The Psychology Department facilities in University Hall include a psychology lab, a computer lab, graduate assistants' offices, an observation area fitted with multimedia equipment, and a psychology reading room.
The large multipurpose psychology laboratory (UHB 3118) is equipped with a variety of instruments to help students understand how experimental studies are conducted in the fields of memory, perception, learning, and other major areas. This equipment allows students to gain experience with some of the traditional evaluative and assessment procedures used within the discipline. The Psychology Department also contains several small lab rooms for research purposes (UHB 3125, 3127, 3129).
Although the campus has several different computer labs for student use, the Psychology Department has a computer lab (UHB 3116) that houses approximately 12 computer stations specifically for psychology student use in conjunction with supervised lab exercises and course-related assignments. The lab provides students access to the Internet as well as a variety of other software programs, including MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and SPSS.
The Psychology Program provides graduate assistantships every year. The Department's graduate assistants (GAs) are graduate students from various disciplines chosen for their specific skills and competency in related areas such as statistics, computer software, writing, or educational, developmental, or experimental psychology. Psychology GAs provide course-related assistance to psychology undergraduates and aid instructors with research and course-related work. They also assist students with course-related research projects, computer use, and writing using the APA style. Their offices are located within the computer lab (UHB 3140). Graduate assistants for the 2004 Fall semester and 2005 Spring semester are:
Julie Faires
Psychology
GA1
office
phone: (217) 206-7756
Holly Cunningham
Psychology
GA2
office
phone: (217) 206-8234
The Psychology Department has a well-equipped clinical observation suite that includes the multimedia equipment needed for students to observe behavioral demonstrations through a one-way mirror, and to make video recordings of various illustrative and evaluative procedures.
