Basics of Experimental Design for Cognitive Psychology

ABOUT THE COURSE:The course is aimed at familiarizing students with issues in experimental design in Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science. We will talk about various aspects of Experimental Design, Correlational Studies, Survey Studies etc. and will also discuss various nuances linked to designing an experiment, for e.g., stimulus selection, participant selection, choice of task, aspects of Hypothesis Testing etc.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Masters and PhD Students of Psychology, Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science.

Syllabus

Week 1:Basics of Measurement in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Week 2:Types of Research Designs:- Naturalistic, Survey Based, Case-Studies, Correlational and Experimental
Week 3:Nuances of Experimental Designs: Factorial Designs
Week 4:Building the Components of an Experiment: Stimuli, Participants & Tasks
Week 5:Aspects of Hypothesis Testing & Interpretation through Experiments
Week 6:Experimental Designs in Eye-Tracking
Week 7:Experimental Designs in EEG/ERP
Week 8:Experimental Designs in fMRI