Psychology Department Research Participation Pool
For Students
What is research? Scientists—including those here at Pitt—learn about human thinking and behavior by conducting surveys on relationship satisfaction, testing which study strategies result in the best exam grades, and measuring brain activity as people learn words in a new language, among many others.
One goal of Introduction to Psychology is that, in addition to learning what scientists have discovered about psychology, you will also learn how psychologists conducted that research.
To see first-hand how psychologists perform research, the Department of Psychology gives all students in Introduction to Psychology a research assignment.
This assignment can be completed in multiple ways:
- Participate in approved research studies conducted by professors in the Department of Psychology through the Sona Systems website
- Write brief reports about a specific set of published psychology research articles. Join the “Intro Psych Papers” Canvas site to see the list of possible articles and submit your reports.
- or, any combination of the above two
Watch the research pool coordinator, Dr. Fraundorf, explain the research assignment:
If you have questions or problems with research participation, please contact the research pool coordinator, Dr. Scott Fraundorf, at sfraundo@pitt.edu, not your instructor. Dr. Fraundorf coordinates the research pool across all sections of Introduction to Psychology.
For Researchers
Applications to use the Research Participation Pool can be submitted through Qualtrics and are due in advance of the beginning of the term.