This project will provide students with coherent, integrated, laboratory experiences that build competence and interest in scientific psychology. The proposal is for ten microcomputers, interfaces, and software to complement current educational strengths in core psychology courses (General Psychology, Statistics, and Research Methods), our content courses (Learning, Perception, and Physiological) and our research courses (Research Seminar and Independent Study). The computers will foster a programmatic curricular change. Students will participate in experiments - first as subjects, then as analysts, then as hypothesis builders, and finally as experimenters - to acquire the core methodological and cognitive skills needed for scientific investigations in any content area of psychology. Conducting empirical investigations and constructing testable, quantitative, models of complex behaviors will foster students' independence and self confidence.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
9251531
Program Officer
Myra O. Smith
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1992-09-01
Budget End
1995-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1992
Total Cost
$34,401
Indirect Cost
Name
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Clarion
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
16214