Psychology 330RD - Lab in Developmental Psychology: 'Laboratory in Romantic Development: Observational Coding Methodology'

Students will work in teams to code videotaped observations of romantic partners discussing relationship conflicts. Students will learn to code emotion expressions and behavior at the dyadic and individual levels. Course topics include methodological issues such as coding bias, construct validity, and intercoder reliability, as well as empirical research on individual differences in conflict behavior and links between conflict behavior and relationship outcomes. Students will complete individual final research projects to report original quantitative multivariate analyses based on data generated during the course.

This course is open to juniors and seniors; Prereq: PSYCH-204.