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==The history of psychology laboratories==
 
==The history of psychology laboratories==
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==Characteristics of psychology laboratories==
 
==Characteristics of psychology laboratories==
   
 
==List of psychology laboratory equipment==
 
==List of psychology laboratory equipment==
*[[Audiometer]]
 
*[[Crocker-Henderson smell classification]] set
 
*[[Biofeedback unit]]
 
*Blood pressure monitors
 
*[[E-Fit]]
 
*Eight channel event recorder
 
*[[Eye tracker]]
 
*[[Fatal Vision Premier Classroom kit]]
 
*[[Facial Action Coding System]]
 
*[[Galvanometer]]
 
*Galvanic skin response meter,
 
*Mirror tracers
 
*[[Pupillometer]]
 
*[[Tachistoscope]]
 
[[Sound level meter]]
 
*[[Thermohygrometer]]
 
*[[Tapping board]]
 
*[[Rotary pursuit apparatus]]
 
*[[Visual choice reaction apparatus]]
 
 
*[[Visual cliff]]
 
 
*[[Zwaardemaker olfactometer]]
 
 
*Models
 
**Functional brain model
 
**Eye
 
**Ear
 
 
Tests
 
 
 
 
Occupational Skills assessment model
 
Portable audiometer
 
 
 
 
 
Transcribing machines
 
   
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==Lab safety==
 
==Lab safety==
   
 
In some laboratories, conditions are no more dangerous than in any other room. In many labs, though, hazards are present. In laboratories where dangerous conditions might exist, safety precautions are important. Rules exist to minimize the individual's risk, and safety equipment is used to protect the lab user from injury or to assist in responding to an emergency.
 
In some laboratories, conditions are no more dangerous than in any other room. In many labs, though, hazards are present. In laboratories where dangerous conditions might exist, safety precautions are important. Rules exist to minimize the individual's risk, and safety equipment is used to protect the lab user from injury or to assist in responding to an emergency.
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==See also==
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*[[Research settings]]
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*[[Virtual Laboratory]]
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
Abbott, Albert H. (1900). Experimental psychology and the laboratory in Toronto. University of Toronto Monthly, 1, 85-98, 106-112. [A defense of the viability of experimental psychology against its 19th-century opponents, followed by description of the expanded Toronto laboratory, first established by J.M. Baldwin in 1891.] [http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Abbott/ Full text]
 
*Baldwin, James Mark (1892). The psychological laboratory in the University of Toronto. Science, 19 (no. 475), 143-144. [The first published description of the first experimental psychology laboratory in the British Empire.] [http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Baldwin/lab.htm Full text]
 
*Cattell, James McKeen. (1888). The psychological laboratory at Leipsig. Mind, 13, 37-51.[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Cattell/leipsic.htm Full text
 
*Cattell, James McKeen. (1898). The psychological laboratory. Psychological Review, 5, 655-658. [A reply to Titchener, 1898.] [http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Cattell/lab.htm Full text]]
 
*Cattell, James McKeen. (1928). Early psychological laboratories. Science, 67, 543- 548. [http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Cattell/earlylabs.htm Full text]
 
*De Varigny, M. Henry. (1894). Le laboratoire de psychologie expérimentale de l'Université de Madison. Revue Scientifique, vol. 1, tome 1, 624-629. [A contemporary report of [[Jastrow]]'s psychology exhibit at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.][http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/DeVarigny/madison.htm Full text]
 
**English translation of De Varigny's The experimental psychology laboratory at the University of Madison by C.D. Green. [http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/DeVarigny/madison-e.htm]
 
*Titchener, Edward B. (1898b). A psychological laboratory. Mind, 7, 311-331. [Description of the Cornell lab, its equipment, and its cost.] [http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Titchener/lab.htm Full text
 
   
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A laboratory (informally, lab) is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific research, experiments, and measurement may be performed.

The history of psychology laboratories

Main article: The history of psychology laboratories


Characteristics of psychology laboratories

List of psychology laboratory equipment

Main article: Apparatus

Lab safety

In some laboratories, conditions are no more dangerous than in any other room. In many labs, though, hazards are present. In laboratories where dangerous conditions might exist, safety precautions are important. Rules exist to minimize the individual's risk, and safety equipment is used to protect the lab user from injury or to assist in responding to an emergency.

See also

References