Stenstrom Lab Group Spring 2009 KH-B3009 3:15pm http://www.psychwiki.com/wiki/Stenstrom_Lab_Group

Purpose of Lab Groups After being a Research Assistant, you will be able to: Critically examine claims made about human behavior Design and conduct all types of research studies Learn how to think like a research psychologist Comprehend and effectively use the vocabulary terminology of research design

Three Themes of my Lab Groups This quarter… Experience Start new research project each quarter Get experience with entire research process from idea generation to data analysis Grad School “BootCamp” I will provide instruction on how to craft your CV, apply for grad school, what grad school is like once you get in, and so forth Skill Building I focus on helping you build “skills” (see next slide) because you can transfer those skills to whatever projects you work on during graduate school

Why Scientific Method is important: Most important advance in science in last 1000 years. Why? Moving away from mere observation and common sense, to scientifically evaluating “reality” via data collection, statistics, interpretation, dissemination. When did the field of psychology begin? The field began when the field of philosophy started collecting data.

Overview of the Research Process