Describes how a psychology fieldwork course promoted synergistic relationships between academic and experiential learning components. For one academic year, 15 psychology majors participated in supervised field experiences. Students did individualized reading, prepared weekly progress reports, and received constructive feedback from instructors…

Describes a Rutgers University program involving psychology undergraduates in an experience of applied clinical and community research. Five upper-level psychology majors evaluated the services of a community mental health center. Students collected and analyzed demographic and clinical data and presented the results to the center's director. (AM)

Discusses a research training project for undergraduate psychology students in the development, administration, and evaluation of strategies to deter addictive smoking in adolescents. Students worked closely with faculty and graduate student researchers and became aware of the constraints of institutional regulations and logistical problems…

Summarizes the use of field experiments designed to investigate personal space invasion. States that the experiments were designed and conducted by introductory psychology students and complemented by classroom lectures. Reports that the experiments provided an understanding of personal space, personal space invasion, and the implications…

Describes a comparative psychology course in which advanced college students learn by observing animals in their natural habitats in Kenya. The author tells how the objectives of master of observation, taxa adaptive behavior, echo systems, conservation, and field methods are satisfied. (RM)