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Psychology students

Camosun launches new Journal of Psychology research

Building on years of expertise, 246天天好彩 has launched a new psychology journal to showcase their unique and diverse research accomplishments.

Psychology students

Building on years of expertise in faculty and student-led applied research, 246天天好彩 has launched a new psychology journal to showcase their unique and diverse research accomplishments.

The new publication, called The Journal of Camosun Psychology Research debuted its first biannual edition in fall 2019. Instructor and managing editor Michael Pollock took a leading role in its development.

鈥淐amosun鈥檚 psychology department has a long-standing tradition of having instructors and students doing a lot of hands on research,鈥 he says. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really just now with the journal that people are becoming aware of how unique our department is in offering introductory students these kinds of applied research opportunities.鈥

The online journal will be published twice yearly. A team of instructors vet research projects by their students and propose successful ones for publication. Students author all published research, while faculty reviewers and editors prepare the work for formatting and publication. Camosun Librarian Robbyn Lanning maintains the open access website, allowing readers to access the journal from anywhere in the world.

The journal will showcase a wide array of psychology topics. 鈥淚t鈥檚 completely open for the students to chose the topics they want to explore,鈥 says Pollock. 鈥淲e encourage students to research areas that are new and exciting and haven鈥檛 been covered as much before.鈥

For the first edition, Camosun psychology students Aya Miyata, Milton Cabrera and Nu Minh An Ton all had their innovative research work published.

Miyata鈥檚 article 鈥淭he Effect of Black and White Visual Contrast on Moral Judgement鈥 examines prejudice and social conditioning and the effect of visual contrast on morality. An alumnus of Camosun鈥檚 criminal justice program, the excellence of her research caught the attention of psychology instructor Judy Caldwell, who encouraged her to have her work published in the new journal. 鈥淚 presented a moral scenario with two different borders,鈥 she explains. 鈥淥ne with a black or white checkered background and one with a more neutral colored background and tested to see whether there would be a difference in how people responded. I really enjoyed the research and was flattered when it was chosen for publication.鈥

Now working as a security officer at BC Corrections, Mitaya credits Camosun鈥檚 interdisciplinary and applied approach to education to preparing her effectively for her chosen career. 鈥淚t absolutely prepared me to understand what I could expect and how to deal with it,鈥 she says.

Milton Cabrera co-authored a piece entitled, 鈥淭he Effect of Caffeine on Performance鈥 with student peers Shannon Firman and Elsa Parsons. 鈥淏asically we looked at all the other research already done involving caffeine and performance and then we built on that to try to create our own niche area of understanding,鈥 he says. 鈥淲e wanted to cover what hadn鈥檛 been done at all or not already covered in as much depth as we wanted to go into.鈥

After achieving academic success at Camosun, Cabrera took advantage of the university transfer option and is now studying psychology at UVic, where he is among the student leaders in the department鈥檚 psychology club. 鈥淐amosun definitely helped me learn how to communicate more effectively and how to study,鈥 he says. 鈥淚 learned that I was capable of studying again because I hadn鈥檛 been in school for around 10 years, and I came back and realized that with the right courses and instructors I was capable of being a good student.鈥

Psychology student Nu Minh An Ton鈥檚 article, 鈥淭he Effect of Incongruent Audio and Visual Stimulation Memory of Written Words鈥 examined the effects of mismatched audio video stimuli and memorisation. 鈥淲hen you try to memorise a list of words and you listen to a different set of words,鈥 explains Ton, 鈥渋t will be very difficult for you to memorise it and it basically becomes a different version of the truth. I鈥檓 really interested in audio visual memories.鈥

All three students are excited about their future, and grateful for the support of Camosun and the unique opportunity to have their research published.

Ton, who is an international student from Vietnam summed up their feelings. 鈥淐amosun is like a breath of fresh air for me,鈥 she says. 鈥淭he atmosphere is really friendly and welcoming and I love all the attention and recognition I am getting from the publication and my research and all my hard work.鈥

Contact information

Ivan Watson

Marketing & Communications Strategist

250-418-0700

watsoni@camosun.ca