FF:PSA_020 Methodology II - Course Information

PSA_020 Methodology II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Mon 10:00–12:25 C11

Prerequisites (in Czech)

PSA_038 Methodology I

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Course objectives

Student should comrehend, practice and utilize scientific methods and tools to be able carry out a research on psychological problems.

Syllabus

Research methods Observation. Structure. Selectivity. Observation shedules. Rating scales. Interview. Structure. Interview with indivudual. Group interview. Focus groups. Differend kinds of use - research, diagnostics, therapy. Dialogue. Managing of interview. Exploring the interview. Questionaire. Theme - questions. The kinds of questions. Validity and reliability. Use of questionaire in diagnostics and research. Experiment. Specifics of experiment in psychology. Experiment and theory. Various designs of experiment. Field and laboratory experiment. Anylysis of action results. Content analysis. A criteria of sorting of content elements. System of categories. Cognitive and emotional content of mind. Psycho-semantics. Relation betveen language and mind. Language and individual experience. Searching language use. Qualitative and quantitative aspects of research - the gap or two banks of the same river? Descriptive and inductive statistics.

Literature

Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost :příručka pro uživatele. Edited by Miroslav Disman. 3. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 374 s. ISBN 80-246-0139-7. info
Úvod do metodologie psychologického výzkumu :jak zkoumat lidskou duši. Edited by Ján Ferjenčík - Petr Bakalář. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2000, 255 s. ISBN 80-7178-367-6. info
HENDL, Jan. Úvod do kvalitativního výzkumu. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1997, 243 s. ISBN 8071845493. info
MARŠÁLOVÁ, Libuša. Metodologia a metody psychologického výzkumu. 1. vyd. Bratislava: SPN, 1990, 423 s. : i. info
KERLINGER, Fred N. Základy výzkumu chování : pedagogický a psychologický výzkum. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1972, 705 s. info

Teaching methods

Lectures and seminars. Student should refer about her/his research project.

Assessment methods

Oral exam over prepared research project.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Kontrola 25.5.2007 M. Tyrlík.