Research Credits
Students in this course can earn extra credit points through psychological research experiences.  Students may earn credit by any of the following means, in any combination: 1) The student may volunteer to serve as a research participant in an approved study being conducted by Western Kentucky University Psychological Sciences or Psychology faculty or students.  2) The student may take quizzes over psychology research articles.  In order to obtain a Study Board account, complete the online form  at  http://www.wku.edu/psychological-sciences/studyboard/.  Once the account is established, the system will automatically email the login information.  This website handles all research scheduling and credit administration. Only credits for which you register online will count toward research credit.

Credits are earned accordingly.  Each 15 minutes of research participation is worth one (1) credit.  There are studies listed on the website with credits that vary from one to eight or more.  Study Board credit may also be earned through an alternative assignment in which a student takes article quizzes.  For information about this alternative assignment, see http://www.wku.edu/psychological-sciences/studyboard/students/article_quizzes.php.  Your instructor will inform you how class credit will be assigned from the research credits earned.

Students who fail to show up for a study session or fail to show up promptly at the scheduled time of the session without first notifying the researcher of these changes will be classified as “no-shows”. This behavior creates substantial difficulties in meeting both the educational and research goals of the Study Board. There is a limit of two (2) “no-shows” for each student.  After the second “no-show”, a student will not be allowed to participate in research studies for the current semester.  Such students will be allowed to earn Study Board credits through the alternative assignment. Note that the number of credits earned through the alternative assignment is limited.

Complete information about research participation, research credits, and the Study Board can be found at  http://www.wku.edu/psychological-sciences/studyboard/.

Updated August 14, 2015.