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EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
I. Course Description:
Meetings : 3 hours per week 18 weeks a semester (or equivalent) for Lecture
6 hours per week 18 weeks a semester (or equivalent) for Laboratory
II. Course Objectives: At the end of the course, students are expected to:
1. Regular attendance in class and absences must not exceed 20% of the total number of
class days (Note: separate attendance for lecture & laboratory)
2. 3 Major seat-in examinations.
3. Each student facilitates a discussion on a chosen or assigned topic (from the list of topics
in the course syllabus).
4. Perform and/or participate in laboratory experiments and write laboratory report paper for
each of the experiments completed.
5. Prepare a mature and defensible research proposal in experimental psychology.
6. Conduct and implement the conceptualized experimental research project and orally
defend the results of the research before a panel.
Lecture-Discussions
Case-analysis
Reports
Proposal formulation
Implementation of the research proposal and defense of the research results
Laboratory experiments
V. Grading System: Your final grade will be computed on the basis of the following:
Lecture (50%)
50% - 3 major examinations
25% - report facilitation
25% - participation, exercises, assignments, quizzes
Total = 100%
Laboratory (50%)
25% - laboratory exercises
25% - laboratory report papers
25% - research proposal
25% - final research output
Total = 100%
A. Non-Experimental Designs
phenomenology
case studies
field studies
archival study
qualitative research
B. Survey & Interviews
C. Correlational & Quasi-Experimental Designs
A. What is an Experiment?
B. Advantages of Experimentation
C. The Experimental Method
The Research Problem
Experimental Hypothesis
Variables in Experimentation
Reliability & Validity
A. Between-Subjects Designs
B. Within-Subjects Designs
C. Small-n Designs
D. Factorial Designs
E. Quasi-Experimental Designs
References:
Ardales, V. B. (2008). Basic concepts and methods in research, 3rd ed. Quezon City: Great Book Trading.
Bieger, G. R. and Gail J. G. (1996). Educational research: A practical approach. New York: Delmar.
David, F. P. (2002). Understanding and doing research: A handbook for beginners. Iloilo City: Panaroma.
Elmes, D. G., Kantowitz, B. H., & Roediger, H. III L. (1999). Research methods in psychology, 6th ed.
California: Brooks/Cole.
Kantowitz, B. H., Roediger, H. III L., & Elmes, D. G. (2009). Experimental psychology, 9th ed.
California: Wadsworth.
Myers, A. & Hansen, C. (2006). Experimental psychology, 6th ed. California: Wadsworth.
Solo, R. L. (2002). Experimental psychology: A case approach. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Wallen, N. E. and Fraenkel, J. R. (1991). Educational research: A guide to the process. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
Other materials may include research books and other references in psychological research,
educational research, and other fields.