Our faculty and graduate students are always engaged in research and frequently recruit participants for research studies. Our core curriculum course in Introduction to Psychology (PBSI 107) includes a hands-on, experiential component that involves participants actively in research in the discipline.
Additional classes sometimes offer course credit or extra credit opportunities that involve participation in research. Your instructor will provide details about this participation and alternative to participation to you in the syllabus and in class.
Fall 2024 Research Experience dates:
- Prescreening Dates: Friday, August 23rd at 5:00pm – August 30th at 5:00pm
- Subject Pool Opens: Tuesday, September 3rd at 9:00am
- Subject Pool Closes: Monday, December 2nd at 5:00pm
All credits must be completed by the closing date. You will not be able to access your SONA account after the it is closed.
It is advisable that you finish your experiments early in the semester instead of waiting until the end.
More Details
All subject pool research is facilitated using SONA Systems at the website: tamupsychology.sona-systems.com.
All documents and request links for students, researchers, instructors can be found on the subject pool link tree (QR code) or https://linktr.ee/tamusubjectpool.
Students
To access the subject pool, you must be registered for a PBSI course. To register for a student account, please go to this website: tamupsychology.sona-systems.com. You will create an account using your TAMU NetID credentials and enter relevant information regarding your course information. Your PBSI instructor will outline more details regarding the subject pool and course requirements.
For more information on student subject pool procedures, please refer to your course syllabus or "Student Resources" on the subject pool linktree.
Researchers
All research conducted using the PBSI subject pool must be supervised by a PBSI faculty member. All studies must be approved by the IRB to be featured on SONA. If you are interested in requesting a researcher account or adding a study to SONA, you will need to follow the procedures and complete the relevant requests forms.
For more information on researcher subject pool procedures and links to request forms, please refer to "Researcher Resources" on the subject pool linktree.
Instructors
All instructors of record for Introduction to Psychology (PBSI 107) will be contacted by the subject pool administrator with specific details regarding the subject pool prior to the current semester.
The subject pool resources are prioritized for Introduction to Psychology (PBSI 107) courses. If you are an instructor of record for another PBSI course and would like your students to participate in research via the subject pool (i.e., for course/extra credit), you may request for your course to be added to the subject pool for the current semester. Acceptance for additional courses to participate in the subject pool is subject to availability.
For more information about instructor procedures and links to request forms, please refer to "Instructor Resources" on the subject pool linktree.
Research Experiences Coordinator: Mayson Astle
tamusubjectpool@gmail.com