Practical Training: Cognitive Paradigms in Health Psychology

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The goal of this practical is to introduce the students to implicit measures that are often used in health psychology research to study biased cognitive processing. The focus of the practical will be on the Implicit Association Test (IAT). During lectures, the use of implicit measures is explained and demonstrated. An important aspect of the lectures will be a discussion of the pros and cons of implicit measures. Students will also get hands-on experience with implicit measures and will analyze data obtained with implicit measures. Students will write a final group report about the analyses they conducted and the interpretation of their findings.