Universität Wien

200074 SE Scientific Reading (2024W)

6.00 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).

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Th 12.12. 11:30-13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618

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

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The course will take place on site in the lecture hall. Attendance on site is compulsory – it will not be possible to participate online. The course will be taught in German.

*** Important ***: The final list of participants will be decided during the first lecture.

  • Thursday 03.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 10.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 17.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 24.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 31.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 07.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 14.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 21.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 28.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 05.12. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 09.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 16.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 23.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618
  • Thursday 30.01. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal C Psychologie, NIG 6.Stock A0618

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

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 (topics will be assigned by the lecturer – see below). This is a 2-semester course program. Attendance in the SS 2025 course is not mandatory but strongly recommended. This first semester aims to prepare the students to conduct an online experiment or a survey for their bachelor project in SS 2025. In the summer term, students assigned to the fear learning topic (see below) will analyze and interpret electrocardiogram (ECG) data that have already been collected, while all other students will collect new data.

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. Six groups of 4 students each will be created. Each group will write one report for each step from 1 to 4 and will be evaluated on this basis. In the summer term, 2-3 groups will collect one common data sample to answer all their different research questions.

Assessment and permitted materials

Grading system: 4 reports per group (written in English, 800 words per report, bibliographical references excluded) counting 60% in total; one oral presentation per group counting 20%; individual participation in class and online counting 20%; writing peer-feedback on another group’s reports (graded as passed or failed).

In order to ensure good scientific practice, the course instructor may require an oral reflection on the submitted reports in an individual meeting with the group, which must be successfully completed.
The software "turnitin" will be used to perform an automated plagiarism check on all written reports produced during this lecture course.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Good language skills in German and English. Attendance (on site) is compulsory; students may be absent for no more than two lectures. Students need to successfully complete all assignments in order to obtain a positive overall grade.

Examination topics

This year’s course focuses on two broad topics: 1) hypnosis and personality (online survey), 2) empathy and observational fear learning (analysis of pre-existing ECG data). The specific examination topics will be assigned by the lecturer.

Reading list

Introductory literature on hypnosis: Oakley, D. A., & Halligan, P. W. (2013). Hypnotic suggestion: Opportunities for cognitive neuroscience. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 14(8), 565–576. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn3538

Introductory literature on fear learning: Müllner-Huber, A., Anton-Boicuk, L., Pronizius, E., Lengersdorff, L., Olsson, A., & Lamm, C. (2022). The causal role of affect sharing in driving vicarious fear learning. PLoS ONE, 17(11), Article e0277793. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277793

Additional literature will be announced during the course.

Association in the course directory

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