Laboratory Research Experience

Catalog description

Formalizes the experience of working as a research assistant. Provides exposure to a limited domain of psychology research with a single faculty member, while bringing together all students working as research assistants in multiple laboratories (with both human and animal participants). Familiarizes students with ethics in research, professional development, careers as a scientist, and the interaction between laboratory research and applied topics. Research duties may include literature searches, collecting and analyzing data, and reading journal articles related to the studies being conducted. Course may be repeated for a total of 6 credits.