Dr. Yangas Colleges, Inc.

Wakas, Bocaue, Bulacan

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

COURSE SYLLABUS

LECTURE
Course Code
Descriptive Title
No. of Credits
No. of Sessions/Day/Hours
No. of Hours Lab /Lecture
Course Description

Psy 110
Experimental Psychology
5 units
5 hours/week
(2hours laboratory / 3hours lecture)
The philosophy and methods of science focusing particularly on experimentation in the investigation of problems and issues in psychology including ethical
considerations in the conduct of experimental research.

Year Level
Course Prerequisite
Course General Objectives

Third Year
Cognitive Psychology, Psychological Statistics, Educational Psychology
After completing this course, the student is expected to design and conduct experiments in psychology, write research reports, and present and defend the findings
of the experiment.
Regular attendance, Class participation, Oral and written r0eport, Passing of Major Examinations, Quizzes and Seatworks.
Class Standing
.40%
The class standing is based on the recitation during class discussions and participation in group activities and oral presentations.
Written Examination
.40%
The written examinations include quizzes, unit tests and periodical examinations
Character
.10%
This refers to the students observance of good manners and right conduct within the classroom and during group activities
Project
.10%
This pertains to course-related projects that the students must comply with
Preliminary - 25%
Midterm
- 25%
Semi Final
- 25%
Final
- 25%

Course Requirements
Mode of Evaluation

Weight Distribution for

Periodical Examination

SESSION
Week 1

TOPICS/LESSON
Orientation
1. Getting to know activity
2. Orientation
3. Outline of the course
4. Goals and importance of the
course
5. Relevance of the course in
ones chosen field

SPECIFIC LEARNING
OBJECTIVE

STRATEGIES/
ACTIVITIES

At the end of the lesson, the student must

be able to :
*
Learn something interesting about
his/her classmate
* Know the expectations of the instructor
and grading system to be used
*
Know the goals of the course
explain the importance of psychology to
ones chosen course

Students activity : The

students will be asked to
introduce themselves and
say something interesting
about themselves by starting
with the phrase Did you
know that I ..

REFERENCES

ASSESSMENT/
EVALUATION

OPEN FORUM

Syllabi

Discussion regarding the

instructors
course
requirements, expectations
and grading system
Sharing of thoughts on the
importance of Psychology to
ones chosen field

Week 2

Introduction to Experimental
Psychology
a. Philosophical Origin
b. Physiological Origin

At the end of the Week, the students

understood and appreciate the history of
Experimental Psychology.

1. Experimental
Psychology (2009) by
Barry Kantowitz, Henry
Roediger III, and Davis
Elmes
2. Experimental
Psychology Manual
(2002)by Delia Limpingco
and Geraldine Tria

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

At the end of the Week, the students See Modules

understood and applied skills learned in
computing and analyzing the data gathered
for research report.

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

At the end of the Week, the students See Modules

appreciate and apply the skills learned.

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

See Modules

Fundamentals of Research : Scientific

Psychology
a. Nature of scientific explanation
b. The Science of Psychology
Week 3

Week 4

c. Statistical treatments
a. Descriptive statistics
b. Inferential statistics
Research Techniques :
a. Observation
b. Correlation
c. Experiment

d. Other Non Experimental

Designs
Week 5

PRELIMINARY EXAMS

Week 6

Ethics in Psychological Research

a. Research with Human
participants
b. Research with animals
Scientific Fraud
Monitoring Ethical Practices
The use of consent forms

At the end of the Week, the students See Modules

valued and expressed the desire to follow
the ethical guidelines in conducting
psychological research.

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

Week 7

How to write a Psychological Research

a. Parts of a Journal Article
b. Samples of Journal Articles
c. Writing of Research Report
Checklist in Criticizing a Psychological
Research
Literatures for Psychology

At the end of the Week, the students are See Modules

able to identify and justify the parts of a
journal article and research reports;
evaluate the contents and format of
fallacious research.

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

Week 8

Principles
and
Practices
Experimental Psychology
a. Introduction
b. Psychophysics
c. Perception
Principles
and
Practices
Experimental Psychology
c. Attention and Reaction Time
d. Conditioning and Learning

of At the end of the Weeks 8-16, the students See Modules

appreciate, and able to make statements
that compare and contrast the details
regarding the topics on the principles and
practices of Experimental psychology
of -dittoSee Modules

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

Week 9

Week 10

MIDTERM EXAMS

Week 11

e. Remembering and Forgetting

f. Thinking and Problem Solving

-ditto-

See Modules

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

Week 12

g.
Individual Differences
Development
h. Social Psychology

and -ditto-

See Modules

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

-ditto-

See Modules

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

Week 13

Week 14

SEMI FINAL EXAMS

Week 15
Week 16

i. Environmental Psychology

Week 17

Integration of Lessons

j. Human Factors

Week 18

Prepared By : Prof. Joseph I. Andagan

Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences

-ditto-ditto-

See Modules
See Modules

-ditto-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects
Recitations/Quiz/Projects

