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Kar

Pedagógiai és Pszichológiai Kar

Szervezet

PPK Pszichológiai Intézet

Kód

PSYB19-134:2

Cím

Infant and Child Study

Tervezett félév

Mindkét

Meghirdetve

2023/24/2

ECTS

3

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

Aim of the course: To provide the basic practical knowledge necessary for conducting research in the field of developmental psychology.

Tantárgy tartalma

Nr. Title of the class 1. Introduction, course requirements, forming the groups 2. Raising a question – finding your topic of interest 3. Literature review 4. Group presentations on developmental research methods 1. 5. Group presentations on developmental research methods 2. 4. Group presentations on developmental research methods 3. 5. Group presentations on developmental research methods 4. 6. Operationalizing your research question (precise question, method, sample, analysis) 7. Writing a research proposal and informed consent (+ethical considerations) 8. Critical thinking – evaluating research 9. Critical thinking – evaluating research + presentation skills 10. Group presentations (full research) 11. Group presentations (full research) 12. Evaluation, questions of interest Methods to be presented by the groups: 1. Questionnaires, parental/teacher reports Behaviour assessment scales (infant) Developmental scales (Bayley etc) IQ measures Sensomotor development scales 2. Habituation (rate of habit) Expectancy violation Preference paradigms High amitude sucking Conditioned head turning Looking time paradigm Classical conditioning Contingency and operant learning Imitation/deferred imitation Search techniques 3. Behavioural stress reactivity Physiological response Eye-tracking Neuroimaging techniques 4. Social development observation Still-face paradigm Desynchronized interaction Strange situation Social referencing

Számonkérés és értékelés

Course requirements: 1.      No more than 3 missed classes 2.      Group presentation on research methods (30% of final grade) ·         Methods to be presented are assigned to each group based on their topic of interest. (Duration: 25 mins.) ·         Find a few videos presenting research using some of the methods presented by your group. Show to class. (Duration: 15 mins.) 3.      Presentation of an article for the “Critical Thinking” exercise (30% of final grade) ·         Presentation of an article found during your literature review. Focus on methodology. Aim: To present the article in a way that others can reasonably criticize its methodology. (Duration: 10 mins.) 4.      Final group presentations of the research projects (30% of final grade) ·         Question, relevance, literature, methods, sample, analysis, results, discussion, limitations. Duration: 25 mins. 5.      Class participation (10% of final grade)

Irodalomjegyzék

Required readings: Barker, C., & Pistrang, N. (2016). Research methods in clinical psychology: An introduction for students and practitioners, 29-50. John Wiley & Sons. Bendersky, M., & Sullivan, M. W. (2007). Basic methods in infant research. In: A. Slater, M. Lewis (Eds.) Introduction to infant development, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 18-36. Haan, M. Neuroscientific Methods with Children. (2015). Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, 7th edition, Wiley, 683-713. Teti, D.M. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

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