Psy 222 Research Methods
Spring 2025

Congratulations to the "Best Research Poster" winners, Lesego, Tessa, Selah, and Peyton.
Dr. Thompson's spring 2025 office hours (DePaul Hall, room 107)
  • Monday 9:30-11:30 (except April 28)
  • Thursday, 9:00-12:00
  • Friday 1:30-2:30
  • Other times available by appointment
No class meeting on Friday April 28.
  • Answer these questions, which will be discussed in class on April 30.
  • Listen to these two songs (or at least read the lyrics). What principles of research methodology do they emphasize? We'll discuss on Wednesday.
    • ​Co-Relations Don't Prove Causation
    • What We Knew Before
Major due dates for spring 2025 (subject to change)
  • UPDATE: February 5, Exam 1, chapters 1 and 14, plus additional info.
  • UPDATE: February 26, Exam 2, chapters 2 and 3, plus additional info.
  • UPDATE: March 26, Exam 3, chapters 4-5, plus additional information
  • UPDATE: March 31, paper peer review
    • bring one printed copy of your almost-final draft to class
  • UPDATE: April 2, final APA research paper due
    • Bring one printed copy to class.
    • email a PDF of your paper (not a link). Only PDFs will be accepted.
  • April 11: JASP homework -- JASP bean bag data homework
    • Enter the data
    • Do the two repeated measures ANOVAs (Classical and Bayesian)
    • Edit the title of the two analyses, adding your name
    • Export the results to your computer as a PDF and email that to me
  • ​UPDATE: May 5, poster session for team projects
  • May 12, Comprehensive final exam
    • Chapters 6, 7, 10, plus everything else from this semester
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How to study: Emphasize spaced retrieval practice. Don't just reread and highlight. Practice what you will have to do on the exam. Rereading and highlighting will not be part of the exam. Also see "Study tips for college students" by Willingham (2016), linked under Course Material.
Dr. Thompson's songs about science and research
Research Groups
  • (1) Tessa, Selah, Lesego, Peyton
  • (2) Wathon, Madeleine, Elizabeth, Charlie
  • (3) Lexi, Amelia, Kayla, Sarah
  • (4) Olivia, Alyssa, Dalylah
  • (5) Mehgan, Jaylan, Josalyn

Class research study materials
Course Material​​​​​​​
General research information​ Writing research papers and posters
JASP and R for data analysis Other information on data analysis