At the end of the Week, the students See Modules

demonstrate better self confidence and
competence in conducting, writing,
defending research reports
FINAL EXAMS

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Projects

LABORATORY
SESSION
Week 1

TOPICS/LESSON

SPECIFIC LEARNING
OBJECTIVE

STRATEGIES/
ACTIVITIES

Orientation
1. Getting to know activity
2. Orientation
3. Outline of the course
4. Goals and importance of the
course
5. Relevance of the course in
ones chosen field

At the end of the lesson, the student must

be able to :
*
Learn something interesting about
his/her classmate
* Know the expectations of the instructor
and grading system to be used
*
Know the goals of the course
explain the importance of psychology to
ones chosen course

Students activity : The

students will be asked to
introduce themselves and say
something interesting about
themselves by starting with
the phrase Did you know that
I ..

REFERENCES

ASSESSMENT/
EVALUATION

OPEN FORUM

Syllabi

Discussion regarding the

instructors
course
requirements, expectations
and grading system
Sharing of thoughts on the
importance of Psychology to
ones chosen field

Week 2

Introduction to Experimental
Psychology
A. Laboratory Procedures
a. Writing Experiment Reports
b. Basic statistics used in
Experimental Research
c. Descriptive statistics
d. Inferential statistics
e. Hypothesis
f. Drawing of Conclusion

At the end of the Week, the students

expressed
their
learning
through
appreciation and organization of the
laboratory procedures; able to design
procedures for experiments.

1. Experimental Psychology
(2009) by Barry Kantowitz,
Henry Roediger III, and Davis
Elmes

Recitations/Quiz/Proje
cts

Week 3

The Science and Scientific Method

Nature of experiment
Experimental Psychology
Fallacious methods of research
Laws of thought

At the end of the Week, the students can

analyze, organize, and show competence in
studying the scientific research methods of
psychology.

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Proje
cts

Week 4

Basic Experimental Method

Types of Extraneous Variables
Techniques for Controlling the
Experiments
Methods used to equate groupings

Week 5
Requirements for Quasi-experimental
Designs

Week 7

Ethics in Psychological Research

Introduction to Experimentation
Procedures for Experimentation
Basic experimental designs and
Statistical Analysis
- Two Independent Groups Design
- Two Matched Group Design
- Within subjects/Repeated
measures design
- Multiple groups
- Factorial designs

Week 9

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Proje
cts

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Proje
cts

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Proje
cts

At the end of the Week, the students show

readiness, competence, and ability to
compose and prepare evaluative reports
regarding review of literatures on selected
topics.

-ditto-

Recitations/Quiz/Proje
cts

At the end of the Week 9-16, the students Compiled Laboratory

are able to conduct, verify, and conclude, Experiments
and documents the data based on the

Experimental Psychology
Manual (2002)by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria

Experiment

PRELIMINARY EXAMS

Week 6

Week 8

At the end of the week the students can

compare and contrast, and evaluate the
topics for the week.

Review of Experimentation Method

Survey and Discussion with selected
Journal Articles on Experimental
Psychology

a. Experiment No. 1
b. Experiment No. 2
c. Experiment No. 3

At the end of the Week, the students are

able to build patterns or designs for quasiexperimental research.
At the end of the Week, the students can
analyze, organize, and show competence in
studying the scientific research methods of
psychology.
At the end of the Week, the students can
analyze, organize, and show competence in
doing statistical analysis for the different
experimental group designs.

results of the experiments

Week 10

MIDTERM EXAMS

Week 11

d. Experiment No. 4
e. Experiment No. 5

-ditto-

Compiled Laboratory
Experiments

Week 12

f. Experiment No. 6
g. Experiment No. 7

-ditto-

Compiled Laboratory
Experiments

Week 13

h. Experiment No. 8
i. Experiment No. 9

-ditto-

Compiled Laboratory
Experiments

Week 14

Experiment

Experimental Psychology
Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
Experimental Psychology
Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
Experimental Psychology
Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria

Experiment

Experiment
Experiment

SEMI FINAL EXAMS

Week 15

j. Experiment No. 10
k. Experiment No. 11

-ditto-

Compiled Laboratory
Experiments

Week 16

l. Experiment No. 12
m. Experiment No. 13

-ditto-

Compiled Laboratory
Experiments

Week 17

Experimental Psychology
Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
Experimental Psychology
Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria
Experimental Psychology
Manual (2002) by Delia
Limpingco and Geraldine Tria

Integration of Lessons

Week 18

At the end of the Week, the students Compiled Laboratory

demonstrate better self confidence and Experiments
competence in conducting, writing,
defending research reports
FINAL EXAMS

Experiment
Experiment

Note : The Laboratory Professor could perform experiments more than the stated above provided procedures and results will be discussed for students learning.
Prepared By : Prof. Joseph I. Andagan
Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences