Psych 105 (Introduction to Research in Psychology) is an undergraduate course offered at the University of the Philippines Diliman Department of Psychology. If you have any questions about this course outline or want the complete syllabus, please e-mail me here.
Recommended Citation
Montilla Doble, L. J. (2024). Introduction to research in psychology [Course outline]. Department of Psychology, University of the Philippines Diliman. https://sites.google.com/up.edu.ph/james/resources/psych-105
Galvan, J. & Galvan, M. (2017). Writing literature reviews: A guide for students of the behavioral sciences (7th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. (hereinafter referred to as "Galvan & Galvan")
Morling, B. (2018). Research methods in Psychology: Evaluating a world of information (3rd ed.). New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Morling")
Plano Clark, V. & Creswell, J. W. (2015). Understanding research: A consumer’s guide (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson. (hereinafter referred to as "Plano Clark & Creswell")
Price, P. C.., Jhangiani, R. S., Chiang, I. A., Leighton, D. C., & Cuttler, C. (2017). Research Methods in Psychology (3rd ed.). Retrieved from http://opentext.wsu.edu/carriecuttler/ (hereinafter referred to as "Price et al.")
Sources of information • Science versus pseudoscience • The whys and hows of scientific research
Resources
Price et al.: Chapter 1 (Methods of Knowing, Science and Common Sense, Understanding Science, Goals of Science)
Schwartz, M. A. (2008). The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Journal of Cell Science, 121(11), 1771. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.033340
Resnick, B. (2019, January 4). Intellectual humility: the importance of knowing you might be wrong. Vox. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/4/17989224/intellectual-humility-explained-psychology-replication
Conducting research: From choosing questions to sharing answers • The research literature • Assessing research quality
Resources (Bonus resources are marked with an asterisk (*))
Review: Price et al., Chapter 1; Resnick (2019)
Price et al.: Chapter 2 (A Model of Scientific Research in Psychology, Finding a Research Topic, Generating Good Research Questions)
*Schmitt, J. [Producer & Director]. (2018). Paywall: The business of scholarship [Motion picture].
Galvan & Galvan: Chapter 1; *Chapter 5 and Appendix A
Ontology, epistemology, axiology, and methodology • The theory-data cycle • Characteristics of good theories
Resources (Bonus resources are marked with an asterisk (*))
Chilisa, B., & Kawulich, B. (2012). Selecting a research approach: Paradigm, methodology and methods. In C. Wagner, B. Kawulich, M. Garner (Eds.), Doing Social Research: A global context (pp. 51–61). Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Morling: Chapter 1 (pp. 11–15)
*Price et al.: Chapter 2 (Developing a Hypothesis)
Van Lange, P. A. M. (2012). What should we expect from theories in social psychology: Truth, abstraction, progress, and applicability as standards (TAPAS). Personality and Social Psychology Review, 17(1), 40–55. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868312453088
Qualitative and descriptive methods • Survey methods • Experimental, quasi-experimental, and correlational methods • Mixed methods • Indigenous research methods
Resources (Bonus resources are marked with an asterisk (*))
Plano Clark & Creswell: Chapter 2; pp. 195-196, 289, 391; *Chapters 6, 9
Price et al. Chapter 2 (Designing a Research Study); Chapter 5 (Experiment Basics); Chapter 6 (Non-experimental Research, Qualitative Research)
Galvan & Galvan: Chapters 6, 7
Psychological measurement • Types of validity and reliability • Assessing validity and reliability
Resources (Bonus resources are marked with an asterisk (*))
Review: Price et al. Chapter 2 (Designing a Research Study), p. 105
Morling: Chapters 3, 5
*Price et al.: Chapter 4 (Understanding Psychological Measurement, Reliability and Validity of Measurement, Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement); Chapter 5 (Experimentation and Validity)
Types of sampling • Goal-setting replicability and generalizability • The replication crisis and WEIRD research in psychology
Resources (Bonus resources are marked with an asterisk (*))
Review: Price et al. Chapter 2 (Designing a Research Study); Resnick (2019)
Morling: Chapter 7, 14
Naro, M. (2016, October 6). Repeat after me. The Nib. Retrieved from https://thenib.com/repeat-after-me
Spellman, B. A. (2015). A short (personal) future history of revolution 2.0. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10(6), 886–899. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691615609918
Henrich, J., Heine, S. J., & Norenzayan, A. (2010). Most people are not WEIRD. Nature, 446, 29. https://doi.org/10.1038/466029a
*Resnick, B. (2016, March 25). What psychology’s crisis means for the future of science. Vox. Retrieved from https://www.vox.com/2016/3/14/11219446/psychology-replication-crisis
Respect, beneficence, and justice • The PAP Code of Ethics and the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists • Issues of scientific integrity
Resources (Bonus resources are marked with an asterisk (*))
Morling: Chapter 4, 14
*Price et al.: Chapter 3 (Moral Foundations of Ethical Research, From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes, Putting Ethics into Practice)
Resources
Galvan & Galvan (entire text)