A Research-Intensive Approach to Undergraduate Education in Psychology

该部正在购买几件设备，以：(A)支持最近的课程改革，(B)更换陈旧的现有设备，以及(C)允许专业学生获得目前所持设备难以或不可能获得的研究经验。有四种基本类型的设备：(1)音频设备--6W语音分析系统和Ensonique声音合成系统，允许学生在各种课程和独立研究环境中修改和分析人类的语音、环境、音乐和动物声音；(2)视频设备--Gerbrand演示系统和Coreco图像处理器，允许学生为研究人类认知和感知而创建、灵活地呈现和分析视觉图像；(3)BioComp 2001，允许学生测量与生物心理学和社会个性有关的唤醒的生理指数；(4)人工智能--Hero 2000机器人和NEXPERT专家系统外壳，让学生体验当今科学中最新兴的两个研究领域--机器人学和人工智能。新闻部以研究为导向的方法已经取得了相当大的成功。拟议的设备使该部能够充分执行这一办法。

This Department is purchasing several pieces of equipment to: (a) support recent curricular changes, (b) replace antiquated existing equipment and (c) allow majors access to research experiences that are difficult or impossible to obtain with current holdings. There are four basic types of equipment: (1) audio equipment -- a 6W speech analysis system and Ensonique sound synthesis system to allow students to modify and analyze human speech, environmental, musical, and animal sounds in a wide variety of course and independent research settings; (2) video equipment -- the Gerbrand presentation system and Coreco Image processor to allow students to create, flexibly present, and analyze visual images for the study of human cognition and perception; (3) the Biocomp 2001 to allow students to measure the physiological indices of arousal relevant to both biological psychology and social-personality; (4) artificial intelligence -- a Hero 2000 robot and NEXPERT expert system shell to allow students research experience with two of the most burgeoning areas of inquiry in science today -- robotics and artificial intelligence. The Department has already had considerable success with its research- oriented approach. The proposed equipment allows the Department to fully implement this approach.