Overview

Students will participate in research with two (one in each semester) different researchers at the School of Psychology. Participation includes partaking in lab/research-group meetings, learning the research methods used, working on experiments together with members of the research group, and presenting and discussing papers related to the research topic studied by the researcher and the methods used.

Assessment Strategy

-threshold -Presentation: limited grasp of the research topic, limited understanding of the research methods and limited understanding of the relationship between the research topic and methods. Limited organization and presentation skills.Report: limited grasp of the research topic, limited understanding of the research methods and limited understanding of the relationship between the research topic and methods. Limited range and use of source materials, and limited organization of the report.Activities: limited competence and engagement in research activities -good -Presentation: good grasp of the research topic, competent understanding of the research methods and reasonable understanding of the relationship between the research topic and methods. Good organization and presentation skills.Report: good grasp of the research topic, competent understanding of the research methods and reasonable understanding of the relationship between the research topic and methods. Reasonable range and use of source materials, and good organization of the report.Activities: good competence and engagement in research activities -excellent -Presentation: Excellent grasp of the research topic, deep understanding of the research methods and excellent understanding of the relationship between the research topic and methods. Very good organization and presentation skills.Report: Excellent grasp of the research topic, deep understanding of the research methods and excellent understanding of the relationship between the research topic and methods. Excellent range and use of source materials, and very good organization of the report.Activities: excellent competence and engagement in research activities

Learning Outcomes

• Compose a literature review on the topic studied by the researcher.

• Describe and understand the research topic studied by the researcher.

• Describe, understand and critically evaluate the research method used in relation to the research topic.