Undergraduates in the Psychology department have the opportunity to participate in research by enrolling in Psy 99 or Psy 199. Independent research projects are designed to provide undergraduates with the opportunity to expand and apply skills and knowledge gained from their regular undergraduate course work. Please have a look at the reasons, requirements, and application process for enrolling in 99/199.

Independent research opportunities currently available:

Dr. Stan Klein's Lab

• Social Exclusion as Recalibrating Event
• Health Awareness

Dr. David Sherman's Lab

• Physiological and psychological assessments for two weeks prior to a participant's most stressful exam

Dr. Jim Blascovich's Virtual Reality Lab

• Jim Blascovich — a series of studies on how bodily perceptions impact emotional experiences across cultures
• Kristen Macuga — Driving in virtual reality
• Rosanna Guadagno
• Deb Bunyan — Studies about self-regulatory fatigue

Dr. Greg Ashby's Laboratory for Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

• Brian Spiering — understanding the interaction of brain and behavior using the latest technology
• Greg Ashby — Investigate how people learn to categorize objects and events in their environment

Dr. Rich Mayer's Lab

• Richard Mayer — Cognitive Load Measurement in Multimedia Instruction

Dr. Diane Mackie's Social Emotions Lab

• Devin Ray — Studying how emotions influence cognition, attitudes and behavior such as prejudice and discrimination

Dr. Leda Cosmides's Evolutionary Social Cognition Lab

• David Pietraszewski — Studying the abandonment of categorization by racial cues, accent, and the adoption of coalitional markers
• Elsa Ermer — Investigating the role of coalition membership on regulating social perceptions, judgments, and resource allocation decisions

Dr. Brenda Major's Social Lab

• Pamela Sawyer — Studies addressing the experience of prejudice

Dr. John Foley's Visual Perception Lab

• John Foley — Learning to Perform in a Virtual Environment
• John Foley -- Context Effects in Pattern Vision

Dr. James Roney's Developmental and Evolutionary Psychology Lab

• James Roney — Projects on human behavioral endocrinology

Dr. Heejung Kim's Cultural Psychology Lab

• Heejung Kim — Examines the influence of culture on the way people think, feel and act

 

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