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200191 SE Scientific Readings (2021S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Notes on the date (English)
*** IMPORTANT UPDATE ***:
1) Due to the current COVID situation, all lectures will take place online (BigBlueButton via Moodle).

*** IMPORTANT ***: The lecture course will take place in part at different times than shown above. Please check the following updated dates:

********* Exact dates and times: *********
11.03.2021 14:00 – 15:30 BBB
11.03.2021 15:45 – 17:15 BBB

18.03.2021 14:00 – 15:30 BBB

25.03.2021 14:00 – 15:30 BBB
25.03.2021 15:45 – 17:15 BBB

15.04.2021 14:00 – 15:30 BBB
15.04.2021 15:45 – 17:15 BBB

*29.04.2021 13:15 – 14:45 BBB (Note different time)
*29.04.2021 15:00 – 15:45 BBB (Note different time)

20.05.2021 14:00 – 15:30 BBB
20.05.2021 15:45 – 16:45 BBB

17.06.2021 14:00 – 15:30 BBB
17.06.2021 15:45 – 17:15 BBB

** The course will be taught in English.

  • Thursday 11.03. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 18.03. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 25.03. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 15.04. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 22.04. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 29.04. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 06.05. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 20.05. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 27.05. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 10.06. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 17.06. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital
  • Thursday 24.06. 14:00 - 17:15 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course aims to train students at proficiently performing the steps necessary to conduct an empirical study in psychology when starting from nothing but a designated topic (see below). This is a 2-semester course program. Attendance to summer winter 2021 course is not mandatory but strongly recommended. This first semester aims to prepare the students to conduct an experiment or a survey for their bachelor project in winter semester 2021.
The steps:
(1) Become familiar with a topic
(2) Find a research question and formulate hypotheses
(3) Identify and assess the methods available
(4) Design your study
(5) Implement your study
(6) Conduct the study
Program: The students will be taught the steps 1 to 4 in this semester and steps 5-6 in the next semester. The students will be requested to produce a group-based report for each step from 1 to 4 and will be evaluated on these bases. Groups of 4-5 students will be created.

Assessment and permitted materials

Grading system: 5 group reports (written in English, 800 words, bibliographical references excluded) counting 50% in total; one oral presentation per group counting 15%; writing peer-feedback on another group’s reports counting 20%; individual participation in class and online counting 15%.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Good language skills in English. Attendance is compulsory; students may be absent for no more than two lectures. A positive assessment (i.e., obtaining at least 60% of the maximum achievable points) of all the homework/assessment criteria is necessary for a positive overall grade.

Examination topics

To guarantee the teachers’ expertise in researched topics and to constrain the vastness of scientific literature, this year’s course focuses on the following topics:
Empathy across the adult life-span.
Interoception across the adult life-span.
Relationship between Interoception and Loneliness

Reading list

Empathy and aging: Impact of Aging on Empathy: Review of Psychological and Neural Mechanisms. Janelle N Beadle, Christine E de la Vega. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 11;10:331

Interoception and aging: Direct and indirect effects of age on interoceptive accuracy and awareness across the adult lifespan
Jennifer Murphy, Hayley Geary, Edward Millgate, Caroline Catmur & Geoffrey Bird. Psychon Bull Rev. 2018 Jun;25(3):1193-1202.

Additional literature will be announced during the course.

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