Training OF Psychology Students in the Scientific Methods of Research

Abstract

In the training of psychology students in the Faculty of Psychology at the Southern Federal University (Russia, Rostov-on-Don) practice and exposure to the methods of scientific psychology are employed. Student conduct research in the motivation by using hardware that measures a variety of physiological responses. To assess motivation, students were trained to use the following measurements: assessment of social and psychological attitudes; need for affiliation; achievement motivation; cognitive orientation; need for approval and sensation seeking and risky behavior.