Microcomputer Laboratory for Undergraduate Cognitive Psychology Research

目前，缺乏计算机化刺激呈现、反应测量和数据分析的现代设备，严重阻碍了学生在研究认知过程所需的复杂研究方法方面的培训。该项目将建立一个由7台Macintosh微型计算机组成的网络，以改善心理学本科专业学生在研究方法和认知心理学方面的教学。低年级的研究方法课、两门高年级的实验课、一门中级的统计学课和学生的个人研究项目将使用新设备。由于认知心理学在更大的心理学领域和快速发展的跨学科领域认知科学中扮演着重要的角色，学生在这一领域接受足够的培训是至关重要的。

Currently, the lack of modern equipment for computerized stimulus presentation, response measurement and data analysis seriously hampers the training of students in the sophisticated research methods needed to investigate cognitive processes. This project will establish a network of seven Macintosh microcomputers to improve instruction in research methods and cognitive psychology for undergraduate psychology majors. Lower-division research methods classes, two upper-division laboratory courses, an intermediate statistics course, and individual student research projects will employ the new equipment. It is essential that students have adequate training in this area because of the important role cognitive psychology plays within the larger field of psychology and in the rapidly advancing interdisciplinary field known as cognitive science.