Course Details

LABORATORY IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
5	PSYL211	LABORATORY IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY	0+5+0	5	10

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program	PSYCHOLOGY
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	The objectives of the course are to: Enable students to design, run, and report a basic experimental study on human behaviour, such as memory, attention, and perception raise awareness of how controlled experiments are conducted in psychology research especially in laboratory settings
Course Content	The course is on both reviewing major methods of conducting research on the experimental psychology topics particularly with a greater emphasis on how research in experimental psychology topics as well as those in the physiological psychology are conducted. Therefore, the course contains running a basic experiment on a topic chosen with a personal or collective interest (after approved by the instructor) along with discussing classical papers on the topics chosen.
Course Methods and Techniques	Active learning activities
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Associate Prof.Dr. Mehmet Akif Güzel
Name of Lecturers	None
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Review on research methods and reporting in conducting research in experimental psychology along with reviewing some classical experimental studies in cognitive psychology literature (LO1, LO4) Conducting an individual or group experimental research (LO1, LO2) Reporting the experiment conducted (LO1, LO2, LO3)
	Lecture notes will be shared on Canvas.
	Canvas Portal

Course Category

Social Sciences

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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

In-Term Studies	Quantity	Percentage
Yarıyıl İçi Çalışmalarının Başarı Notunun Katkısı	1	% 40
Final examination	1	% 60
Total	2	% 100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Sınıf İçi Aktivitesi	3	50	150
Kısa Sınav	2	45	90
Final Sınavı	1	60	60
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 10 300

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	Recognise the fundamental steps of conducting experiments in experimental psychology, particularly related to the human cognitive processes
2	Report an experiment that they conduct individually or as a group
3	Relate the classical studies in experimental psychology, particularly in cognitive psychology sub-field to the general principles of designing, conducting, and reporting these laboratory studies
4	Discuss the classical experimental psychology related studies, particularly in cognitive psychology, in terms of how they could have been designed and conducted differently

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Review on research methods and reporting in conducting research in experimental psychology along with reviewing some classical experimental studies in cognitive psychology literature
2	Conducting an individual or group experimental research
3	Reporting the experiment conducted

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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