Studies

Students in Linguistics and Cognitive Science courses may participate in experiments for extra credit.

Extra Credit

Your extra credit is measured in credits. Each study has a credit value, according to its length. One credit corresponds to about 30 minutues of participation.

Please refer to your class syllabus or ask your instructor for the maximum number of extra credit units you can receive via experiment participation, and for the value of each credit toward your final grade.

Students who are taking multiple LING/CGSC courses: For each experiment in which you participate, you may apply that credit to only ONE course (you may apply multiple credits to the same course, up to the extra credit limit). If you are enrolled in more than one course offering extra credit, you'll need to sign up for different experiments to receive credit in different courses. You will be asked to sign a form to indicate which class you want your extra credit for. Please make your decision before you sign up for the experiment. Transfer of extra credit units to a different class is not allowed after you sign the form.

Eligibility

Please be aware of the eligibility criteria that are indicated for each experiment and do not sign up unless you qualify. You will not receive any credit for participating in an experiment you do not qualify for. If you do not qualify for any of the experiments, you may complete the alternative assignment for the same amount of credit.

You may participate in more than one experiment, but you may only participate once in each experiment.

All experiments require that you be at least 18 years old to participate.

Making Appointments

Email the researcher to make an appointment. Make note of the time and location of the experiment when you sign up. You are responsible for arriving on time to all experiments. Please consult the Campus Map in advance to see where buildings are so you know how to get there. The research labs often run on tight schedules – if you arrive late you may have to reschedule.

Appointment Cancellation

If you have to cancel your appointment, please contact the researcher of the study at least one day in advance.

Alternative Assignment

If you are not eligible to participate in the following experiments, or if you want extra credit but do not want to participate in experiments, you can choose to do alternative assignment(s) for extra credit. Please refer to the Alternative Assignment section.

Title	Description	Eligibility	Location	Duration	Time/Credit	Researcher	Email
Language Learning Experiment	You will listen to a series of words in a foreign language You will then be asked to decide if these words belong to this foreign language.	Native monolingual English speaker. 18-27 years old.	McKinly 064	30min	1	Catherine Arce (divalite@udel.edu)	You don't need to contact the researcher. You can book your experiment here: http://catherinearce.youcanbook.me
Motor Priming Experiment	This experiment involves listening to a series of sounds and labeling each sound as a member of one of two possible categories.	Native monolingual speaker of English.	125 McKinly Lab	30min	1	Melissa Uretsky	muretsky@udel.edu
OW-Word Experiment	Important: If you have participated in the Sentence learning experiment, you cannot sign up for this experiment. The experiment involves listening to a series of words in a foreign language and then we will ask you to decide whether some words belong to the language you listened to.	Eligibility: If you have already participated in the Sentence learning experiment, you are NOT eligible for this experiment. Native monolingual English speaker. 18-27 years old.	064 McKinly Lab	30min	1	Regine Lai (rlai@udel.edu)	You don't need to contact the researcher. Book your experiment here: oldwine.youcanbook.me
PCO Experiment	You will listen to a series of words from a foreign language. You will then be asked to listen to words and judge whether they are possible words in the language you heard or not.	Native monolingual speaker of English. 18-27 years of age.	McKinly 064	20min	1	Nimer Abusalim (nimer@udel.edu)	No need to contact researcher. You can book your experiment here: http://nimer.youcanbook.me/
Word Ending Experiment	The experiment involves listening to a series of words with different endings in a foreign language and then we will ask you to decide what the correct endings are for some words belonging to the language you listened to.	Native monolingual English speaker. 18-27 years old.	McKinley 064	45min	2	Adam Jardine (ajardine@udel.edu)	You don't need to contact the researcher. You can book your experiment here: http://adamexp.youcanbook.me
Word Learning Experiment	The experiment involves listening to a series of words in a foreign language and then we will ask you to decide whether some words belong to the language you listened to.	Native monolingual English speaker. 18-27 years old.	McKinly 064	30min	1	Regine Lai (rlai@udel.edu)	You don't need to contact the researcher. You can book your experiment here: http://regine.youcanbook.me

Alternative Assignment

Extra credit: 1 unit

You will

listen to TWO archived discussion on National Public Radio relating to some issue about language/linguistics,
Provide a brief summary of the main point/s, and
express your opinion about the discussion you listened to.

You should write about 2 pages (typewritten, double spaced).

To access the archived discussions that you may use for this assignment, please go to npr.org. In the box, where is says “search NPR.org”, enter the word “linguistics”. This will bring you to a list of archived programs that are (more or less) related to language. You may listen to any archived story for free.

Be sure you choose a program that relates directly to language/linguistics. As long as this condition is met, you are free to choose any program to report on.

You may complete the alternative assignment multiple times (choosing new programs each time), up to the extra credit limit for your courses.