PSY-40101 - Module Specification
School of Psychology
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

How children think, from infancy to adolescence, can be different to how adults think; when conducting research with babies, children and young people our research methods must reflect this. You will be introduced to a broad selection of age-appropriate data collection methods and analyses (qualitative and quantitative). This module is very practically orientated, the focus is more about when and how to use data collection methods and you will have opportunities to ¿play¿ with collecting and analysing data. Babies, children and young people are a vulnerable group, so this module will also ask you to consider ethical and practical challenges when working with this population. For example, how can we monitor infant perception, and observe their behaviour? How can we study young children through play activities? How can we gamify reaction time experiments for adolescents? Finally, its important our research has impact so you will also be exposed to variety of ways this can happen.

This module aims to equip students with knowledge of advanced research methods plus ethical and practical considerations when conducting research with children and young people. It also provides insights into how to leverage psychological theories in authentic settings when working with children and young people (e.g., in schools).

Intended Learning Outcomes

evaluate ethical and practical concerns when conducting research with children and young people: 1
design research using data collection methods appropriate for use with children and young people: 1
identify appropriate analyses for complex data when working with children and young people: 1
design pathways to impact for research with children and young people: 1

Study hours

Teaching sessions - 22 hours
Asynchronous learning - 10 hours
Reading for, preparing and writing extended pre-registration - 118 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment