Master`s seminar on clinical and personality psychology WF-PS-N-ROK
Seminar (SEM) Winter semester 2021/22

Adequate to the proposed issues of student research.

KNOWLEDGE

W1 - The student has knowledge of the issues undertaken by the psychology of individual differences - K_W01.

W2 - The student knows the basic research issues undertaken today by the psychology of individual differences (scope of the subject, assumptions and research methods used) - K_W01.

W3 - Student has basic knowledge about the specificity of psychological measurement methods in the field of psychology of individual differences and is able to skillfully apply them in relation to the formulated research problem - K_W04.

W4 - Student is able to indicate areas of practical use of the results of own psychological research, within the psychology of individual differences - K_W03.

SKILLS

U1 - The student is able to define the subject of psychology of individual differences - K_U01.

U2 - Student understands the importance of statistical inference based on empirical data obtained in own research - K_U01.

U3 - The student has the ability to analyze intergroup differences obtained in statistical analyzes and is able to derive practical conclusions from own research - K_U04.

U5 - The student knows how to apply psychological measurement methods applicable in the field of psychology of individual differences - K_U05.

U6 - The student is able to explain the general regularities of the phenomena being the subject of their own analyzes on the basis of empirical data collected and analyzed - K_U07.

SOCIAL COMPETENCES (ATTITUDES)

K1 - The student is able to communicate his theoretical knowledge in the field of psychology of individual differences and engage in constructive discussion - K_K03.

K2 - The student uses the language of psychological theories in formulating research questions and hypotheses and in explaining the results obtained from his own research on the basis of contemporary issues undertaken by the psychology of individual differences - K_K03.

K3 - The student understands the need to develop their own research interests and research curiosity - K_K01.

K4 - Student tries to improve his professional competence and psychological diagnosis skills in the field of psychology of individual differences - K_K10.

Insufficient grade

(W) - The student does not know the substantive and formal requirements of the MA thesis.

(U) - The student is not able to formulate the problem, research hypotheses of his MA thesis, conduct research or make statistical inference.

(K) - The student is not able to perform specific tasks provided for in the curriculum.

Fair rating

(W) - The student knows the substantive and formal requirements for a master's thesis to a minimum.

(U) - The student is able to formulate the problem and research hypotheses in his master's thesis and undertake empirical research, but is not able to properly carry out statistical inference.

(K) - The student is able to carry out specific tasks provided for in the curriculum only to a sufficient degree.

Good rating

(W) - The student knows the substantive and formal requirements for an MA thesis to an optimal degree.

(U) - The student is able to formulate a problem and research hypotheses in his master's thesis and undertake empirical research, as well as carry out statistical inference - but sometimes makes mistakes or incorrectly draws conclusions from his own research.

(K) - The student is able to perform specific tasks provided for in the curriculum only to the optimal extent. He also knows how to correct formal and substantive errors of work - but scientific practice does not fully use his knowledge.

Very good grade

(W) - The student knows all the requirements for the editing of the master's thesis in terms of content and form (the criterion of the correctness of the arrangement of content according to the correctness: substantive, logical, conciseness and editorial correctness, the correct application of psychological terminology and statistical inference skills).

(U) - The student is able to correctly and independently formulate the problem and research hypotheses in his master's thesis and undertake empirical research, in addition to carry out statistical inference on the basis of collected empirical material.

(K) - The student is able to perform specific tasks provided in the curriculum at an excellent level. He correctly derives conclusions from own research, knows how to explain the obtained regularities and apply the acquired knowledge (research conclusions) in practice. Is able to precisely communicate the theoretical knowledge and results of own research using various techniques and communication channels. He speaks precisely the language of the theories he has learned in explaining the issues raised in his thesis.

1. Acquainting with general goals and principles of writing scientific (seminar) work.

2. Search for research topics by seminar participants.

3. Conceptual preparation of the master's thesis plan.

4. Learning the basic principles of editing scientific texts in the field of psychology.

5. Improving the skills of holistic approach to known and in-depth issues in the psychology of individual differences.

6. Deepening the ability to collect, organize and systematize the collected scientific material in order to prepare a master's thesis plan.

7. Developing the ability to formulate a master's thesis title, define a research problem, pose research questions and formulate research hypotheses as well as select statistics.

8. Developing the ability to present the theoretical output in the field of psychology of individual differences.

9. Developing the ability to analyze the results of own research and their interpretation.

10. Improving the student's predisposition to write scientific papers from the discipline being the subject of study and the ability to identify a research problem, ask research questions and formulate research hypotheses.

11. Developing the skills of conducting scientific discussions and presenting one's own scientific achievements in a public forum.

12. Deepening knowledge of norms and ethical principles used in scientific research and intellectual honesty in scientific research.

13. Improving the skills of working in a research team and taking creative initiatives to promote knowledge in the field of knowledge in psychology.

14. Learning how to prepare scientific presentations (poster, multimedia presentation, oral presentation) and how to share them with various techniques and communication channels.

15. Developing skills to use scientific materials published in a foreign language and improving methods of presenting research reports in journals written in a foreign language

Activating and problem methods.

Individual work (e.g. searching for student's own research topics, presentation of literature issues in the field of psychology of individual differences, including texts in a foreign language).

Group work (discussion on research problems, methods of analysis and interpretation of empirical research results).

Preparation of a multimedia presentation and a scientific poster.