PSYC 203
Research Methods in Psychology
Winter 2026
Topics
- Data Management in R I
- Data Management in R II
- Data Management in R III
- Learning
- Experimental design
- Research design
Readings
- Listed material: Psychology at Queen’s Guest Speakers:
- Listed material: Psychology at Queen’s Speaker Schedule:
- Listed material: Week Date Speaker Topic 1 Jan. 7 No Speaker No Speaker 2 Jan. 14
- Required Text: Goodwin, K. A., & Goodwin, C. J. (2017). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th Edition). New York: Wiley.
- Listed material: E-textbook 150-day subscription:
- Recommended Text: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition). ()
2025
Topics
- Data Management in R I
- Data Management in R II
- Data Management in R III
Readings
- Required: Goodwin, K. A., & Goodwin, C. J. (2017). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th Edition). New York: Wiley.
- Required: E-textbook 150-day subscription: Recommended Text: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition). ()
- Listed material: Psychology at Queen’s Speaker Schedule:
- Listed material: Week Date Speaker Topic 1 Jan. 9
2024
Topics
- Attention in Context
- Data Management in R I
- Data Management in R II
- Data Management in R III
- Critical thinking
Readings
- Required: Goodwin, K. A., & Goodwin, C. J. (2017). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th Edition). New York: Wiley. Permalink for etextbook: https://www.campusebookstore.com/link/?id=82fe883a-a0b6- 4ec0-b50b-b3cdd0286002 Recommended Text: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition).
- Listed material: Psychology at Queen’s Speaker Schedule:
2022-2023
Topics
- Data Management in SPSS I
- Data Management in SPSS II
- Data Management in SPSS III
- Critical thinking
Readings
- Required: Goodwin, K. A., & Goodwin, C. J. (2017). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th Edition). New York: Wiley.
- Recommended Text: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition).
- Listed material: Psychology at Queen’s Speaker Schedule:
- Listed material: Week Date Speaker Topic 1 Jan. 12 No Speaker
- Listed material: 2 Jan. 19 No Speaker
2021-2022
Topics
- Data Management in SPSS I
- Data Management in SPSS II
- Data Management in SPSS III
- Critical thinking
Readings
- Required: Goodwin, K. A., & Goodwin, C. J. (2017). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th Edition). New York: Wiley. Recommended Text: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition).
- Listed material: Lab Schedule:
- Listed material: Week Topic 1 (Jan. 10 – Jan. 14)
- Listed material: No Lab *** 2 (Jan. 17 – Jan. 21)
- Listed material: Introduction
- Listed material: Literature Search Techniques and Mendeley 3 (Jan. 24 – Jan. 28)
- Listed material: Data Collection for Assignment 1 5 (Feb. 7 – Feb. 11)
- Listed material: Data Analysis for Assignment 1 6 (Feb. 14 – Feb. 18)
- Listed material: Data Management in SPSS III
- Listed material: Data Analysis and Writing for Assignment 1 7 (Feb. 28 – Mar. 4)
- Listed material: Data Collection for Assignment 2 8 (Mar. 7 – Mar. 11)
- Listed material: Data Analysis for Assignment 2
- Listed material: More on Scientific Writing and Common Writing Problems 9 (Mar. 14 – Mar. 18)
- Listed material: Data Analysis and Writing for Assignment 2 10 (Mar. 21 – Mar. 25)
- Listed material: No Lab *** 11 (Mar. 28 – Apr. 1)
- Listed material: Critical Thinking Assignment 12 (Apr. 4 – Apr 8)
- Listed material: Careers in Psychology
- Listed material: Lab Section Day Time
2021
Topics
- Data Management in SPSS I
- Data Management in SPSS II
- Data Management in SPSS III
- Critical thinking
Readings
- Required: Goodwin, K. A., & Goodwin, C. J. (2017). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th Edition). New York: Wiley.
- Recommended Text: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition).
- Listed material: Lab Schedule:
- Listed material: Week Topic 1 (Jan. 11 – Jan. 15)
- Listed material: No Lab *** 2 (Jan. 18 – Jan. 22)
- Listed material: Introduction
- Listed material: Literature Search Techniques and Mendeley 3 (Jan. 25 – Jan. 29)
- Listed material: Data Collection for Assignment 1 5 (Feb. 8 – Feb. 12)
- Listed material: Data Analysis for Assignment 1 6 (Feb. 22 – Feb. 26)
- Listed material: Data Management in SPSS III
- Listed material: Data Analysis and Writing for Assignment 1 7 (Mar. 1 – Mar 5)
- Listed material: Data Collection for Assignment 2 8 (Mar. 8 – Mar. 12)
- Listed material: Data Analysis for Assignment 2 9 (Mar. 15 – Mar. 19)
- Listed material: Data Analysis and Writing for Assignment 2 10 (Mar. 22 – Mar. 26)
- Listed material: Careers in Psychology 11 (Mar. 29 – Apr. 2)
- Listed material: Critical Thinking Assignment 12 (Apr. 5 – Apr 9)
- Listed material: Lab Section Day Time
2019-2020
Topics
- Ethics in Psychological Research
- Data Management in SPSS I
- Data Management in SPSS II
- Data Management in SPSS III
- Critical Thinking Workshop
Readings
- Required: Goodwin, K. A., & Goodwin, C. J. (2017). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (8th Edition). New York: Wiley. -Physical and electronic versions available in the bookstore.
- Recommended Textbook American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition). -Physical version available in the bookstore.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Winter 2026
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2025
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2024
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2022-2023
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2021-2022
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2021
- Syllabus / course outline ↗2019-2020