Dr. Yangas Colleges, Inc.

Wakas, Bocaue, Bulacan

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

COURSE SYLLABUS

LECTURE
Course Code Psy 110
Descriptive Title Experimental Psychology
No. of Credits 5 units
No. of Sessions/Day/Hours 5 hours/week
No. of Hours Lab /Lecture (2hours laboratory / 3hours lecture)
Course Description The philosophy and methods of science focusing particularly on experimentation in the investigation of problems and issues in psychology including ethical
considerations in the conduct of experimental research.
Year Level Third Year
Course Prerequisite Cognitive Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Educational Psychology
Course General Objectives After completing this course, the student is expected to design and conduct experiments in psychology, write research reports, and present and defend the findings
of the experiment.
Course Requirements Regular attendance, Class participation, Oral and written r0eport, Passing of Major Examinations, Quizzes and Seatworks.
Mode of Evaluation Class Standing .40%
The class standing is based on the recitation during class discussions and participation in group activities and oral presentations.
Written Examination .40%
The written examinations include quizzes, unit tests and periodical examinations
Character .10%
This refers to the students observance of good manners and right conduct within the classroom and during group activities
Project .10%
This pertains to course-related projects that the students must comply with
Weight Distribution for Preliminary - 25%
Periodical Examination Midterm - 25%
Semi Final - 25%
Final - 25%
 SESSION TOPICS/LESSON SPECIFIC LEARNING STRATEGIES/ REFERENCES ASSESSMENT/
OBJECTIVE ACTIVITIES EVALUATION
Week 1 Orientation At the end of the lesson, the student must Students activity : The
1. Getting to know activity be able to : students will be asked to
2. Orientation * Learn something interesting about introduce themselves and OPEN FORUM
3. Outline of the course his/her classmate say something interesting
4. Goals and importance of the * Know the expectations of the instructor about themselves by starting
course and grading system to be used with the phrase Did you
5. Relevance of the course in * Know the goals of the course know that I .. Syllabi
ones chosen field explain the importance of psychology to
ones chosen course Discussion regarding the
instructors course
requirements, expectations
and grading system

Sharing of thoughts on the

Week 2 Introduction to Experimental
Psychology
a. Philosophical Origin
b. Physiological Origin
Fundamentals of Research : Scientific
Psychology
a. Nature of scientific explanation
b. The Science of Psychology
importance of Psychology to
ones chosen field
At the end of the Week, the students 1. Experimental Recitations/Quiz/Projects
understood and appreciate the history of Psychology (2009) by
Experimental Psychology. Barry Kantowitz, Henry
See Modules Roediger III, and Davis
Elmes
2. Experimental
Psychology Manual
(2002)by Delia Limpingco
and Geraldine Tria

Week 3 c. Statistical treatments At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Descriptive statistics understood and applied skills learned in
b. Inferential statistics computing and analyzing the data gathered
for research report.

Week 4 Research Techniques : At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Observation appreciate and apply the skills learned.
b. Correlation
c. Experiment
 d. Other Non Experimental
Designs

Week 5 PRELIMINARY EXAMS

Week 6 Ethics in Psychological Research At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Research with Human valued and expressed the desire to follow
participants the ethical guidelines in conducting
b. Research with animals psychological research.
Scientific Fraud
Monitoring Ethical Practices
The use of consent forms
Week 7 How to write a Psychological Research At the end of the Week, the students are See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
a. Parts of a Journal Article able to identify and justify the parts of a
b. Samples of Journal Articles journal article and research reports;
c. Writing of Research Report evaluate the contents and format of
Checklist in Criticizing a Psychological fallacious research.
Research
Literatures for Psychology
Week 8 Principles and Practices of At the end of the Weeks 8-16, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
Experimental Psychology appreciate, and able to make statements
a. Introduction that compare and contrast the details
b. Psychophysics regarding the topics on the principles and
c. Perception practices of Experimental psychology
Week 9 Principles and Practices of -ditto- See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
Experimental Psychology
c. Attention and Reaction Time
d. Conditioning and Learning
Week 10 MIDTERM EXAMS

Week 11 e. Remembering and Forgetting -ditto- See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects

f. Thinking and Problem Solving
Week 12 g. Individual Differences and -ditto- See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
Development
Week 13 h. Social Psychology -ditto- See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
Week 14 SEMI FINAL EXAMS

Week 15 i. Environmental Psychology -ditto- See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects

Week 16 j. Human Factors -ditto- See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects

