Aims and Learning Outcomes

This module aims to guide students through the complexities of research crafting, enabling them to generate research questions in inductive and deductive ways and select appropriate tools to investigate them.

By the end of this modules students are expected

• to be able to link theoretical and empirical questions to social issues and to provide them with an in-depth understanding of the practical applications and action implications of social psychological theories and empirical findings.
• to be able to work in teams to produce research projects enabling the development of appropriate interpersonal skills to achieve collaborative research.
• to be trained to carry out research ethically and maintain appropriate standards of conduct

Course Convenor

Dr Peter Hegarty

Other Contributors

Dr. Dora Brown, Dr Adrian Coyle, Professor Chris Fife-Schaw