Department of Quantitative Methods
We deal with the use and processing of numbers in psychology, the modelling of elementary psychological performance and the development of e-learning environments. Another Research Area is the cognitive psychology of thinking and decision-making.
We want to know, for example, under what conditions psychological characteristics can be measured. Can the extent of depression, for example, be mapped to real numbers? How can skills and knowledge content be represented so that teachers or an e-learning system can optimally support learning processes with new content or feedback? What mechanisms underlie simple decisions in simple choice-response tasks? Is it possible to meaningfully measure something like reaction speed in tasks when a test subject may not solve all tasks correctly? In the area of reasoning and decision making, we investigate which criteria people use to judge the quality of an argument and how people draw conclusions when the available information is uncertain and variable. We use methods from experimental psychology, probabilistic logic and mathematical modelling.
Our teaching includes statistics and methods courses, as well as courses in cognitive psychology and mathematical modelling. We offer methodological advice and support for the institute, e.g. in clinical psychology and therapy research.
Staff members
Professor Dr Matthias Gondan-Rochon
University Street 5-7
Room: 4S09
Email: Matthias.Gondan-Rochon@uibk.ac.at
Phone: +43 (0) 512 507-56065
Assistant Professor Vanessa Kulcar, PhD
Universitätsstraße 5-7
Room: 4S14 (4th floor)
Email: vanessa.kulcar@uibk.ac.at
Phone:+43 (0) 512 507-56029
Irene Alfarone, BSc MSc MA
Universitätsstraße 5-7
Room: 4S15
Email: Irene.Alfarone@uibk.ac.at
Phone: +43 (0) 512 507-56081
Mag. Lukas Legner
Universitätsstraße 5-7
Room: 4S14
Email: Lukas.Legner@uibk.ac.at
Phone: +43 (0) 512 507-56079
Secretariat: Irene Alessandri
Universitätsstraße 5-7
Room: 4S13
Email: Irene.Alessandri@uibk.ac.at
Phone: +43 (0) 512 507-56010
Postal address: Universitätsstraße 15
Office hours: by appointment