REU Site: Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology

南卡罗来纳大学实验心理学暑期研究所已经并将继续为本科生提供实验心理学领域的教育机制。许多学生，包括来自少数族裔的学生，都被应用心理学项目所吸引。相比之下，该研究所的目的是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行为科学专业合格的少数族裔和非少数族裔本科生体验研究生水平的研究，包括有机会在充满活力和支持的研究教师导师的个人指导下制定和进行实验。学生将参与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、统计分析和以美国心理学协会期刊的风格撰写报告。学生的经验将通过每周的研究研讨会来丰富，其中指定的阅读材料将被讨论，以及每周关于实验心理学研究设计和统计问题的会议。学生将获得免费的课程学分。这个项目的重点是非常必要的，因为美国被认为是实验心理学领域的领导者，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。这个暑期学院将继续提供一种工具来实现这些目标。

The University of South Carolina Summer Research Institute in Experimental Psychology has provided and will continue to provide a mechanism for educating undergraduate students about the field of experimental psychology. Many students, including students from underrepresented minorities, are drawn to applied psychology programs. The intent of the Institute, in contrast, is to focus 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 a behavioral science an experience in graduate-level research, including an opportunity to formulate and conduct an experiment with individual guidance from an energetic and supportive research faculty mentor. The student will participate in major phases of experimental research, including literature review, hypothesis generation, data collection, data organization, statistical analysis and report writing in the style of American Psychological Association journals. Student experiences will be enriched by weekly research seminars, in which assigned readings will be discussed, and by weekly sessions on problems of research design and statistics in experimental psychology. Students will receive gratis course credit for their work. This program emphasis is much needed, as the U.S. is perceived to be the leader in the field of experimental psychology, and our universities must be able to motivate and train the best students for future careers in vital areas of behavioral science. This Summer Institute will continue to provide one vehicle to enhance these goals.