The majority of psychological scientists around the world rely on human subjects to participate in their research (those who use animals, obviously don't!). Some scientists use what are called special populations to conduct their research given the research questions they have (people over the age of 55, babies, police officers, people with schizophrenia, etc). But many (maybe even most) rely on the participation from people who are in college (that means YOU). As part of your introduction to what Psychology is all about, you are required to participate in 4 hours worth of research throughout the semester. There is a website that you will register for and be able to browse for and sign up for experiments (https://unipsych.sona-systems.com). There are some alternatives (writing papers, attending presentations, but the easiest option by far is doing the experiments). Most are 30 minutes (.5 credits) to an hour long (1 credit) and you do as many as you need to get up to 4 (there are some restrictions on how many online studies you can do compared to laboratory studies). You will be sent an email to your university email address with your login information. More information about the participation requirement is provided here: http://www.uni.edu/csbs/psych/research-requirements. This is a requirement. If you are unable to complete all of your 4 credits via experiments you may write a 2 page paper of an approved journal article (see below), or attend and write up a 2 page paper on an approved campus presentation (announced in class and over email). You will receive an incomplete in the course if you do not satisfy this requirement
Approved Articles for Experimental Credit
Approved Articles: (links will work if you are on campus or logged into the library website if you are off
campus)
Responses to a self presented suicide attempt in social media.
http://psycnet.apa.org.proxy.lib.uni.edu/journals/cri/34/6/406.pdf
Across the thin blue line: Police officers and racial bias in the decision to shoot
http://psycnet.apa.org.proxy.lib.uni.edu/journals/psp/92/6/1006.pdf
Portion size me: Plate-sized induced consumption norms and win-win solutions for reducing food intake and
waste
http://psycnet.apa.org.proxy.lib.uni.edu/journals/xap/19/4/320.pdf
The price of sexy: viewers' perceptions of a sexualized versus nonsexualized facebook profile photograph
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