Unit name | Creating Psychological Experiments |
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Unit code | PSYCM0056 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Quadflieg |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Psychological Science |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit will provide a set of core skills for psychologists interested in setting up computerised experiments. It develops and trains the ability to design and construct computer based methods for the online and offline collection of behavioural data in order to facilitate the assessment of psychological functioning.
The aims of the unit are to provide a firm understanding of how computers can be used to administer psychological assessments in a standardised manner.
On successful completion of the unit, a student will be able to:
Lectures and practical sessions.
Programming of a computerised assessment of cognitive function in PsychoPy (50%) and a 2000-word written report describing the assessment (50%).
Essential
Chetverikov, A. & Upravitelev, P. (2016). Online versus offline: The web as a medium for response time data collection. Behavior Research Methods, 48, 1086-1099.
Peirce, J. W. (2007). PsychoPy – Psychophysics software in Python. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 162, 8-13.
Peirce, J. W. (2009). Generating stimuli for neuroscience using PsychoPy. Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, 2, 10.
Ruisoto, P., Bellido, A., Ruiz, J., & Juanes, J.A. (2016). Building computer-based experiments in Psychology without programming skills. Journal of Medical Systems, 40, 148.
Recommended and further reading will be made available through Blackboard