REU Site: Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology

该奖项向南卡罗来纳大学心理学系提供资金，支持10名本科生参加一个名为“实验心理学暑期研究所”的项目。该计划为本科生提供了一个关于实验心理学领域的教育论坛。目前应用心理学的吸引力吸引了更多的申请者，尤其是少数族裔学生。该研究所将学生的兴趣和热情集中在心理学的基础科学领域。为期八周的南加州大学暑期研究所将允许合格的行为科学专业的少数民族和非少数民族本科生获得研究生水平的研究经验，包括在充满活力和支持的研究教师的个人指导下制定和进行实验的机会。学生将经历实验研究的主要阶段，包括文献综述、假设生成、数据收集、数据组织、统计分析，以及按照美国心理协会的风格撰写报告。学生的经验将通过每周的研究研讨会来丰富，其中讨论指定的阅读材料，以及每周关于实验心理学中研究设计和统计问题的会议。学生可以获得免费的课程学分。由于美国被认为是实验心理学领域的领导者，这个项目的重点是非常必要的，但我们的大学必须能够激励和培养最优秀的学生，为未来行为科学重要领域的职业生涯做好准备。这个暑期学院为实现这些目标提供了一个途径。

This award provides funds to the Department of Psychology at The University of South Carolina to support ten undergraduate students in a program called Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology. The program provides a forum for educating undergraduate students about he field of experimental psychology. The current appeal of applied psychology is drawing far more applicants to those programs, particularly among minority students. The Institute focuses student interest and enthusiasm on the basic science areas of psychology. The eight week USC Summer Research Institute will permit well qualified minority and non-minority undergraduate students majoring in behavioral science, an experience in graduate level research including an opportunity to formulate and conduct an experiment with individual guidance from energetic and supportive research faculty. The student will experience major phases of experimental research including literature review, hypothesis generation, data collection, data organization, statistical analysis, and writing a report in the style of the American Psychological Association. Student experience will be enriched by weekly research seminars where assigned readings are discussed, and by-weekly sessions on problems of research design and statistics in experimental psychology. Students receive gratis course credit for their work. This program emphasis is much needed, as the U.S. is perceived as the leader in the field of experimental psychology, but our universities must be able to motivate and train the best students for future careers in the vital areas of behavioral science. This Summer Institute provides one vehicle to enhance these goals.