The Psychology of Adaptation

Current updates and messages: 

• NO in-person CLASS! on the 14th of October! You may use the time to attend course activities: choose your group and sign up for the demonstrations.

• Interesting program: 2024-09-27 19.30-20.30: Lecture and workshop of the Adaptation Lab on this year's Researcher's Night!
  "Calm The Waves" in English: Calm the Waves - A novel biofeedback tool for emotion regulation
  PLAY In Hungarian: Ne kattintson, mozogjon! Egy új okoskörnyezet koncepció a készségfejlesztésben

• NO in-person CLASS on September 9th!
  Please watch this YouTube video by Sándor Albrecht on Data Driven Social Science   -  this is our 1st topic to be discussed in class!

Current updates, effective for the present semester:

• On the classes the different perspectives of the psychology of adaptation will be presented (the data science, developmental, genetic, evolutionary, personality, cognitive and affective psychology perspectives) with students' active participation in the discussions of the topics. 1-3 compulsory and several recommended articles will be provided for each topic on the course google drive (link is sent via Neptun email).

• During the semester you should engage in a compulsory course activity to receive THE FIRST PART OF YOUR COURSE GRADE.
  This semester these activities may be: (1) PARTICIPATION IN EXPERIMENTS and REFLECTION or (2) GROUP DEMONSTRATION OF A CHOSEN TOPIC.
  The SECOND PART OF YOUR COURSE GRADE will be based on a 24h exam - for which you have to sign up in Neptun in the exam period  (dates will be announced as Neptun exams, the online exam will be on CANVAS).

• Course Activities in more detail:
  (1) PARTICIPATION IN EXPERIMENTS and REFLECTION: Please take part in an ongoing experiment of the Adaptation Lab regarding emotion regulation. More info will be presented on our second class. Please provide a short reflection after the experiment is finished in class or via email.
  (2) GROUP DEMONSTRATION OF A CHOSEN TOPIC is performed by groups of 3-5 students during the semester (see dates in the course schedule below).  The time limit for the presentations is 5min/person. It should be a product of the whole group which may include presentations, demonstration of a specific topic chosen by the group, discussion of a debated area, games and quizzes, etc. Practically anything and everything! Topic should be linked to one of the main topics already discussed, but should be unique (wide or narrow). Each demonstrator will receive a group grade (same for the whole group) and an individual grade (may vary). Mean of these two grades (rounded according to mathematical rules) may serve as the first partial grade for the course.
  How to prepare? Organize the group, discuss your topic, plan, practice and make sure that you are interesting and amusing! Ensure active participation of Your audience!  Mind the time limit!!! Course tutor as well as participants are entitled to ask questions from demonstrators about the demo and about the main topic areas and it's readings, linked to the demo. See topics, an google xls for application to the demonstration opportunities and more info in the course google drive (link is sent via Neptun email).

• The 24h exam will serve as your second partial grade. Evaluation will be based on a "24h essay task" from all the materials covered throughout the course. On this exam you are free to use any resource to answer the question of the exam in a 2-page essay. Illustrations are welcome. Evaluation will be based on content, coherence, & creativity of the essays. 

The general course outline (see updates for the present semester above):