Teaching
The following courses are offered in summer semester 2026:
720417 VO Developmental psychology II
The focus of this lecture is on the first half of development across the lifespan (the second half will be covered in Developmental Psychology II). Topics covered in this lecture include biological and brain development as well as cognitive, emotional and social development to adulthood.
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720472 SE Seminar on basic- and practice deepening: Epistemiological evaluation of psychological theories in empirical research
We will familiarise ourselves with requirements for well testable and insight supporting theories to evaluate different approaches to generate knowledge in psychological research. These theoretical considerations will be applied to theories and studies mostly from the domain of developmental psychology. Our aim is to critically evaluate the quality of the research questions in these empirical studies.
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720543 SE Research Seminar II with Bachelor Thesis
Based on our preparatory work in the last semester, we will decide on (a) research paradigm(s) for an eyetracking study, acquire the data, analyse them and write up the results. .
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720479 SE Seminar on basic- and practice deepening: 'Super Agers' - What can be done to maintain a high level of cognitive abilities in ageing?
We will study cognitive and physiological measures (most importantly those can be acquired with so-called ‚eyetracking cameras’, so eye movements and pupil dilations). Together we will try to understand what these measures can tell us about physiological processes in the brain, as well as emotional and cognitive functions. We will also try to identify useful applications for these measures in clinical contexts.
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