Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)
Learning & Research Resources
All resources from CABLab activities and events will be made available in this space along with new learning materials. ​
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Some of the modules we offer based on members' expertise and past engagements are listed below
Resources for Research Technology/ Tools
1. Psychology Experiment Building Language (PEBL)
PEBL is an open source software that offers a simple programming language tailor-made for creating and conducting many standard experiments.
Version: PEBL 2.1 (Open Source)
2. Psych Lab 101
Psych Lab 101 contains 31 well-known cognitive and clinical psychology experiments, useful for introductory Psychology courses, and users can administer experiments and pool in data
Version: Mobile application (Free)
3. E-Prime
E-Prime provides a truly easy-to-use environment for computerized experiment design, data collection, and analysis. It is one of the most comprehensive software packages available for behavioral experiments.
Version: E-Prime 3, E-Prime Go (Paid)
4. Zurich Toolbox for Ready Economic Experiments (z-Tree)
z-Tree is a widely used software package for developing and carrying out economic experiments. It is flexible both in the logic of interaction and the visual representation, allowing the simple programming of experiments
Version: z-tree 5 (Free)
5. O-Tree
O-tree is an open-source platform for web-based interactive tasks, such as Economic and Psychology experiments, surveys, tests, etc.
Version: Free but relies on Python Language
6. PsyToolKit
PsyToolkit is a free-to-use toolkit for demonstrating, programming, and running cognitive-psychological experiments and surveys, including personality tests.
Version: PsyToolKit 3.3.2 (Free-web based)
7. Lioness Lab
LIONESS Lab is a free web-based platform for online interactive experiments. It enables researchers to conduct interactive experiments online and facilitates replication.
Version: Free (completely Web based)
8. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
The SPSS® software platform offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast library of machine learning algorithms, text analysis, open source extensibility, integration with big data
Version: SPSS v21 (Paid)
9. Microsoft package for Research
Microsoft office professional packages which includes MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook, etc. are key resources for all researchers. MS Excel & Word especially offer lot of advanced features for research
Version: Paid package of programs
10. Google Suite for Research
The Google suite apps which includes Google Forms, Google Scholar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, etc. are useful online resources across disciplines, and offer lot of useful functions for researchers and authors
Basic version Free
11. Red Cap
REDCap is a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. REDCap software has generated over 1,225,000 projects from1,781,000 users & 14,473 journal articles ci REDCap
Version: Web based (Paid)
Resources from CABLab Events
Computerized testing in Cognitive Psychology
An introduction to popular computerized platforms for building and running experiments in Cognitive psychology. It includes demonstrations of software such as Psychology Experiment Building Language (PEBL), Psych Lab 101, E-prime, z-Tree, etc.
Resource persons: Dr. Madhavi, Mr. Harishankar, Mr. Prakat, Mr. Adhiraj
Understanding, Training and Taking Care of the Brain
An interactive workshop module, meant particularly for young participants, and focuses on understanding the human brain, and various behavioral practices to take active care of your most important organ
Resource persons: Dr. Madhavi, Mr. Harishankar, Ms. Shradha
Interacting with Pets within Family structures
Based on data from a doctoral dissertation, this educational module focuses on the dynamics of human-animal interaction, and particularly how pets influence aspects of our behaviors.
Resource persons: Ms. Rijita, Dr. Madhavi
Details of past workshops, trainings and other events organized by CABlab can be found at the website gallery