Teaching Psychophysiology Through Vertically Integrated Student Research Groups

心理学-生物学(71)，心理学-认知(73)通过使用垂直整合的学生研究小组，该项目将中央(大脑活动测量)和外围(外围器官活动测量)的心理生理学记录用于一年级和二年级本科生的常规使用。学生研究小组由资深教师和少数高级本科生监督，他们反过来指导低级课程荣誉部分的学生，包括普通心理学、生物心理学和健康、音乐心理学、社会心理学和寿命发展，以开展与这些课程内容相关的实验。这些优等生随后被招募成为这个小组的成员。参加这些课程的非优等生也能获得心理生理学知识，因为他们有机会参与实验。该项目正在调查学生在心理生理学方面的学习情况，以及对科学知识和态度的总体变化。评估正在寻求实验室报告、独立研究项目和高级论文项目的改进。预计项目结果将对低水平学生产生实质性影响，这些学生在大多数学院和大学很少学习做心理生理调查。

Psychology - Biological (71), Psychology - Cognitive (73) Through the use of vertically-integrated student research groups, this project is bringing psychophysiological recording, both central (brain activity measures) and peripheral (peripheral organ activity measures), into routine use with first- and second-year undergraduate students. The student-research groups are supervised by senior faculty and a small number of advanced undergraduate students, who in turn mentor students in honors sections of lower-level courses, including General Psychology, Biopsychology and Health, The Psychology of Music, Social Psychology, and Lifespan Development, to carry out experiments related to the content of these courses. These honors students are subsequently recruited to become members of this group. The acquisition of psychophysiological knowledge also reaches non-honors students taking these courses, since they are offered opportunities to participate in the experiments. The project is examining student learning in psychophysiology, as well as changes in knowledge and attitudes toward science in general. Evaluations are looking for improvements in laboratory reports, independent research projects, and senior thesis projects. Project results are expected to indicate substantial impact on lower-level students, who rarely learn to do psychophysiological investigations at most colleges and universities.