1st Year Psychology Research Awareness Exercise

Overview

The School of Psychology operates a 1st Year Psychology Research Awareness Exercise. Students enrolled in (first-year) PSYC1010 Psychology Introduction 1 and PSYC1020 Psychology Introduction 2 are encouraged to act as participants in research studies carried out by the school staff and research students in exchange for partial course credit. The 1st year psychology participant pool enables students to familiarise themselves with psychology research and enables researchers in the School to conduct basic research in an efficient manner.

Participation through SONA

Research studies for the 1st Year Psychology Participant Pool are advertised in an online system called the SONA Experiment Management System (or SONA System).

SONA is a web-based system that facilitates the scheduling and management of University-based research studies. SONA is used to book laboratory sessions, administer on-line surveys, and check participant eligibility to participate in studies.

SONA saves time for participants by allowing them to check their eligibility to participate in a variety of studies and book available time slots that suit them without having to wait for researchers to confirm eligibility and research sessions. SONA protects every participant's confidentiality by ensuring that participants are not identifiable to researchers, that is, researchers are not in a position to link the information participants decide to disclose within SONA to your identity.

Want to Access SONA?

If you want to access the SONA system, click here.

SONA Resources for Students

PSYC1010 and PSYC1020 students wanting to participate in research projects available to the Participant Pool should read the Research Awareness Exercises Guide. PSYC1010 and PSYC1020 students should consult the Student SONA Documentation for instructions about how to operate this system.