Research Project (Study Abroad) (PSYC40008)

Undergraduate level 4Points: 25On Campus (Parkville)

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There are no scheduled classes for this subject. Instead students undertake a research project and obtain experience in all aspects of conducting and reporting of independent empirical research. The thesis project will be submitted as two documents. The first comprises a review of relevant literature and the second comprises an empirical study submitted as a journal article later in the semester.

Intended learning outcomes

The subject aims to:



  • Develop independent research skills
  • Become familiar with the relationship between research design and ethical research procedures
  • Work with an academic mentor-supervisor to gain direct knowledge of psychology as a research-based discipline
  • Acquire skills in formulating and reporting empirical research

Generic skills

  • critically analysing the existing knowledge about a research topic prior to one's own research (e.g. sophisticated conceptual analysis of relevant content area/literature/intervention program etc., critical appraisal of one's own and others' research, generation of productive research questions);
  • constructing a research plan (eg. research design, methods of observation) to address one's research question;
  • executing one's research plan adequately to obtain data;
  • analysing the data to address the research question appropriately; and
  • discussing the implications of the results coherently within the context of the existing knowledge relevant to the research topic.

Last updated: 3 November 2022