Academic Calendar - 2026

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2026
Western Main Campus

Psychology 2801F/G

RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY I


This course will introduce students to the variety of ways to conduct research in psychology. Topics to be covered include the scientific approach to testing psychological theory; ethical issues in psychological research; developing and planning research projects; basics of measurement; survey research; best practices in research conduct.

Antirequisite(s): Psychology 2830A/B, Psychology 2840F/G, Psychology 2855F/G, Psychology 2856F/G, Health Sciences 2801A/B, the former Psychology 2800E, the former Psychology 2820E.

Prerequisite(s): At least 60% in 1.0 course of Psychology at the 1000 level; a passing grade in Data Science 1000A/B and a passing grade in 0.5 course of Year 1 Math from among the following courses: Calculus 1000A/B, Calculus 1301A/B, Calculus 1500A/B, Calculus 1501A/B, Mathematics 1225A/B, Mathematics 1228A/B, Mathematics 1229A/B, Mathematics 1600A/B, or Applied Mathematics 1201A/B. Students without Data Science 1000A/B may enrol with Applied Mathematics 1201A/B, Computer Science 1026A/B, and Calculus 1000A/B with a grade of at least 60% in each. Students who have completed Statistical Sciences 1024A/B (or other introductory statistics course in addition to 0.5 course of Year 1 Math) instead of Data Science 1000A/B may enrol after completing an introductory programming class from the following list: Computer Science 1025A/B, Computer Science 1026A/B, Computer Science 2120A/B, Data Science 1200A/B, Digital Humanities 2220A/B, or Engineering Science 1036A/B. Data Science 2000A/B may be substituted for Data Science 1000A/B for students entering the program with 1.0 course of Year 1 Math courses.

Extra Information: 2 Lecture Hours; 2 Laboratory Hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY A i  
Subject Code: PSYCHOL

This Course is Mentioned in the Following Calendar Pages:

King's  Analytics and Decision Sciences 2036A/B - PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
Western Main Campus  Biology 4999E - HONOURS RESEARCH THESIS
Western Main Campus  Foods and Nutrition 2032A/B - RESEARCH DESIGN IN FOODS AND NUTRITION
Western Main Campus  Health Sciences 2800 - HEALTH SCIENCES RESEARCH
Western Main Campus  Health Sciences 2801A/B - RESEARCH METHODS IN HEALTH SCIENCES
Western Main Campus  Kinesiology 2032A/B - RESEARCH DESIGN IN HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Political Science 2325F/G - RESEARCH DESIGN IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Huron  Political Science 2325F/G - RESEARCH DESIGN IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 2802F/G - RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY II
King's  Psychology 2840F/G - RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY
King's  Psychology 3120F/G - ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS: SELECTED TOPICS
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3130A/B - PSYCHOLOGY OF THINKING
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3138F/G - HUMAN MEMORY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3139A/B - COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3140F/G - BILINGUALISM
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3141F/G - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3143F/G - READING ABILITY AND DISABILITY
King's  Psychology 3177F/G - CONSCIOUSNESS
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3184F/G - RESEARCH IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3185F/G - RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3195F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3209F/G - NEUROSCIENCE OF MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3221F/G - ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3223F/G - ANIMAL COMMUNICATION
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3224A/B - NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3225A/B - SEX DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3226A/B - HORMONES AND BEHAVIOUR
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3230F/G - COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE OF MUSIC
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3254A/B - THE BRAIN, FOOD AND EATING
King's  Psychology 3260F/G - COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
King's  Psychology 3262F/G - CURRENT RESEARCH IN BEHAVIOURAL PHARMACOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3285F/G - RESEARCH IN BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3295F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
King's  Psychology 3300F/G - APPLIED CLINICAL SETTINGS
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3301F/G - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
King's  Psychology 3310F/G - ADULT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3312F/G - STRESS AND COPING
King's  Psychology 3313A/B - FUNDAMENTALS OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3316F/G - PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA
King's  Psychology 3320F/G - CHILD PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3390F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
King's  Psychology 3393F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
King's  Psychology 3410F/G - COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3440F/G - DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3441F/G - FRONTAL CORTEX AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF COGNITIVE CONTROL
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3442F/G - MIND, BRAIN AND EDUCATION
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3443F/G - DEVELOPMENT OF THE MATHEMATICAL BRAIN
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3444F/G - DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3445F/G - SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3446F/G - USE DISORDERS – ORIGINS AND TREATMENT
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3480F/G - RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3485F/G - RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3490F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3580F/G - RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3610F/G - USING PSYCHOLOGY TO MANAGE AND MEASURE EMPLOYEE WORK PERFORMANCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3620F/G - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3690F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3694F/G - TEAMS AND WORK GROUPS IN ORGANIZATIONS
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3720F/G - THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PROSOCIAL AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3723F/G - ATTITUDES AND ATTITUDE CHANGE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3724F/G - THE SCIENCE OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS
King's  Psychology 3730F/G - PSYCHOLOGY OF POLITICS
King's  Psychology 3770F/G - THE SELF
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3780F/G - RESEARCH IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3790F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3840F/G - SURVEY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
King's  Psychology 3840F/G - SURVEY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3860F/G - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
King's  Psychology 3861F/G - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
King's  Psychology 3891F/G - EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH METHODS AND ANALYSIS
King's  Psychology 3892F/G - CORRELATIONAL AND MULTIVARIATE RESEARCH METHODS AND ANALYSIS
King's  Psychology 3893F/G - THEORY IN PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3912F/G - PSYCHOLOGY AND THE ARTS
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3950F/G - HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3990F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3991F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3996F - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 3997G - INDEPENDENT STUDY
King's  Psychology 3998F/G - INDEPENDENT STUDY
King's  Psychology 3999G - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4195F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4225F/G - INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4390F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4420F/G - BULLYING AND VICTIMIZATION
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4490F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4590F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PERSONALITY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4690F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
King's  Psychology 4692E - PRACTICUM
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4790F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4791F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4990F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Psychology 4991F/G - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PSYCHOLOGY
Western Main Campus  Statistical Sciences 2035 - STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
King's  Statistical Sciences 2035 - STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Western Main Campus  Statistical Sciences 2141A/B - APPLIED PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS
Western Main Campus  Statistical Sciences 2143A/B - APPLIED STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS FOR ENGINEERS
Western Main Campus  Statistical Sciences 2244A/B - STATISTICS FOR SCIENCE
Western Main Campus  Statistical Sciences 2858A/B - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS II