| Course Name | Computer Based Experimentation in Psychology |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSY 553 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Q&AApplication: Experiment / Laboratory / WorkshopLecture / Presentation | |||||
| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
| Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The aim of the course is to teach students how to design computerized behavioral experiments and manage data collected by using experiment programming platforms. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The course has been designed to help students design behavioral experiments using SuperLab. |
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| Transferable Skill Courses | X |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Course Description | |
| 2 | Introduction & Getting Started with Superlab | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 3 | Getting Started with Superlab & More in depth features: Defining correct response, feedbacks, tags | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 4 | Parameters | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 5 | Parameters & Conditional Branching | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 6 | Conditional Branching & Randomization | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 7 | Randomization | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm https://cedrus.com/superlab/experiments/index.htm |
| 8 | Holiday: Make up class will be held on 3th of May | TBA |
| 9 | Training Break in Term | TBA |
| 10 | Running Experiments & Viewing Data | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm https://cedrus.com/superlab/experiments/index.htm |
| 11 | Final Project: Presentation of research problem & Background Information | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 12 | Final Project: Detailed discussion of experimental protocols | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 13 | Final Project: Programming experiment | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 14 | Sample Data Collection | Superlab 6 Manual https://cedrus.com/superlab/manual.htm |
| 15 | Final Project Presentation | |
| 16 | Final Project: Presentations |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | SuperLab® 6 Manual |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | PsyClass Classical Experimentation in Psychology |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 45 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | 1 | 55 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 45 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 55 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 15 | 6 | 90 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 35 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | 1 | 52 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 225 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to advance and deepen undergraduate level psychological knowledge to an expert level. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to examine acquired knowledge on an interdisciplinary basis and understand the interaction between psychology and other related disciplines. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to use the acquired institutional and applied psychology knowledge at an expert level. | |||||
| 4 | To be able to aim and channel learning efforts, to independently conduct and manage advanced level studies and to critically evaluate psychological knowledge. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to solve problems requiring expertise using scientific research methods, to develop new knowledge by integrating psychological information with multidisciplinary information. | X | ||||
| 6 | To be able to independently assume a problem, develop a problem solving method, solve the problem, assess the outcomes and apply this method when needed. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to act according to ethical and scientific standards in collecting, evaluating and sharing data as well as be able to act as an inspector and instructor in the maintenance and transference of ethical values. | |||||
| 8 | To be able to take responsibility and develop new strategies and methods for intervention in the presence of unexpected and complicated problems. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to systematically communicate one’s own studies and the psychological agenda both written, oral and visually to psychologists and non psychologists. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to make use of foreign language for learning new knowledge and to communicate with foreign colleagues. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to use computer software as well as other informatics and communication technologies required in psychology at an advanced level. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest
