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PSYCH 390Natural Science Advanced Research Methods Topics

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Psychology

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Topics explore natural science research methods in psychology. Consult School of Psychology listings for upcoming topics, which may include methods for studying psychophysiology, neuroanatomy, and/or cognitive processes (e.g., perception, attention, memory, information-processing, decision-making). Activities may include research proposals, group and/or individual projects (e.g., lab experience, data collection), research reports, critiques of published/proposed research, and student presentations.

Prerequisites

Corequisites

  • Completed or concurrently enrolled in:
    • PSYCH391 - Advanced Data Analysis (0.50)

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • PSYCH392 - Research in Human Cognitive Neuroscience (0.50)
    • PSYCH394 - Research in Cognition and Perception (0.50)
    • PSYCH396 - Research in Behavioural Neuroscience (0.50)
    • PSYCH398 - Research in Memory (0.50)

Leads to

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
SEM 00133880 / 25Th 14:30–17:20
SEM 00233890 / 25M 11:30–14:20
SEM 00334530 / 25Th 11:30–14:20
SEM 701129246 / 9999Online or by arrangement
SEM 702844010 / 9999Online or by arrangement
SEM 70384419 / 9999Online or by arrangement
LAB 10139190 / 25Online or by arrangement
LAB 10233900 / 25Online or by arrangement
LAB 10334540 / 25Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

62% liked it50% easy96% useful

From 13 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Had it with Risko. Super useful, it was a guided course that simulates creating a full experiment. Covers preliminary research, research proposals, experiment coding, they give you fake data, then you do data analysis. But smh the last two weeks is like 30 hours of work and 40% of your grade. Wish that he would just shift the work to be earlier or get rid of the article review sections since its pretty surface level stuff thats covered in every other course. Also he makes research participation as NOT a bonus, its required... genuinely certified not chill move.

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  • Took it with Evan Risko - cognitive psychology topic, Spring 2024. I had to take the course as it is a requirement and there were only two topic options but I learned to appreciate the course for what you can take away from it. I'm not inclined to programming experiments and statistics but it was easy enough to deal with in this class after he provides basic pointers. Utilize the TA when you work on the assignments in class, and the prof when going over your experiment idea. There were free participation marks for attending classes but he put the SONA credits into the marks so couldn't use them as bonus marks. There were 5 assignments (more or less due every other week), one presentation, a…

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  • This course heavily depends on which prof you take it with. I felt the Developmental Psych section was easy and useful, did not hear the same about other sections with different topics.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

6 posts and comments in 4 threads mention PSYCH 390, January 2021 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2024

Winter 2023

Winter 2021

PsychoPy 2 points, 3 comments

u/lordbakedbeans: “Does anyone have experience with PsychoPy? Or in the Psych390 memory strategies course at the moment?”

u/BubbleTeaQueen: “I'm in PSYCH 390 RN, who's your prof? I'm not sure what psychopy is, we're using E-Prime (I have fernandes)”

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PC Computer for PSYCH 390 1 point, 10 comments

u/capp256: “I am planning on getting a new laptop and the section of PSYCH 390 I can get into requires me to have a PC with Windows. I only have used a Mac and I am wondering which computer I should look into getting.”

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