关键词: 实验心理学, 本科教学, 教学改革, 教师培训

Abstract: The present study is a survey of teaching status quo of experimental psychology in China. Participants are 164 experimental psychology teachers from 120 universities covering 28 provinces. Most of them are assistant and associate professors. The results indicated that most universities set up experimental psychology in second year with more than 60 class hours, which were still less than teachers' expectations. Lab development was viewed as the main source of difficulties in teaching, although about more than half of these universities have psychology labs with an area more than 160m2. Nearly ninety percent of teachers attach great importance to experimental operation. Teaching ability and students' learning motivations were viewed as the main influence on teaching outcomes, and experiment design as the most difficult part in teaching. Most teachers reported high job pressures caused by research difficulties, but were satisfied with the training about experimental psychology teaching.

Key words: experimental psychology, undergraduate teaching, teaching reform, teacher training