Experiential Learning about Psychological Processes

关于心理过程的体验式学习

• 批准号: 9981004
• 负责人: Gary Bradshaw
• 金额: $ 7.5万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-01-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9981004&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Experiential; Learning; about; Psychological; Processes

Psychology - Cognitive (73)The realm of the mind is mental processes: thinking is not an object, but an intricate activity carried out by the brain. Traditional educational vehicles (classroom lectures, books) cannot depict the dynamic character of human thought processes. Instead, they merely describe mental processes. Here we are developing modules for a new web site, Psychological Processes, that provide students with interactive demonstrations and experiments designed to reveal our current understanding of the dynamics of thinking. In this proof-of concept proposal, our goal is to develop two modules covering "The Descriptive Mind" and "The Adaptive Mind." Each module is being designed as a set of numerous Java programs that allow students to conduct experiments, interact with psychological models, and experience demonstrations about psychological processes. From these experiences, we expect students to acquire a better understanding about how human thinking works, as well as a better appreciation for the role of experimentation in illuminating psychological processes.Each of the areas is based on a functional schema of human thinking designed to provide a unified framework that encompasses many seemingly distinct phenomena. The development process is based on staged deployment, with considerable beta testing using college undergraduates and gradual introduction into our existing Introductory Psychology course. Evaluation of the modules will include a comparison of a traditional text-based treatment against the new form of presentation. National distribution will occur initially through the web. Instructors nationwide will have access to a mailing list that shares new developments, bug reports, comments, and invitations to participate in beta testing of new modules or provide comments about modules under development.

心理学 - 认知（73）思想领域是心理过程：思考不是一个对象，而是大脑进行的复杂活动。传统的教育车辆（教室讲座，书籍）无法描述人类思维过程的动态特征。相反，他们只是描述心理过程。在这里，我们正在开发一个新的网站，即心理过程的模块，该过程为学生提供了互动演示和实验，旨在揭示我们当前对思维动态的理解。在此概念证明的建议中，我们的目标是开发两个涵盖“描述性思维”和“自适应思维”的模块。 每个模块都被设计为一组众多Java程序，使学生可以进行实验，与心理模型进行互动以及有关心理过程的演示。 从这些经验来看，我们希望学生能够更好地了解人类思维的运作方式，并更好地欣赏实验在照亮心理过程中的作用。对这些领域的每个领域都是基于人类思维的功能性架构，旨在提供统一的框架，以提供包含许多看似与众不同的现象。开发过程基于分阶段的部署，使用大学大学生进行了大量的Beta测试，并逐步介绍了我们现有的入门心理学课程。 对模块的评估将包括对传统的基于文本的治疗与新形式演示形式的比较。 国家分布最初将通过网络进行。 全国讲师将可以访问一个邮件列表，该邮件列表共享新的开发，错误报告，评论和邀请，以参与新模块的Beta测试或提供有关正在开发的模块的评论。