PSYC 217 007 Research Methods Instructor Dr. Grace Truong Office location: Kenny 1005 Office hours: Fridays, 11:00am-12:00pm Email: gracet@psych.ubc.ca Grace in ? 25 words: BC born and raised; all degrees from UBC; studies ownership + attention; likes hiking, food, board games, and oceans; dislikes bad drivers and heat waves Tues & Thurs 2:00pm - 3:30pm Web Oriented Class IN THIS SYLLABUS 2 Course Description 2 Course Materials 3-6 Learning Assessments 6-8 Course Policies 8-9 Helpful Resources 10-13 Course Schedule Teaching Fellows (TFs) TFs are here to help you learn and to help me to evaluate your learning. They will facilitate lab sections, grade papers and exams, hold office hours for you, and respond to brief questions sent via email. If you cannot make their scheduled office hours, email them to work out an alternative appointment. Erica Dharmawan Email: edharmawan@psych.ubc.ca Johanna Mickelson Email: j.mickelson@alumni.ubc.ca Brandon Tomm Email: brandon.tomm@psych.ubc.ca Carmen Xu Email: carmenx@alumni.ubc.ca Statement regarding online learning for international students During this pandemic, the shift to online learning has greatly altered teaching and studying at UBC, including changes to health and safety considerations. Keep in mind that some UBC courses might cover topics that are censored or considered illegal by non-Canadian governments. This may include, but is not limited to, human rights, representative government, defamation, obscenity, gender or sexuality, and historical or current geopolitical controversies. If you are a student living abroad, you will be subject to the laws of your local jurisdiction, and your local authorities might limit your access to course material or take punitive action against you. UBC is strongly committed to academic freedom, but has no control over foreign authorities (please visit http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=3,33,86,0 for an articulation of the values of the University conveyed in the Senate Statement on Academic Freedom). Thus, we recognize that students will have legitimate reason to exercise caution in studying certain subjects. If you have concerns regarding your personal situation, consider postponing taking a course with manifest risks, until you are back on campus or reach out to your academic advisor to find substitute courses. For further information and support, please visit: http://academic.ubc.ca/support-resources/freedom- expression. 1
Course Description The purpose of this course is to help you develop the skills to be a critical thinker - both as a consumer of research, and a contributor to research. We will equip you with the knowledge and tools to critically evaluate research and ask the appropriate questions, create new ideas and design ways to test your ideas, analyze your data, and communicate your results to others. To facilitate this process, lab sessions are integrated into the course where you will work with your team to apply what you have learned in the classroom to a research project. Your Learning Goals When the course ends, students successfully meeting the course requirements will be able to: Ø Identify and explain sound scientific principles and practices in research Ø Think critically about everyday pseudoscientific claims Ø Create and implement research designs based on scientific principles and practices Ø Perform simple