Experimental Psychology Schools

Detailed profiles of schools for Experimental Psychology from the EdRef college search portal.

Experimental Psychology programs prepare students to become university researchers or to work in settings such as business, industry, hospitals, counseling centers, medical schools, rehabilitation centers, or mental health centers. Programs are heavily weighted toward laboratory and interdisciplinary work. Students receive specialized training in human research, with subspecialties including developmental psychology, aging, memory, cognition, stress, behavior, social psychology, and mental retardation. Students develop a solid foundation in general psychology and are exposed to research design and analysis.

Graduate programs typically begin with students working with faculty and collaborating on research together. Students become exposed to the important methodologies and central questions of the contemporary field of experimental psychology. Students become familiar with the theory of the discipline, but also with the major skills associated with the work. They learn analytical, computational, and statistical skills that can be applied to a whole range of research questions.