Orientation Seminar

Code:

PSO31

Acronym:

SO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Applied Psychology

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Psychology Themes

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTP	8	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	15	135	405

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

- To guide the dissertation work

- To stimulate the ability to analyze and evaluate critically the knowledge produced.

Learning outcomes and competences

• To promote innovation and interdisciplinary dialogue, as well as awareness of the contribution of the psychological approach


• To develop the ability to present the various research stages in a structured way, consistent, clear and well articulated in order to allow for its dissemination.

Working method

Presencial

Program

- Implementation, by each student, of an original research, empirical or otherwise, in the field of Psychology

- Presentation of the various phases of the research to the supervisor and to the group of peers (the others students)

Mandatory literature

Tabachnick Barbara G.; Using multivariate statistics. ISBN: 0-673-99414-7

Comments from the literature

Psychological research methodology handbooks

Handbooks of SPSS

General works of Psychology

Works on the specific theme under study

Specialty journals

Teaching methods and learning activities

Contact activities: tutorial orientation ; presentation of work by students; oriented fieldwork; formative and summative evaluation of learning.

Autonomous work:  text reading and analysis; research work; bibliographical research; oral presentation of the various stages of the research to the group of peers.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	112,00
10-minute oral presentation of the phases of research conducted in the field of Psychology	Prova oral	293,00	100,00	2012-12-15
	Total:	-	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Minimal note 10

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The evaluation of students covered by special schemes obeys to what is disposed in the rules of FPCEUP