Investigative Psychophysiology Laboratory Experiences in College and High School

大学和高中的调查心理生理学实验室经验

• 批准号: 0087906
• 负责人: Howard Thorsheim
• 金额: $ 8.22万
• 依托单位: Saint Olaf College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-01 至 2004-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0087906&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigative; Psychophysiology; Laboratory; Experiences; College

Psychology - Biological (71) In this project, St. Olaf College is revising the cognitive neuroscience laboratory components of three psychophysiology courses and piloting an outreach program to area high schools. The project is developing a series of laboratory exercises that emphasize the quantitative rather than the qualitative aspects of psychophysiology. We are doing this by replacing the analog equipment currently employed in the psychophysiology courses with BioPac digital signal processing equipment and by adapting and implementing the work of faculty in other institutions to upgrade the relevant laboratory exercises for these courses. We have examined prior projects, some supported by NSF, in selecting the exercises to implement or adapt. New BioPac equipment can be employed effectively to allow students to measure their own physiological response data as dependent variables. Using this self-generated data appears to be more effective in teaching students about variability, potential sources of measurement error, and the cost of precision. The following psychology faculty are representative of those that have developed courses that use this approach and have influenced our selections: o Gwyneth Beagley at Alma College (MI)o Wayne Briner at the University of Nebraska at Kearneyo Ellis Rolett at Dartmouth Collegeo Cole Barton at Davidson Collegeo Eric Wiertelak at Macalester Collegeo Richard Connett at Monroe Community College (NY)o Randy Cornelius at Vassar CollegeThis process of transforming the laboratory components of our psychophysiology courses is seeking to put more emphasis on investigative projects, to pique student interest and excitement in learning, to develop students' understanding of the interaction between mental processes and behavior, and to share the experiences of our undergraduate students with high schools students. The high school outreach component of our project is building on our Department's previous outreach effort with area high schools, which we call Psychological Science Day. This is a one-day workshop for 10 area high school psychology teachers and their students. The current project is expanding Science Day into a month-long collaboration between the high school students and the students in our Psychophysiology courses. The college students will introduce the high school students to investigative psychology during a visit to the St. Olaf campus, monitor the results of their work via the internet, and host them for presentations at the end of the month.

心理学 - 生物学 (71) 在该项目中，圣奥拉夫学院正在修订三门心理生理学课程的认知神经科学实验室组成部分，并在地区高中试点推广计划。该项目正在开发一系列实验室练习，强调心理生理学的定量而非定性方面。为此，我们将心理生理学课程中目前使用的模拟设备替换为 BioPac 数字信号处理设备，并调整和实施其他机构教师的工作，以升级这些课程的相关实验室练习。我们检查了之前的项目，其中一些项目是由 NSF 支持的，以选择要实施或调整的练习。可以有效地利用新的 BioPac 设备，让学生测量自己的生理反应数据作为因变量。使用这些自行生成的数据似乎可以更有效地向学生传授可变性、测量误差的潜在来源以及精度成本。以下心理学教师代表了那些开发了使用这种方法的课程并影响了我们的选择的教师： o 阿尔玛学院 (密歇根州) 的格温妮丝·比格利 (Gwyneth Beagley) o 内布拉斯加大学 (密歇根州) 的韦恩·布里纳 (Wayne Briner) o 达特茅斯学院 (达特茅斯学院) 埃利斯·埃利斯 (埃利斯) 戴维森学院 (戴维森学院) 的埃里克·维尔特拉克 (马卡莱斯特学院) 的理查德·康奈特 (纽约州) o 兰迪 (Randy) 瓦萨学院的科尼利厄斯这一转变心理生理学课程实验室组成部分的过程旨在更加重视研究项目，激发学生的学习兴趣和兴奋感，培养学生对心理过程和行为之间相互作用的理解，并与高中生分享本科生的经验。我们项目的高中外展部分是建立在我们部门之前与地区高中的外展工作（我们称之为心理科学日）的基础上的。这是为 10 名地区高中心理学教师及其学生举办的为期一天的研讨会。当前的项目正在将科学日扩展为高中生和心理生理学课程学生之间为期一个月的合作。大学生将在参观圣奥拉夫校园期间向高中生介绍调查心理学，通过互联网监控他们的工作结果，并在月底主持他们的演讲。