Inquiry-Based Laboratories with a Biobehavioral Emphasis for Introductory Psychology

(71)心理学、生物学在这个项目中，我们正在通过装备一个实验室来进行实验和心理生理研究，来改进入门水平的心理学课程。我们的目标是提高学生对心理学这一以研究为基础的领域的兴趣和理解，改善学生的定量准备并提供使用技术的机会，以及--对于主修和辅修--通过练习实验设计的关键概念和熟悉描述性数据分析，增强学生对高级课程的准备。提高学生的方法和数量技能的目标与国家重视批判性思维和加强科学技术领域的准备是一致的。我们正在为入门水平的学生介绍积极的、基于探究的实验室经验。向学生提出的问题来自心理学的不同内容领域。我们还利用了霍克最近发表的心理学实验(《改变心理学的40项研究》，新泽西州：Prentice-Hall，2002)，以及为在E-Prime软件系统中使用而开发的实验集合。然而，生物和行为之间的关系是一个一直在跨领域传播的主题。很少有大学在入门阶段包括心理学的实验室部分。我们的项目以里德学院使用的入门课程序列和实验部分为模型，并正在调整他们的方法，以适应东俄勒冈州的学生群体。尽管我们有不同的学生群体，但我们都有共同的目标，即增加对研究型心理学的兴趣，并提高学生的量化和方法论技能。该项目也符合我校加强生物技术相关培训的倡议以及成为一所以学生为中心的高质量公共文科院校的总体目标。

(71) Psychology, Biological AspectsIn this project, we are improving the introductory level psychology curriculum by equipping a laboratory for experimental and psycho-physiological studies. Our objectives are to increase students' interest in and understanding of psychology as a research-based field, to improve students' quantitative preparation and to provide opportunities for use of technology, and -- for majors and minors -- to enhance students' readiness for advanced courses by practice with key concepts of experimental design and familiarity with descriptive data analysis. The objectives of enhancing students' methodological and quantitative skills are in keeping with national pedagogical emphases on critical thinking and stronger preparation in scientific and technological areas. We are introducing active, inquiry-based laboratory experiences for students at the introductory level. The questions posed to the students are taken from various content areas within psychology. We are also making use of recently published experiments in psychology by Hock ("Forty Studies that Changed Psychology," NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2002) and the collection of experiments developed for use in the E-Prime software system. However, the one theme that is consistently being carried across areas is the relation between biology and behavior. Few universities include laboratory sections in psychology at the introductory level. We model our project on the introductory course sequence and laboratory sections used at Reed College and are adapting their approach for the student population at Eastern Oregon. Although we have different student populations, we have similar goals of increasing interest in research-based psychology and improving students' facility with quantitative and methodological skills. This project also matches our university's initiative to enhance training related to biotechnology as well as its overall goal of being a quality student-centered public liberal arts institution.