scholarly journals On choosing an inexpensive microcomputer for the experimental psychology laboratory

1980 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 607-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam V. Reed
ACTA IMEKO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Oliver Toskovic

Creating of Collection of old scientific instruments of Laboratory for experimental psychology, Faculty of philosophy, University of Belgrade is an attempt to preserve a part of history of science in Serbia. There are around 100 instruments in Collection, which mostly came to Belgrade within German war reparations to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, after the World War I. Most of the instruments were made in workshop of E. Zimmermann, precise mechanic of the first psychology laboratory in the world, founded in 1879 by Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig. They can be grouped on those aimed for examining visual and auditory perception, memory and learning, kimography and ergography and those designed for investigating emotions. Together with books and journals from 19th and beginning of 20th century, instruments create an ensemble based on which it is possible to reconstruct one psychological laboratory from the very beginning of development this scientific discipline.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-206
Author(s):  
Barbara Rumain ◽  
Allan Geliebter

We implemented NSF-funded computerized Experimental Psychology Laboratories at Touro College and incorporated process-oriented guided-inquiry learning (POGIL). We designed POGIL modules for the labs and conducted workshops for faculty on the implementation of the guided-inquiry approach, including learning teams. Data were collected from students who took experimental psychology with and without using POGIL, to assess the impact of the curriculum materials. Achievement was measured with (a) selected items from the Major Field Achievement Tests (MFAT) and (b) our own assessment instrument. Results indicated that students using the POGIL materials performed significantly better on both achievement tests than students not using them. This is the first demonstration that POGIL led to higher achievement than non-POGIL instruction for experimental psychology. These results are consistent with previous POGIL findings in the field of chemistry.


Author(s):  
Denise Pereira de Alcantara Ferraz ◽  
Ana Maria Jacó-Vilela

O presente artigo decorre de pesquisa cuja temática foi a história do curso de Psicologia de Lorena, no Estado de São Paulo. A narrativa histórica do curso foi construída por meio de fontes documentais e iconográficas, com destaque para as fotografias, recortes de revistas, jornais da época, documentos oficiais e não oficiais, além de entrevistas narrativas com pessoas que fizeram parte da constituição desse curso. O objeto deste artigo é o Laboratório de Psicologia Experimental, visando demonstrar sua importância, em um primeiro momento, para a formação de educadores salesianos e, na década seguinte, para a criação do curso de Psicologia na Faculdade Salesiana. Apresentamos, inicialmente, a história dos salesianos, detendo-nos mais em sua chegada a Lorena, com a fundação do Colégio São Joaquim, e, mais especialmente, do Laboratório de Psicologia Experimental. Conclui-se que os salesianos, em busca de uma formação mais qualificada para seus padres docentes, encontraram, na psicologia experimental e na psicometria, uma forma de garantir a base científica para sua prática pedagógica. Alguns desses padres se interessaram pela psicologia e dedicaram suas vidas a essa ciência, fazendo pesquisas, ensinando, debatendo, formando novos profissionais e prestando serviços à região.Palavras-chave: Psicologia científica. Sistema salesiano de educação. Formação dos profissionais da educação.AbstractThis article accrues from a research which the theme was the history of the Psychology Course from Lorena-SP. The narrative about de course’s history was built by documentary and iconographic sources, with a highlight to the photos, magazine clippings, newspapers of the time, official and non-official documents; narrative interviews with people who were part of the this Psychology course constitution. This article’s object is the Experimental Psychology Laboratory, aiming to demonstrate its importance, at first, to the formation of educators and, on the following decade, to the creation of de Psychology course at the Fa- culdade Salesiana. It is presented, at first, the history of the salesianos, focusing more on their arrival to Lorena, with the institution of the Colégio São Joaquim and, especially, of the Experimental Psychology Laboratory. It was concluded that the salesianos, searching for a more qualified background for their teachers priests, they found in Experimental Psychology and Psychometry a way to ensure the scientific base for their teaching practice. Some of these priests have become interested in Psychology and have dedicated their life to it, doing researches, teaching, discussing, forming new professionals and providing services to the region.Keywords: Scientific psychology. Salesian education system. Formation education professionals.ResumenEse artículo se deriva de una investigación cuyo tema fue la historia de la carrera de Psicología de Lorena, en el estado de Sao Paulo - Brasil. La narrativa de la historia del curso se ha construido a través de fuentes documentales e iconográficas, en especial fotografías, periódicos de la época, documentos oficiales y no oficiales; entrevistas con personas que formaban parte de la constitución de este curso de Psicología. El objeto de este artículo es el Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental, y la demonstración de su importancia, en un principio, para la formación de educadores y de la próxima década para la creación de la carrera de Psicología en el Colegio Salesiano. Presentamos, inicialmente, la historia de los Salesianos, su llegada a Lorena, la fundación del Colegio de San Joaquín y muy especialmente, el Laboratorio de Psicología Experimental. Llegamos a la conclusión de que los Salesianos en la búsqueda por una formación más cualificada para sus sacerdotes maestros, han encontrado en la Psicología Experimental y Psicometría una forma de garantizar la base científica para su práctica. Algunos de estos sacerdotes se han interesado por la psicología y dedicado su vida a esa, haciendo la investigación, la enseñanza, el debate, la formación de nuevos negocios y ofreciendo un servicio a la región.Palabras-clave: Psicología científica. Sistema salesiano de educación. Formación de profesionales de la educación.


2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 320-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serge Nicolas ◽  
Zachary Levine

Though Alfred Binet was a prolific writer, many of his 1893–1903 works are not well known. This is partly due to a lack of English translations of the many important papers and books that he and his collaborators created during this period. Binet’s insights into intelligence testing are widely celebrated, but the centennial of his death provides an occasion to reexamine his other psychological examinations. His studies included many diverse aspects of mental life, including memory research and the science of testimony. Indeed, Binet was a pioneer of psychology and produced important research on cognitive and experimental psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, and applied psychology. This paper seeks to elucidate these aspects of his work.


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