Class Métodos de Investigação em Neuropsicologia Aplicada I

This curricular unit provides students with research skills in Psychology, focusing on Applied Neuropsychology, focusing on the first phase of research: research designs, problems and questions, research methodologies and ethical procedures.

PC1. Evidence-based practice and scientific relevance: Levels of scientific evidence

PC2. The research process
PC2.1. Literature review and state of the art
PC2.2. Definition of research questions and/or hypotheses: description and exploration.

PC2.3. Operationalization of variables.
PC2.3.1. Classification of variables.
PC3. Study Designs

PC3.1. Qualitative
PC3.1.1. characteristics
PC3.1.2. participants
PC3.1.3. qualitative research: secondary and primary sources
PC3.2. Quantitative methods
PC3.2.1. characteristics of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies

PC3.2.2 Sampling
PC3.3. Experimental methods
PC3.3.1 Types of experimental studies

PC3.3.2 Experimental designs
PC3.4. Experimental techniques Data collection

PC3.4.1 Questionnaires; interviews; observation
PC3.4.2. online & face-to-face
PC4. Ethics in human research
PC5. Presentation of scientific work

PC5.1. Written
PC5.2. oral

This UC is taught in an essentially theoretical-practical way, alternating theoretical-thematic discussion, discussion of the literature, and practical exercises, with an important component of research work carried out under the guidance of the teacher(s).

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