Introduction I
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Introduction I¶
Within the first session we’ll spend a fair amount of time on talking about the structure, content, goal and implementation of the course to hopefully answer most of your questions and set the stage for the subsequent meetings! This will also entail an introduction section to get to know the folks around you. Additionally, we’ll have a short session on knowledge and the scientific approach to generate and interpret it, obviously with a focus on psychology.
Topics 💡👨🏻🏫¶
In the following you’ll find the objectives and materials for each of the topics we’ll discuss during this session.
Course overview/setup/outline¶
First things first: what is going to happen in this course? What is it all about? Why are we doing this? These and many other questions will be addressed during this topic, including a broader view on today’s science and its problems and how this course aims to address them.
Objectives 📍¶
Get to know each other
Provide general information about the course
When & Where?
Who?
What?
How?
Ask and answer questions
Have a great time
Knowledge generation¶
In the second topic of this section, different sources of knowledge will be presented & discussed, especially the scientific approach and its goals & methods.
Objectives 📍¶
Learn about sources of knowledge
Know the difference between scientific & other approaches
Distinguish different scientific methods
Outline subfields of psychology
Have a great time
tasks for subsequent meeting 🖥️✍🏽📖¶
Below you’ll find the tasks you should spend a look at for next week’s session.
re-cap R lectures¶
Please go through the R lectures you took part in during the last semesters again, just to
refresh a few things. They’re linked in Syllabus section of the overview page.
install software¶
Please go through the setup page and install all software (or equivalents) you don’t already have on your machine so that we can dive right into research work next time.
optional/reading/further materials¶
Regarding our topics on sources of knowledge, you could watch the debate between Bill Nye & Ken Ham and *critically evaluate the reasoning, approach and logic of the presented arguments.