Research Methods in Psychology

Code:

P102

Acronym:

MIP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Scientific Research Methodology

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	175	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	1	-	4	36	108

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This particular Curricular Unit aims the student’s development in the following competencies:
- Planning, implementing and following research processes;
- The quality criteria followed in the evaluation of the inference process made;
- Gathering data techniques.

Program

- Ontological, epistemological and methodological questions underlying methodologies and data gathering and treatment techniques;
- Research strategies: logical-positivists (deductive method) versus naturalistic (inductive method) and the associated quality criteria;
- The quality and quantity as “measure” references in Psychology;
- Gathering data techniques: Observation; Inquiry (interview, questionnaire) and Documental (texts, images, statistics).

Mandatory literature

Cresswell, J. W.; Research design: qualitative & quantitative approaches, Sage Publications, 1994
Ghiglione Rodolphe; O^inquérito
Burgess Robert G.; A^pesquisa de terreno. ISBN: 972-8027-43-5
León, O. G. & Montero, I.; Métodos de Investigación en Psicologia y Educación, McGrawHill, 2003

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and analyses of scientific papers.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	28,00
Reflection exercise about the classes	Trabalho escrito	26,00
Middle semester exam	Exame	1,50
Final exame	Exame	1,50
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study to the exam	Estudo autónomo	51
	Total:	51,00