The Psychology Research. Suite include rooms with one-way mirror observation deck and adjoining conference room, student lounge and meeting room (with psychology journals, Psi Chi newsletters, graduate-school brochures and books, GRE practice tests, refrigerator, coffee maker, microwave, etc.). The Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory includes an animal colony, Pavlovian conditioning chambers, stereotaxic surgery equipment, and BIOPAC esources for research involving physiological measures, including EEG, GSR, heart rate.
Psychology students conducting research follow informed consent practices. Our Sample Informed Consent Form helps guide students through their projects.
The Department of Psychology provides opportunities for students to explore the world during January Term. Recent courses include:
Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 with over 400 chapters at accredited colleges and universities across the nation. Psi Chi’s purposes are to encourage, stimulate, and maintain scholarship of members and to advance the science of psychology. The minimum qualifications for membership in Hartwick’s Psi Chi Chapter include: 3.50 psychology GPA, 3.25 cumulative GPA, and 12 completed Hartwick Psychology credits. Sample activities from Hartwick’s chapter include attendance and presentations at regional and national psychological conferences, sponsoring of guest speakers, and admissions recruitment activities.
Psychology Club is established by students to provide a venue for all students at Hartwick to learn about and celebrate around important issues related to psychology.
Conference Presentations:
Allison Fitzsimmons ’21, Kelsea Royce ’21, Alyssa Jasewicz ’21, Maximillion Mastroianni ’21: Political polarization in a pandemic: Political views and mental health; Eastern Psychological Association, March 2021. Assistant Professor William Kowalczyk, Sanborn-Overby, U. A.
Justyna Cage ’22 and Jacqueline Gerstenberger ’23: Maternal Stress Increases Anxiety-Like Behavior of Rodent Infant Offspring; Society for Neuroscience Conference, January 2021; Assistant Professor Heidi Rivera
Olivia Roth ’20, Abigail White ’20, Lauren Gifford ’20, Abigail Schwartz ’21:The effect of mental health and expectancy of drinking outcomes on college drinking behaviors. Poster presented at the 92nd annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, June 2020; Assistant Professor William Kowalczyk
Jennifer M. Darasz ’20: Implicit gender stereotypes of aggressive vs. nonaggressive car “faces”; Eastern Psychological Association, March 2020; Professor Lisa Onorato
Award-winning Projects: