Social Cognition Lab
Informacje ogólne
Kod przedmiotu: | 2500-EN-S-104 |
Kod Erasmus / ISCED: |
14.4
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Nazwa przedmiotu: | Social Cognition Lab |
Jednostka: | Wydział Psychologii |
Grupy: |
specialization courses for 4 and 5 year |
Punkty ECTS i inne: |
(brak)
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Język prowadzenia: | angielski |
Rodzaj przedmiotu: | fakultatywne |
Skrócony opis: |
(tylko po angielsku) Aim of the course is to deepen, broaden, and apply students’ knowledge of methodology used in social cognition research. We will talk about methodological problems, solutions to these problems, and about newest approaches to planning and reporting empirical research. During the course students will design their own study. On the example of this study they will also learn how to give, receive, and respond to scientific feedback. We will also train communicating research to others in a clear manner. |
Pełny opis: |
(tylko po angielsku) Aim of the course is to deepen, broaden, and apply students’ knowledge of methodology used in social cognition research. We will talk about methodological problems, solutions to these problems, and about newest approaches to planning and reporting empirical research. During the course students will design their own study. On the example of this study they will also learn how to give, receive, and respond to scientific feedback. We will also train communicating research to others in a clear manner. There will be a reading and a quiz or a small homework for most of the classes. The aim of the quizzes and small homeworks is to make students come prepared to the class and to work regularly. The readings and class discussion should also prepare them to design and describe their own study in social cognition in a group-work task. During class, there will be a lot of time for discussions and critical thinking. Students will also get close supervision and a lot of feedback on their work. After the course, students should be comfortable with designing a study and describing its methodology in detail even before conducting the study. Students should also feel acquainted with the newest methodological standards of conducting and publishing research in social cognition (and beyond). |
Literatura: |
(tylko po angielsku) The readings will be provided by the lecturer. 1. Hello, expectations to the course, general introduction - No readings METHODOLOGY 2. Methodological problems and debates in social cognition - Simmons, J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). Falsepositive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psychological Science, 22(11), 1359-1366. - Quiz about methodological problems (5%) 3. Rigorous and replicable methods in social cognition - Stangor, C., & Lemay, E. P. (2016). Introduction to the special issue on methodological rigor and replicability. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 66, 1-3. - Nosek, B.A., Spies. J.R., & Motyl, M. (2012) Scientific utopia: II. Restructuring incentives and practices to promote truth over publishability. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(6): 615– 631. - Quiz about rigor and replicability (5%) 4. Specification curve model - Leif Nelson on specification curve (39 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g75jstZidX0 - Rohrer, J. M., Egloff, B., & Schmukle, S. C. (in press). Probing birthorder effects on narrow traits using specification-curve analysis. Psychological Science, online first. - Quiz about specification curve (5%) - Homework: To what research would you like to see it used? (5%) 5. Other approaches – Bayesian statistics (with a guest expert Wiktor Soral, PhD) - Dienes, Z. (2011). Bayesian versus orthodox statistics: Which side are you on? Perspectives on Psychology Science, 6(3), 274–290. - Quiz about Bayesian statistics (5%) - Homework (for an OK): At least one question (max. 10) to the expert. 6. Pre-registered research - Moore, D. A. (2016). Preregister if you want to. American Psychologist, 71(3), 238-239. - Jonas, K.J. & Cesario, J. (2016). How can preregistration contribute to research in our field? Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 1(1), 1-7. - Kai Jonas on a first preregistration-only journal (10 minutes) https://vimeo.com/149168089 - Quiz about pre-registration (5%) DESIGNING OWN RESEARCH 7. Analyzing examples of pre-registered research - Reading is different for each person - Homework (10%): Search for an example of pre-registered research. Summarize it (1 page A4). Be ready to summarize it orally during the class. 8. Planning and reporting the methods of your study - Pre-registration protocol – one from the OSF open projects (I will show you how to find it) - Homework (10%): Write up a draft of your study idea and how you would do it (1 page A4). Be ready to present it to others. 9. Designing your own pre-registered research (new or a replication) - No readings - Discussing and getting feedback on the ideas from the lecturer 10. Presenting your ideas, getting feedback from everyone - Homework (group-work, 17%): Presentation of your research plan PUBLISHING YOUR RESEARCH 11. Tools that help in writing (SWAN, Scholar, citing managers) - Kinnunen, T., et al. (2012). SWAN-Scientific Writing AssistaNt: A tool for helping scholars to write reader-friendly manuscripts. Proceedings of the Conference of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 20-24. - Watch at least a bit of all the videos from http://cs.joensuu.fi/swan/videos.html - Download SWAN and bring it on your laptop, bring also the file of your master/empirical thesis or some other manuscript in an editable format - Homework (5%): Write what similar tools you know, write your opinion on one of these tools, its advantages and disadvantages. - Writing cover letters for scientific manuscripts.pdf - Hansen_Dovidio_cover_letter_1.pdf - Homework (for an OK): Think of a journal you would like to once publish in, go through the website in detail (especially guidelines for authors), open an account, create a test submission (without submitting it). Be ready to summarize the journal’s requirements orally during the class. - Bring with you an editable file of your master thesis or some other paper that you would like to get feedback on. 13. Giving scientific feedback - Marusić, M., Sambunjak, D., & Marusić, A. (2005). Guide for peer reviewers of scientific articles in the Croatian Medical Journal. Croatian Medical Journal, 46(2), 326-332. - Homework (10%): Write a review of your colleague’s draft 14. Receiving feedback and responding to it - Jensen, P.E. (2012) It’s not personal! Pointers for responding to reviewers. AAI Newsletter, 17-19. - Hansen_Dovidio_cover_letter_2.pdf - Hansen_Dovidio_cover_letter_3.pdf - Homework (5%): Respond to the feedback you received |
Efekty uczenia się: |
(tylko po angielsku) Students will - Deepen their knowledge and understanding of experimental methods as well as of a chosen topic in social cognition - Learn in theory, discussion, and practice about good (but still realistic) standards of conducting experiments and analyzing data - Get acquainted with the newest approaches to planning, reporting, and publishing research in social cognition - Develop skills to design and communicate high-quality experimental research - Learn to critically read and give scientific feedback to others - Learn how to as receive, use, and respond to scientific feedback |
Metody i kryteria oceniania: |
(tylko po angielsku) Student performance will be assessed based on: activity during the class, quizzes, home works, search and summaries of articles, and presentation of a small group project. Quizzes will be based on the general understanding of the readings. They are aimed at motivating students to read before the class and to do it attentively. Participation assessment (active/not-active) will be based on contributions to class discussions and to other class activities. It will be assessed by the students (for other students) and by the lecturer. The sum of these assessments will be taken. % of the grade: - Active participation, engagement (13%) - Quizzes (25% = 5 x 5%) – classes: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - Little homeworks (15% = 3 x 5%) – classes: 4, 11, 14 - Middle homeworks (30% = 3 x 10%) – classes: 7, 8, 13 - Own research plan (17%, group work) – class 10 Attendance rules Students may have maximum 2 absences (regardless if excused or unexcused). Two additional absences are permitted only with formal excuse. If more than 2 classes are missed students will be asked to do an additional task related to the class that they missed. Missing more than 4 classes results in course failure. |
Właścicielem praw autorskich jest Uniwersytet Warszawski.