Overview
Description
Theory and philosophy of research designs in applied psychology, covering single-case designs in the applied environment, theory construction and philosophy of science issues.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- take and defend a position on the nature and purposes of science and link that perspective to key features of a robust research program in applied psychology.
- describe strategic, methodological, theoretical, and philosophical steps that maximize the likelihood that a research program will make a profound difference in the field.
- relate applied research programs that succeed to the economic, political, practical, and professional contexts of these programs.
- design time series experiments focused on the intensive analysis of individuals to ask a range of applied psychology questions.
- describe how intensive analyses of individuals can be combined with group designs and other research methods to conduct a research program that makes a difference in applied psychology.
- organize research programs into major approaches to philosophy of science and will be able to distinguish empirical research issues from philosophical issues.
- take and defend a position on the proper relationship between basic and applied psychological research.
- explain the steps in conducting a program evaluation.