Universität Wien

200192 SE Scientific Reading (2024S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 20 - Psychologie
Continuous assessment of course work
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Mo 27.05. 18:30-20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock

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: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 04.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 11.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 18.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 08.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 15.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 22.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 29.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 06.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 13.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 03.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 10.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 17.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock
Monday 24.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal E Psychologie, Liebiggasse 5 1. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

NOTE: This seminar will be in ENGLISH. Assignments need to be prepared in ENGLISH.
All sessions take place IN PERSON.
Upon completion of the seminar, students should be able to summarise the current state of research in a certain domain of interest within the field of developmental, educational or social psychology in writing, developing an individual research question, translating it into appropriate research operationalisation, and planning a suitable scientific investigation in the format of a "Registered Report".
This course is a preparation for the Bachelor Thesis Seminar, thus the final output of the course is a written report prepared individually (2000 to 3000 words, excluding names, titles, indexes, abstract, bibliography, appendices, etc.). This report will form the "Introduction" of the Bachelor Thesis and has to be prepared in APA-7 style. It will be combined with the remaining parts of the Bachelor Thesis: "Methods", "Analysis Plan", "Interpretation of Results", "Discussion" (to reach a final word count of 4000-6000 words) in the next semester.
Note that the subsequent Bachelor Thesis Seminar will NOT require/include the collection of data. In general, the course will focus on the review of the literature and forming research questions. In the subsequent Bachelor Thesis Seminar, the focus will be on the choice of appropriate analysis methods and interpretation of expected results.
The Bachelor Thesis will be written in the form of a Stage 1 Registered Report, e.g., https://www.cos.io/our-services/registered-reports
Topic: this class is centered around topics in developmental, educational and social psychology in line with the research focus of the Wiener Kinderstudien lab and the expertise of the instructor: https://kinderstudien.at/
Students can write their final essay about a topic of their choice. Topics include: (Neuro)cognitive Development, Learning in Social Interactions, Social Relationships, Social Touch. These topics are also the basis of forming small groups of students with similar interests who can support each other during the seminar.
It is recommended that all participants also attend the subsequent Bachelor Thesis Seminar in the winter semester 2024-25. In the Bachelor Thesis Seminar, one will use the preparatory work of this Scientific Readings seminar to finalise the Registered Report that forms the final thesis.

Assessment and permitted materials

Attendance - max. 2 sessions can be missed (without special arrangement with lecturer prior to missed class).
The overall grade of the seminar is the sum of the below partial grades:
- Active participation (15%)
- Online assignments (10%)
- Presentation (10%)
- Peer feedback (15%)
- Final submission of the research paper (50%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

See section "Assessment".
Proof of:
- Efficient literature search
- Critical reading
- Formulating a research question
- Outlining a paper
- Planning writing
- Giving, receiving & implementing feedback
- Writing a scientific report/paper

Examination topics

There will be no written examination. Partial performances include:
- Written assignments
- Presentation
- Preliminary report
- Peer feedback
- Final report

Reading list

According to the topic of choice, students will independently research and read a variety of research articles.
Literature for Registered Reports:
Ansari, D. & Gervain, J. (2018). Registered Reports: introducing a new article format in Developmental Science, Developmental
Science, 21, Article e12650. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12650
Kiyonaga, A. & Scimeca, J. M. (2019). Practical considerations for navigating registered reports. Trends in Neurosciences, 42(9), 568–572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2019.07.003
Sheel, A. M., Schijen, M. R. M. J., Lakens, D. (2021). An excess of positive results: Comparing the standard psychology literature with registered reports. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 4(2), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459211007467
Exemplary literature for each topic:
Will be announced at the beginning of the semester.

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