About the Museum and Resource Center

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. The OSU Psychology Museum and Resource Center (PMRC) provides undergraduates and graduate students "hands-on" learning experiences in psychology. The PMRC contains both computer and non-computer demonstrations in such areas as animal and human learning, cognition, social psychology, and physiological psychology. Video tape demonstrations describing various aspects of invertebrate learning are also available. 

The resources and expertise of the PMRC are available to all primary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities in the state of Oklahoma. 

Two unique features of the PMRC deserve mention. First, the PMRC maintains a training program for any student and faculty who wishes to learn how to use and create their own demonstrations. Second, the resources of the PMRC can be taken on "the road" in the form of the "Psych-Mobile." The Psych-Mobile can make visits to various educational institutions. 

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Examples of Activities

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. Activities at the PMRC can be broken into two types: demonstrations and resources. The demonstrations are hands on illustrations of real psychology experiments. See the Museum Shop for examples. Also the PMRC has resources of older documents used by psychologists. All of these materials are available for loan to any educational institution. Tours of the PMRC can also be arranged. 

 
 
 
 

Exhibit Halls

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Museum Shop

What activities can the PMRC bring to your school? Browse the Museum Shop to see the possibilities.
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Downloadable Programs

This is a collection of computer programs that allow you to simulate various laboratory experiments. Of special interest is a program to teach principles of classification.
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Movies of Experiments

Download movies of experiments on animal learning. You can see a crab pressing a lever in a crustacean Skinner box, a crayfish eating from the hand of an experimenter, and conditioning in assorted insects.
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Inkblots

Ink Blot Personality-Perception Tests
Formally developed by Herman Rorschach in 1922, the ink blot perception tests are a personality measure. Professionals are trained for years on ink blot perception for the mere purpose of interpreting them so do not attempt to interpret the test results yourself. We invite you to take a look and guess what you see in the in blots, however they are shown here for entertainment purposes only.
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Classroom Experiments 

Experiments and other exercises to perform in the classroom. These are perfect for science teachers or psychology instructors looking for activities for their students. Examples include animal learning demonstrations, library skills treasure hunt, and Project Petscope - where pet stores are turned into animal research centers. 

In addition to the demonstrations, a suggested reading list is provided to enable an instructor to acquire background information to formulate ideas to modify the demonstrations. 

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Links of Interest

A collection of links to the many WWW sites dedicated to psychology.
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History of Psychology Timeline 

Lists the major historical figures in Psychology along an timeline. Includes pictures and links to more information.
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Physiological Links

 
 
 

This page is a list of links to other physiological sites on the World Wide Web.

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Exhibits on Invertebrate Learning Apparatus

 
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Animal Behavior 

  This page provides links to other sites on animal training, zoos, and parks.
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Contributors

The people who have helped make this page possible.
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A sample experiment

Click here for some sample activities that you can try. 


Information about the PMRC and Psych-Mobile can be obtained from:
Dr. Charles I. Abramson
at (405) 744-6027
via E-Mail:
charles.abramson@okstate.edu



 
 

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