Across scientific disciplines, psychology being no exception, a distinction is often made between basic and applied research. Basic research, as this distinction goes, is ivory-tower research ...

It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that basic research cannot shunt off the messiness of values to applied research. If we can’t continue to pretend that basic research is pure (for that matter, even ...

The Ph.D. Program in Educational Psychology is designed to educate students to conduct basic and applied research, critically analyze the processes of learning and education, develop and evaluate ...

Basic research addresses fundamental questions, the answers to which may or may not yield immediate, practical benefits. Applied research addresses questions of real-world significance, such as how to ...

The Department of Social, Health & Organisational Psychology teaches and conducts research that focuses on human behavior in social context. The research is inspired by observing how humans respond to ...

Psychology Department faculty actively collaborate with students on a variety of research projects, including parenting interventions for Latino families, interventions for individuals with anxiety ...