Class Research Methods I

This curricular unit provides students with research skills in Psychology, focusing on Applied Neuropsychology, focusing on the first phase of research: research designs, problems and questions, research methodologies and ethical procedures.

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PC1. Evidence-based practice and scientific relevance: Levels of scientific evidence PC2. The research process PC2.1. Literature review and state of the art PC2.2. Definition of research questions and/or hypotheses: description and exploration. PC2.3. Operationalization of variables. PC2.3.1. Classification of variables. PC3. Study Designs PC3.1. Qualitative PC3.1.1. characteristics PC3.1.2. participants PC3.1.3. qualitative research: secondary and primary sources PC3.2. Quantitative methods PC3.2.1. characteristics of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies PC3.2.2 Sampling PC3.3. Experimental methods PC3.3.1 Types of experimental studies PC3.3.2 Experimental designs PC3.4. Experimental techniques Data collection PC3.4.1 Questionnaires; interviews; observation PC3.4.2. online & face-to-face PC4. Ethics in human research PC5. Presentation of scientific work PC5.1. Written PC5.2. oral

This UC is taught in an essentially theoretical-practical way, alternating theoretical-thematic discussion, discussion of the literature, and practical exercises, with an important component of research work carried out under the guidance of the teacher(s).

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