Facilities

The Human Observation Suite is designed for demonstration and research purposes. The suite includes five interaction rooms (one large, one medium, and three small), each equipped with networked video and audio taping and replay capacity. Two control rooms allow for conducting audio/video recordings and observation of interaction rooms via two-way mirrors. The suite may be reserved as a whole (all five interaction rooms, both control rooms, and the waiting area) or may be reserved in smaller arrangements.

This large laboratory includes eight independent testing rooms available for a variety of behavioral observations and experiments. This modern facility is shared research/teaching space with access to behavioral monitoring equipment and mazes, including:

• a radial arm maze
• Morris water maze
• operant chambers
• drug self-administration chambers
• locomotor activity chambers
• Barnes maze
• Rotarod
• fear conditioning chambers
• startle chambers
• condition place preference chambers
• elevated plus maze
• open field

It also has a wet lab, and facilities for histology, including a freezing microtome and fume hood.

The computer testing lab (GH20) has nine stations separated by carrels which better allows researchers to minimize peripheral distractions when conducting a study. The large observation room (GH22) will accommodate approximately 15 people. There is media projection equipment currently in the room with easy access for hooking up a laptop. It is perfect for small seminars, meetings, and group testing. Students can use GH22 as a study space if/ when it is not previously scheduled.

The student research rooms (GH65 & 125) are designed for SMP study and TA space. They have a computer and will accommodate up to three people. Reservations can be made for a single day/time or on a recurring basis over the semester. First priority for reserving these rooms will be given to PsycSMP students and mentors. Second priority will be given to departmental needs, and third priority to general needs.

• GH65 doubles as the office of the SMCM chapter of Psi Chi.
• Room 125 is a shared space used by TAs for office hours but can be used by SMP students to record phone interviews via software and equipment that is installed on a dedicated computer connected to the office phone.

The computer labs in Goodpaster Hall (70, 72, & 81) are just a few of a number of instructional technology facilities on campus where learners and faculty can interact. You must have a Onecard to access the Goodpaster Hall computer labs. The psychology department regularly uses labs to teach statistics and research methods in the Psychological Research, Analysis, and Writing course sequence as well as advanced biological, social, cognitive, counseling, and developmental psychology laboratory courses. Students can use these labs if/ when classes are not regularly scheduled to meet in the space and they can be reserved for special activities such as research studies.

This lab houses a large-format printer psychology faculty and students can use to produce research posters for on-campus symposiums and professional conferences.

This space on the first floor of Goodpaster Hall (between rooms 127 & 128) is a nice place to study or wait for meetings. It has a great view of the pond next to Campus Drive.