PSY610 RESEARCH METH.IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2330610 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. TÜLİN GENÇÖZ |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The main objective of the course is developing an orientation about clinical research among students and teaching them the basics of research methods that used at clinical psychology. Specifically, the course aims;
- to pay attention to the role of scientific method in clinical psychology.
- to describe what kinds of questions clinical psychologist are interested in addressing.
- to describe and evaluate a range of research designs and methods used by clinical psychology researchers.
- to discuss the ethical and practical issues that clinical psychologists are likely to encounter while undertaking research in the real world.
Course Content
The course aims at the integration of Research and practice in Clinical Psychology. The course will cover diverse topics, including experimental design, assessment, sources of artifact and bias, data analyses and interpretation, and ethical issues raised by research. The students are expected to improve their understanding of research by developing hypotheses, and selecting appropriate methods, procedures, and assessment devices for testing the hypotheses. Furthermore, topics like analyzing and interpreting the data, and preparing the written scientific reports of the results in relation to the specific research areas and issues in Clinical Psychology are also stressed. The course will also comprise quasi-experiments, case studies and single experiments for clinical use.
Course Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, students will be expected to be able to
- select appropriate research methodologies to test a research hypothesis.
- discuss the concepts in various clinical psychology research methods and design.
- critically analyze the scientific resources in the literature.
- analyze and interpret quantitative data.
- describe and evaluate a range of research methods that can be used in clinical psychology research.
- describe the types of research questions that are central to clinical psychology research.
- citically evaluate the ethical issues relevant to clinical psychology research.