Nov 23, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
PSY 2120 - Research Methods in Psychology
Training in scientific methods and techniques of modern experimental psychology with individual reports of experiments.
Requisites: PSY 101D or 1010 and (COMS 3520 or ECON 3810 or MATH 2500 or PSY 2110 or QBA 2010)
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to describe the basic characteristics of the science of psychology.
- Students will be able to design and conduct basic studies to address psychological questions using appropriate research methods.
- Students will be able to evaluate the appropriateness of conclusions derived from psychological research.
- Students will be able to explain different research methods used by psychologists.
- Students will be able to use the APA Ethics Code in the treatment of human and nonhuman participants in the design, data collection, interpretation, and reporting of psychological research.
- Students will be able to generalize research conclusions appropriately based on the parameters of particular research methods.
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