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SONA Manual for Psychology Participant Pool Students (procedures & requirements)
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SONA Tutorial video for Psychology Participant Pool students
Why do we have a Participant Pool?
The Participant Pool is an essential component of the Department of Psychology’s teaching and research. Its purpose is threefold:
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Enhance the learning opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students through providing opportunities for them to participate in the research process.
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Improve public understanding and support for psychological research.
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Support the research mission of the Department of Psychology.
Pedagogical Value of Research Participation
Research skills are what sets a university graduate apart in the modern labour force. As research participants, students develop knowledge, understanding, and values that underpin the development of these skills. The experience is meant to contribute to meeting the psychology program’s undergraduate learning outcomes, including disciplinary breadth and depth and methodological understanding.
Learning from experience can be fast and intuitive. In the context of research participation, however, learning likely benefits from expert guidance. Thus, we believe that researchers play a key role in facilitating student participants’ engagement and growth. They enhance the pedagogical value of research participation by encouraging reflection and directing student participants’ attention to key research elements.
Who does the Participant Pool serve?
Student participants, researchers, and instructors are the three groups of stakeholders that the Participant Pool serves. The functioning of the pool requires that the interests of each group are respected and each group meets the expectations of the other groups.
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