REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Basic and Applied Science of Psychology

该项目由社会、行为和经济科学局(SBE)的本科生研究经验(REU)站点计划资助。除了将研究和教育结合起来之外，它还具有科学和社会效益。巴鲁克学院的REU网站为就读于巴鲁克学院、纽约市立大学内的学院或纽约大都市区其他教育机构的本科生提供心理科学方面的高级研究培训。总体而言，巴鲁克学院和纽约州立大学拥有多元化的学生群体。虽然此次招生面向任何符合国家科学基金会条件的本科生，但该项目旨在增加少数民族、低收入、第一代大学生和残疾学生在科学心理学领域的代表性。具体地说，该计划计划(A)在纽约大都市区发现早期有前途的少数族裔、残疾和经济困难的学生，(B)为REU学生准备心理学方面的高级研究生培训，并最终在学术环境中从事职业生涯，(C)开发一个渠道，提供一批有才华的、多样化的本科生，以成为未来的研究科学家，以及(D)增加心理学科学家对心理学研究中的文化和少数群体问题的接触。该项目的学生在各自的REU教员的监督下进行心理学四个领域(即临床、发展、工业/组织和社会)之一的独立研究。每个学生都专注于计划和执行研究，目的是在专业会议上发表论文，并向同行评议的期刊提交手稿。具体地说，REU的学生开发基于文献的研究问题和假设。为了回答这些新开发的研究问题和假设，REU的学生设计了研究方案并计划数据收集。REU的学生通过实践经验学习统计分析的价值，使用统计软件对数据进行推断，以及展示技能来传播他们在研究中获得的结果。除了进行研究项目外，REU的学生还会完成一系列旨在为申请研究生院做准备的有组织的活动。这些活动，如参加专业发展研讨会和研讨会，参加心理学领域的座谈会，听取研究生项目招生官员的特邀演讲，都是由巴鲁克学院REU项目协调的。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). It has both scientific and societal benefits in addition to integrating research and education. The REU site at Baruch College offers advanced research training in psychological science to undergraduate students who attend Baruch College, Colleges within the City University of New York, or other educational institutions in the New York metropolitan area. Baruch College and CUNY in general boast a diverse student body. Although the recruitment is open to any NSF eligible undergraduate students, this program is designed to increase the representation of minority, low-income, first-generation college students, and disabled students in scientific psychology. Specifically, the program plans to (a) identify early promising minority, disabled, and economically disadvantaged students in the New York metropolitan area, (b) prepare REU students for advanced graduate training in psychology and ultimately for careers in academic settings, (c) develop a pipeline to provide a pool of talented and diverse undergraduate students to become the research scientists of the future, and (d) increase psychological scientists exposure to cultural and minority issues in psychological research. REU Students in the program conduct independent research under the supervision of their respective REU faculty member in one of the four areas of psychology (i.e., clinical, developmental, industrial/organizational, and social). Each student focuses on planning and executing studies with the intention of presenting papers at professional conferences and submitting manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals. Specifically, REU students develop research questions and hypotheses that are grounded in the literature. In order to answer these newly developed research questions and hypotheses, REU students design research protocols and plan data collection. REU students learn via hands-on experience the value of statistical analysis, use of statistical software to draw inferences about the data, and presentation skills to disseminate the findings gained in their research. Alongside with the conduct of their research projects, REU students complete a series of structured activities aimed at preparing them to apply to graduate school. These activities, such as attending professional development seminars and workshops, participating at colloquium in the field of psychology, listening to invited guest speakers from graduate program admission officers, are coordinated by the Baruch College REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.