Equipment to Establish a Microcomputer-Interfaced Laboratory for Teaching Psychology to Undergraduates

本项目旨在建立一个心理学微机实验室，以提高本科生的研究体验。由于学生人数众多，而教师人数相对较少，东南路易斯安那大学的本科生不可能获得他们所需要的研究经验，如果他们想要准确地了解心理学研究是如何进行的。这个项目有两个方面——一个面向初级心理学课程的学生，另一个面向高级心理学课程的学生。在较低水平的课程中，商业上可用的软件包允许学生进行本学科中一些经典实验的复制。在高级课程中，微型计算机被用于涉及精确测量和控制的原始研究项目。许多项目涉及将微型计算机与该部门现有的实验设备连接起来。在中级课程中，学生被介绍到划分问题、提出可证伪的假设和设计有效性测试的过程。更高级的学生可以进行个人研究或参与教师项目。

The aim of this project is to establish a microcomputer laboratory in psychology in order to improve undergraduate students' research experiences. Due to the large number of students and the relatively small number of faculty members it has not been possible to give undergraduate students at Southeastern Louisiana University research experiences that they require if they are to gain an accurate appreciation of how research is conducted in psychology. There are two aspects to this project -- one for students in lower level psychology courses and one for students at the upper level. In the lower level courses, commercially available software packages allow students to conduct replications of some of the classic experiments in this discipline. In the upper level courses, microcomputers are being used in original research projects involving precise measurement and control. Many of the projects involve interfacing the microcomputer with experimental equipment already existing in the department. Students are introduced in the intermediate program to the process of delimiting questions, posing falsifiable hypotheses and designing tests of their validity. More advanced students are able to conduct individual research studies or to participate in faculty projects.