Targeted Infusion Grant: Development of an Experimental Psychology Teaching & Research Laboratory at Tennessee State University

田纳西州立大学(田纳西州立大学)正在努力加强实验心理学课程，并为本科生增加指导研究的机会。这一HBCU-UP定向输血项目支持了台大最先进的实验心理学教学与研究实验室的进一步发展。最近台州大学校友(1999-2005)未公布的机构数据显示，没有毕业生申请实验心理学研究生课程。该大学管理的标准化测试表明，对心理学实验领域(如认知、感觉和生理、发展)的掌握弱于临床领域。这种模式导致了少数群体在实验心理学和学术界心理学系中的代表性不足。这种不充分的表现导致了人类受试者的匮乏？使用非裔美国人参与者进行的研究或研究特别与非裔美国人有关的问题(例如，刻板印象威胁)。实验心理学教学和研究实验室的发展通过为注册新的和恢复的实验课程的学生提供经验学习机会，使心理学系的S课程现代化并得到提升。通过在实验室的课程作业和研究经验，学生获得使用专业评分工具和方法的经验，包括神经成像工具(EEG)、客观测量睡眠质量的仪器、标准化的大脑功能测试、用于进行社会心理学研究的观察设备，以及用于进行原创心理研究的各种软件程序(例如E-PRIME)。因此，通过标准化测试，学生表现出对实验心理学子领域更好的掌握，通过调查衡量，学生对从事实验心理学职业的兴趣增加，并更多地参加严格的实验课程。

[HRD 0811773] The Tennessee State University (TSU) is working to enhance the experimental psychology curriculum and increases mentored research opportunities for undergraduate students. This HBCU-UP Targeted Infusion Project supports further development of the TSU state-of-the-art Experimental Psychology Teaching and Research Laboratory. Unpublished institutional data from recent TSU alumni (1999-2005) reveal no graduates applied to graduate programs in experimental psychology. Standardized tests administered by the University show that mastery of experimental subfields of psychology (e.g., cognitive, sensation and physiology, developmental) is weaker than clinical subfields. This pattern contributes to the under-representation of minorities in experimental psychology and in Psychology Departments in academia. This under-representation leads to a paucity of human subjects? research using African American participants or examining issues particularly relevant to African Americans (e.g., stereotype threat).Development of the Experimental Psychology Teaching and Research Laboratory modernizes and elevates the Psychology Department?s curriculum by providing students enrolled in new and reinstated experimental courses with experiential learning opportunities. Through coursework and research experiences in the Lab, students gain experience using professional grade instruments and methodologies including a neuro-imaging tool (EEG), instruments that objectively measure sleep quality, standardized tests of brain functioning, observation equipment for conducting social psychology research, and various software programs (e.g., E-prime) for conducting original psychological research. Consequently, students show greater mastery of experimental psychology subfields as measured by a standardized test, increased interest in pursuing careers in experimental psychology as measured by a survey, and greater enrollment in rigorous experimental courses.