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Major Requirements-B.A
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Psi Chi - The National Honors Society in Psychology
Research is conducted in 2192 Founders Hall. Many of the experiments you are encouraged to participate in as psychology 100 students, will take place here. 2192 is sometimes listed as 2192 A, B or C. Other types of research are conducted outside of the lab - in natural settings, in the field, or even as take home surveys.
[The Research Lab F2192] |
Founders Hall 2192 Where
students participate in research activities. |
Research Projects by Investigator: [Top]
Primary Investigator: Dr. Jill Coleman
Dr. Coleman's research centers around stereotypes and prejudice, primarily as they relate to gender and interpersonal relationship processes. She is currently studying how peoples' ideas of gender differences being rooted in biological causes influence the stereotypes they hold about men and women. Other ongoing projects examine perceptions of parents, particularly fathers, who take parental leave or become stay-at-home parents and stigmas and stereotypes surrounding men and women who form romantic relationships via internet dating programs.
Primary Investigator: Melissa K. Jungers
My main research goal is to understand how people communicate in auditory domains. Within this theme of human communication, my research interests fall into three related categories: 1) memory for complex auditory sequences, 2) perception and production systems, and 3) language and music parallels.
Cognitive Aspects of Music & Language - Link to Junger's Lab Website
Primary Investigator: Dr. Julie M. Hupp
My research involves studying the cognitive development of infants and preschoolers. More specifically, I investigate how the typical young child begins to understand and use different aspects of language (e.g., inflections, verbs, etc.).
Link to Hupp's Research Interests
Primary Investigator: Dr. Sara Staats
Much of my research is associated with an interest in well-being. Hope and future time perspective are areas that I have researched both experimentally and with the use of qualitative methods. Other areas of research involve older women, the human-animal bond, creativity and emotion. In addition to introductory psychology and research courses in psychology, I teach creativity and special topics. As coordinator of the psychology programs at Newark, I am interested in program development in the service of students, faculty, and the discipline of psychology.
Primary Investigator: Dr. Marilee Martens
My research interests involve studying individuals with Williams syndrome, which is a genetic disorder which causes cognitive delay, a hypersociable personality, relative strengths in language and music, and significant delays in visuospatial and math abilities. My Ph.D. research involved comprehensive psychological testing and structural MRI imaging of individuals with Williams syndrome (and controls) and investigating the relationship between the cognitive, behavioral, and neuroanatomical features of this syndrome.
My current research efforts are intervention based, such as investigating whether music can be used to enhance learning among these individuals. I am collaborating with a researcher in Cincinnati who is conducting fMRI and language studies and am also working with OSU researchers on two separate studies: How children with Williams syndrome use gestures to accompany their language and how math and spatial estimation skills develop in individuals with Williams syndrome.
Link to Marten's Research Interests
Research Experience Students
Interested in being an Independent study research student? Contact a primary investigator working in an area you are interested in.
The Psychology Computer Lab F2188
The Psychology Computer Lab hours vary each quarter
*Please plan to finish sims & quizzes before closing times.
*Please do not come in with less than 10 minutes left of open lab time, as you will not be able to finish.
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