The purpose of this course is to gain an understanding of the recent developments in psychological science. We will discuss the ongoing replication crisis in psychology including both challenges and ways of improvement. For illustration purposes, we will look at some social psychological experiments. However, dealing with the replication crisis largely means taking a (social psychological) meta-perspective on psychology.
Aims of this course:
Understand recent developments in psychological science (replication crisis; open science movement).
Train critical thinking and evaluation of psychological research/communication of psychological research.
Train your own “open science skills” as (potential future) psychological researchers/authors of bachelor theses.
Note: Joy in statistical thinking and research methods, as well as basic statistical knowledge is of advantage to take this course. You probably will NOT enjoy this course: if you do not care about academic research; if you dislike quantitative research; if you have an aversion to statistics; if you prefer passive learning/frontal lectures.
In order to pass this course you will have to take active part in preparing seminar sessions (e.g., reading articles and sending your thoughts regarding specific topics prior to the classes). Please enroll only, if active participation is possible for you. The course language is English.
- Lehrende/r: Franziska Anne Stanke