Week 17 Integration of Lessons At the end of the Week, the students See Modules -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Projects
demonstrate better self confidence and
competence in conducting, writing,
defending research reports
Week 18 FINAL EXAMS

Prepared By : Prof. Joseph I. Andagan

Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences

SESSION TOPICS/LESSON
Week 1 Orientation
1. Getting to know activity
2. Orientation
3. Outline of the course
4. Goals and importance of the
course
5. Relevance of the course in
ones chosen field
Week 2 Introduction to Experimental
Psychology
A. Laboratory Procedures
a. Writing Experiment Reports
b. Basic statistics used in
Experimental Research
c. Descriptive statistics
d. Inferential statistics
e. Hypothesis
f. Drawing of Conclusion
LABORATORY
SPECIFIC LEARNING STRATEGIES/ REFERENCES ASSESSMENT/
OBJECTIVE ACTIVITIES EVALUATION
At the end of the lesson, the student must Students activity : The
be able to : students will be asked to
* Learn something interesting about introduce themselves and say OPEN FORUM
his/her classmate something interesting about
* Know the expectations of the instructor themselves by starting with
and grading system to be used the phrase Did you know that
* Know the goals of the course I .. Syllabi
explain the importance of psychology to
ones chosen course Discussion regarding the
instructors course
requirements, expectations
and grading system
Sharing of thoughts on the
importance of Psychology to
ones chosen field
At the end of the Week, the students 1. Experimental Psychology Recitations/Quiz/Proje
expressed their learning through (2009) by Barry Kantowitz, cts
appreciation and organization of the Henry Roediger III, and Davis
laboratory procedures; able to design Elmes
procedures for experiments.
Week 3 The Science and Scientific Method
Nature of experiment
Experimental Psychology
Fallacious methods of research
Laws of thought
Week 4 Basic Experimental Method
Types of Extraneous Variables
Techniques for Controlling the
Experiments
Methods used to equate groupings
Week 5
Week 6 Requirements for Quasi-experimental
Designs
Week 7 Ethics in Psychological Research
Introduction to Experimentation
Procedures for Experimentation
Basic experimental designs and
Statistical Analysis
- Two Independent Groups Design
- Two Matched Group Design
- Within subjects/Repeated
measures design
- Multiple groups
- Factorial designs
Week 8 Review of Experimentation Method
Survey and Discussion with selected
Journal Articles on Experimental
Psychology
Week 9 a. Experiment No. 1
b. Experiment No. 2
At the end of the Week, the students can -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
analyze, organize, and show competence in cts
studying the scientific research methods of
psychology.
At the end of the week the students can -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
compare and contrast, and evaluate the cts
topics for the week.
PRELIMINARY EXAMS
At the end of the Week, the students are -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
able to build patterns or designs for quasi- cts
experimental research.
At the end of the Week, the students can -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
analyze, organize, and show competence in cts
studying the scientific research methods of
psychology.
At the end of the Week, the students can
analyze, organize, and show competence in
doing statistical analysis for the different
experimental group designs.
At the end of the Week, the students show -ditto- Recitations/Quiz/Proje
readiness, competence, and ability to cts
compose and prepare evaluative reports
regarding review of literatures on selected
topics.
At the end of the Week 9-16, the students Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
are able to conduct, verify, and conclude, Experiments Manual (2002)by Delia
and documents the data based on the Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
 c. Experiment No. 3
Week 10
Week 11 d. Experiment No. 4
e. Experiment No. 5
Week 12 f. Experiment No. 6
g. Experiment No. 7
Week 13 h. Experiment No. 8
i. Experiment No. 9
Week 14
Week 15 j. Experiment No. 10
k. Experiment No. 11
Week 16 l. Experiment No. 12
m. Experiment No. 13
Week 17 Integration of Lessons
Week 18
Note : The Laboratory Professor could perform experiments more than the stated above provided procedures and results will be discussed for students learning.
Prepared By : Prof. Joseph I. Andagan
Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences
results of the experiments
MIDTERM EXAMS
-ditto- Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
Experiments Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
-ditto- Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
Experiments Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
-ditto- Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
Experiments Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
SEMI FINAL EXAMS
-ditto- Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
Experiments Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
-ditto- Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
Experiments Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
At the end of the Week, the students Compiled Laboratory Experimental Psychology Experiment
demonstrate better self confidence and Experiments Manual (2002) by Delia
competence in conducting, writing, Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
defending research reports
FINAL EXAMS