Microcomputer Laboratory for Undergraduate Cognitive Psychology Research

目前，缺乏计算机化的刺激呈现、反应测量和数据分析的现代设备，严重阻碍了对学生进行研究认知过程所需的复杂研究方法的培训。该项目将建立一个由七台Macintosh微型计算机组成的网络，以改进心理学专业本科生的研究方法和认知心理学教学。低级研究方法课程、两门高级实验室课程、一门中级统计学课程和个别学生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迅速发展的跨学科领域--认知科学中扮演着重要的角色，因此学生在这一领域进行充分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.