At SUNY Oswego, Psychology majors are required to take one 4 semester hour experimental course (perception, learning, motivation, cognition) that includes a laboratory component. I teach the cognition course. In the past I have used Mel Lab with some labs from Psych Exps http://psychexps.olemiss.edu/. For the upcoming fall semester I will be using Cog Lab for the first time. The number of actual experiments we run in class varies from semester to semester. Every semester I require my students to write up four labs. Two of the lab reports are partial (methods & results, intro & discussion). The two other labs are complete APA reports. Additional labs are used to illustrate concepts covered in the course and I may have them complete a homework assignment (short essay) based on the lab. In addition students are also required to complete an "independent" project. Basically they replicate something we have covered in class and add an additional variable.
I am planning to develop the labs for the course using Eprime during the spring semester. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. Gary Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky 7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474 Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-6330 All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. Albert Einstein -----Original Message----- From: Shane Pitts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 2:52 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: cognition lab Tipsters, I am in the process of developing a lab component of my cognitive psych course and am seeking your advice. I looked in the TIPS archives and on-line without much luck. What I did find wasn't specific to be of much assistance. I'll appreciate any advice I can get on the lab course. For example, do you use "canned" experiments as in CogLab or something else? Do your students complete original experiments?, etc... I'll later post the results if you respond to me directly. Thanks a million! shane pitts Shane Pitts, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology Birmingham Southern College 900 Arkadelphia Road Box 549037 Birmingham, AL 35254 Phone: 205.226.7747 Fax: 205.226.4847 http://panther.bsc.edu/~spitts The aim of science is not to open the door to everlasting wisdom, but to set a limit on everlasting error. -Bertolt Brecht Skepticism is the agent of reason against organized irrationality --and is therefore one of the keys to human society and civic decency --Stephen Jay Gould --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
