Undergraduate | LTU-PSY3PRP-2023
Psychological Research in Practice
Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
12 weeks
Start dates
- 31 July 2023
Price from
$1,892
Upfront cost
$0
About this subject
What you'll learn
Investigate, synthesise, and critically evaluate key theoretical features of psychological research.
Apply independent learning, psychological knowledge, critical thinking and analytical judgement to write research reports on psychological topics.
Apply advanced psychological and statistical knowledge to develop creative answers to real-world psychological research questions.
Use information ethically and with culturally sensitively in the design and conduct of psychological research.
Work effectively and collaboratively in teams.
- The science of psychology.
- Confident design and measurement.
- Methodology: experimentation, observation, and lived experience.
- Drawing meaning from numbers.
- Research challenges, excitement, and relevance.
This subject is a capstone subject that brings together, reinforces, extends, and illustrates applications of psychological research. You will conduct an in-depth investigation in an area of psychology and generate a research report that has implications for the practice and discipline of psychology. You will apply your knowledge in ethics, research methods, and psychological theories to practical and applied issues, and have an opportunity to reflect on your future career.
- Group Poster Presentation (10 minutes plus 5 minutes Q&A; 500-words, per student) (15%)
- Research Project write-up (2000-words) (50%)
- Online Quizzes (Four quizzes; 1500-words equivalent) (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- LAT-PYS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Psychological Science
Elective
- LAT-BUS-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Business
- LAT-ART-DEG-2023 - Bachelor of Arts
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
and one of
Others
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following degrees
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG