. You will also be graded for this.

The total sum of above assessments will constitute the final grade. Passing grade (4) = 60%.
• Grade 1 (sehr gut) 100% - 90%
• Grade 2 (gut) 89% – 80%
• Grade 3 (befriedigend) 79% – 70%
• Grade 4 (genügend) 69% – 60%
• Grade 5 (nicht genügend) 59% - 0%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

• The basic requirement for a passing grade: Attendance in class with a maximum of two (2) missed dates and
a minimum of 60% of total points.

If you do not attend the first class, without contacting us before class start, we reserve the right to give your spot to
another student on the waiting list.

• Note that you have to reach a minimum of 40% of each grading components (active participation, group
work/presentation, peer-review feedback, written paper) in order to pass the course

Examination topics

see assessment

Reading list

TBD

Association in the course directory

70231

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