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200135 SE Theory and Empirical Research (Development and Education) 1 (2022W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Th 01.09.2022 10:00 to Mo 26.09.2022 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 03.10.2022 10:00
Details
max. 20 participants
Language: German
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Update 30.9.2022:
Attendance is compulsory in this lecture course, which takes place on site. The lecture course is given by Dr. Alexa Müllner-Huber
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- Wednesday 05.10. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 12.10. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 19.10. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 09.11. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 16.11. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 23.11. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 30.11. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 07.12. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 14.12. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 11.01. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 18.01. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
- Wednesday 25.01. 09:15 - 11:15 Hörsaal H Psychologie KG Liebiggasse 5
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
****** IMPORTANT CHANGE AS OF 30.9.2022 !!! ******
Minimum requirements in winter term 2022 (TEWA I):
Active participation in the sessions (80% minimum attendance), group presentation in class, writing an exposé of the planned empirical study (approximately 3500 words) by 30.2.2023.Minimum requirements in summer term 2023 (TEWA II):
Recruitment and testing of at least 10-15 older persons (60+), giving a poster presentation on the results.If minimum requirements are not met, the course is considered failed. Grading is based on the exposé (winter term) or the poster presentation (summer term).***********
Active participation in the sessions (80% minimum attendance), recruitment and testing of at least 15 older persons (60+) are necessary prerequisites of TEWA I (i.e., if not met, the course is considered failed). Graded is an exam on experimental methods at the end of TEWA I. In TEWA II, active participation in the units (80% minimum attendance) is a necessary prerequisite. The poster presentation will be graded. Grades: 1 (very good), 2 (good), 3 (satisfactory), 3 (sufficient), 5 (insufficient).
Minimum requirements in winter term 2022 (TEWA I):
Active participation in the sessions (80% minimum attendance), group presentation in class, writing an exposé of the planned empirical study (approximately 3500 words) by 30.2.2023.Minimum requirements in summer term 2023 (TEWA II):
Recruitment and testing of at least 10-15 older persons (60+), giving a poster presentation on the results.If minimum requirements are not met, the course is considered failed. Grading is based on the exposé (winter term) or the poster presentation (summer term).***********
Active participation in the sessions (80% minimum attendance), recruitment and testing of at least 15 older persons (60+) are necessary prerequisites of TEWA I (i.e., if not met, the course is considered failed). Graded is an exam on experimental methods at the end of TEWA I. In TEWA II, active participation in the units (80% minimum attendance) is a necessary prerequisite. The poster presentation will be graded. Grades: 1 (very good), 2 (good), 3 (satisfactory), 3 (sufficient), 5 (insufficient).
Examination topics
Reading list
Literature will be provided by the seminar instructors at the beginning of the semester.
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Fr 30.09.2022 11:09
The procedure of this two-semester TEWA course was changed: In winter term 2022 (TEWA I), students will read the relevant literature, develop a research question and plan a pre-designed empirical study. In summer term 2023 (TEWA II), students will collect and statistically analyze the data and present their findings in a poster presentation.**********
How does age discrimination work?
Content: Each of us has ideas about age, aging and older people. These ideas, also called age stereotypes, influence our own aging. Correlative studies show that when people associate old age with losses and decline, they tend to withdraw socially in old age. This has negative consequences not only for their social integration, but also for health and ultimately mortality. This TEWA study aims to investigate the causal effect of age stereotypes on social experience and behavior. That is, to examine how older people react when confronted with negative age stereotypes. The results of the study are relevant to our understanding of age discrimination.
This course is designed for students who want to gain insight into experimental research. A genuine interest in issues of aging and its dependence on the social environment is an advantage. The main goal of the course is to provide students with the skills and abilities necessary to independently write a scientific paper. By the end of TEWA, students will have learned how to plan and conduct an empirical study, how to transform hypotheses into statistically testable analyses, how to conduct and interpret these analyses, how to report and discuss the results, and how to communicate them in writing and orally to a professional audience and broader public; in short, how to make an empirical scientific contribution.
Methods: Conducting and evaluating a study under supervision; student presentations; plenary discussions; small group work. In Semester 1 (TEWA I), students will conduct an already designed study on the effect of negative age stereotypes on social behavior and experience. To this end, they will recruit and test a total of 128 older persons (60 years and older). Testing will consist of an experimental manipulation of negative age stereotypes and elicitation of self-reported social behavior and experience. In the 2nd semester (TEWA II), students will develop their own hypotheses regarding the results of the study, evaluate them statistically, and present and discuss them in a final poster presentation.
The first units of the semester are used to familiarize oneself with the study (through reading documents, plenary discussions, self-test). Then, the study implementation is prepared (recruitment, preparation of materials, coordination of the testing) and the study is conducted. At the end of the semester, data will be prepared so that analyses can be conducted in TEWA II. In TEWA II, students will engage with the literature on age stereotypes and, based on this, develop their own research question and hypotheses and evaluate them statistically using the data collected. The results will be presented in a final poster presentation.