REU Site: An Invitation to Basic and Applied Science of Psychology: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at Baruch College - CUNY

巴鲁克学院的REU网站为就读于巴鲁克学院和纽约大都会地区其他教育机构的本科生提供高级研究培训。每名REU学生在一名REU教员的监督下进行独立研究，该教员在与学生所表达的兴趣(例如社会心理学、工业/组织心理学、发展心理学、心理测量学和睡眠)相匹配的领域工作，并加入该教员的研究团队。每个学生都专注于心理学的一个领域，计划和执行研究，目的是在专业会议上发表论文，并向高质量的同行评议期刊提交手稿。REU学生复习文献，并开发基于文献的研究问题和假设。他们设计研究项目，以收集解决经验性问题的数据。REU的学生执行他们开发的研究方案。学生学习统计分析的价值，并熟悉使用计算机程序来描述数据并从数据中得出推论。学生还可以获得研究、传播和展示艺术方面的经验。这项研究的结果在巴鲁克REU会议上公布，可能还会在国家会议和同行评议的期刊上公布。REU学生完成一系列有组织的学习活动，旨在为他们参与心理学研究的所有阶段和申请研究生院做好准备。来自NSF和美国心理协会的更广泛的影响统计数据表明，在心理学领域，非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、亚裔美国人、土著美国人和残疾个人的代表性持续不足。该计划旨在增加少数民族、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，该计划做以下工作：1)为学生接受心理学方面的高级研究生培训并最终在学术环境中就业做好准备；2)在整个纽约大都会地区发现早期有前途的少数族裔、残疾人和经济困难学生，并为他们在科学心理学领域的职业生涯做好准备；3)增加心理科学家对心理研究中的文化和少数群体问题的接触；以及4)发展一条渠道，提供一批才华横溢、多样化的本科生，以成为未来的研究科学家。总而言之，这个REU网站项目为来自城市大学和学院的代表不足的群体的本科生提供了研究经验的典范。

Intellectual Merit The REU site at Baruch College offers advanced research training to undergraduate students who attend Baruch College and other educational institutions in the New York metropolitan area. Each REU student conducts independent research under the supervision of an REU faculty member working in an area that matches the student's expressed interests (e.g., social psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, developmental psychology, psychometrics, and sleep), as well as joining that faculty member's research team. Each student focuses on one area of psychology, planning and executing studies with the intention of presenting papers at professional conferences and submitting manuscripts to quality peer-reviewed journals. The REU students review the literature and develop research questions and hypotheses that are grounded in the literature. They design research projects to gather data that address the empirical questions. The REU students execute the research protocols that they develop. Students learn the value of statistical analyses and become comfortable with the use of computer programs for describing and drawing inferences from data. Students also gain experiences in the art of research dissemination and presentation. The results of this research are presented at the Baruch REU conference and potentially at national conferences and peer-reviewed journals. REU students complete a series of structured learning activities aimed at preparing them to be involved in all stages of psychological research and apply to graduate school. Broader Impacts Statistics from the NSF and the American Psychological Association indicate continual under-representation of African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and individuals with disabilities in the field of psychology. 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 does the following: 1) prepare students for advanced graduate training in psychology and ultimately for careers in academic settings, 2) identify early promising minority, disabled, and economically disadvantaged students throughout the New York metropolitan area and prepare them for careers in scientific psychology, 3) increase psychological scientists exposure to cultural and minority issues in psychological research, and 4) develop a pipeline to provide a pool of talented and diverse undergraduate students to become the research scientists of the future. In summary, this REU Site program serves as a model for offering research experiences to undergraduate students from underrepresented groups attending urban universities and colleges.