Universität Wien

200074 SE Scientific Readings (2020W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work

Das Fachliteraturseminar kann zur schriftlichen BA-Arbeit führen (siehe Studienplan BA-Studium neu).

Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German, English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

*** IMPORTANT UPDATE ***:
1) Due to the current COVID situation, all lectures except for the first one (8.10.) and the last 2 ones (21.1. and 28.1.2021) will take place online (BigBlueButton via Moodle).
2) Due to space restrictions in lecture hall C, during the first meeting on 8.10., only students already registered are allowed to enter the lecture hall at 9:45 (wearing a mask). Students on the waiting list wait outside (wearing a mask) until the teacher comes out to inform them about possible free spots.

*** IMPORTANT ***: The lecture course will take place in part at different times than shown above:

********* Exact dates and times: *********
08.10.2020 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber + Riva
15.10.2020 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber
22.10.2020 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber
05.11.2020 9:45-13:00 online Riva
12.11.2020 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber
19.11.2020 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber
03.12.2020 9:45-13:00 online Riva
10.12.2020 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber
17.12.2020 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber
14.01.2021 9:45-13:00 online Riva
21.01.2021 9:45-11:15 HS C Müllner-Huber
28.01.2021 9:45-11:15 HS C Riva

* This course will follow a hybrid model, containing both live lectures in lecture hall C and online lectures. In case of a lockdown, we will switch to a digital course.
* The course will be taught partly in German (lectures by Dr. Alexa Müllner-Huber) and partly in English (lectures by Dr. Federica Riva).

  • Thursday 08.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 15.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 22.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 29.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 05.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 12.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 19.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 26.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 03.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 10.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 17.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 07.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 14.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 21.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 28.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course will follow a hybrid model, containing both live lectures in lecture hall C and online lectures. In case of a lockdown, we will switch to a purely digital course.
The course will be taught partly in German (lectures by Dr. Alexa Müllner-Huber) and partly in English (lectures by Dr. Federica Riva).
This course aims to train students at proficiently performing the steps necessary to conduct an empirical study in psychology when starting from nothing but a designated topic (see below). This is a 2-semester course program. Attendance to summer semester 2021 course is not mandatory but strongly recommended. This first semester aims to prepare the students to conduct an experiment or a survey for their bachelor project in summer semester 2021.
The steps:
(1) Become familiar with a topic
(2) Find a research question and formulate hypotheses
(3) Identify and assess the methods available
(4) Design your study
(5) Implement your study
(6) Conduct the study
Program: The students will be taught the steps 1 to 6. The students will be requested to produce a group-based report for each step from 1 to 4 and will be evaluated on this basis. Groups of 4-5 students are to be created.

Assessment and permitted materials

Grading system: 5 group reports (written in English, 800 words, bibliographical references excluded) counting 60% in total; one oral presentation per group counting 20%; writing peer-feedback on another group’s reports counting 5%; individual participation in class and online counting 15%.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Good language skills in English and German. Attendance is compulsory; students may be absent for no more than two lectures. A positive assessment (i.e., obtaining at least 60% of the maximum achievable points) on all homeworks / assessment criteria is necessary for a positive overall grade.

Examination topics

To guarantee the teachers’ expertise in researched topics and to constrain the vastness of scientific literature, this year’s course focuses on the following topics:
Three groups supervised by Alexa Müllner-Huber: hypnosis, empathy.
Three groups supervised by Federica Riva: empathy across the adult life-span, interoception across the adult life-span.

Reading list

Introductory literature on hypnosis: Oakley DA, Halligan PW. Hypnotic suggestion: opportunities for cognitive neuroscience. Nat Rev Neurosci 2013;14:564-76.

Empathy and aging: Impact of Aging on Empathy: Review of Psychological and Neural Mechanisms. Janelle N Beadle, Christine E de la Vega. Front Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 11;10:331

Interoception and aging: Direct and indirect effects of age on interoceptive accuracy and awareness across the adult lifespan
Jennifer Murphy, Hayley Geary, Edward Millgate, Caroline Catmur & Geoffrey Bird. Psychon Bull Rev. 2018 Jun;25(3):1193-1202.

Additional literature will be announced during the course.

Association in the course directory

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