PSYC461-09S2 (C) Semester Two 2009

The Nature of Psychological Inquiry

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2009
End Date: Sunday, 15 November 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 October 2009

Description

This one-semester course is concerned with a variety of traditional and new research methods of importance to psychology. It places a heavy emphasis on developing a critical conceptual understanding of different types of research methods in their proper scientific context. Each research method will be treated in terms of its history, its underlying logic, its appropriate research goals, and the critical issues that arise from its use.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Brian Haig

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay One 07 Sep 2009 50%
Essay Two 16 Oct 2009 50%

Textbooks / Resources

No set text

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $674.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Psychology .

All PSYC461 Occurrences

  • PSYC461-09S2 (C) Semester Two 2009
Previous year Next year