On November 11, a preview of the renewed psychology education and research facility was held at Teikyo University Hachioji Campus.
The Department of Psychology was born at Teikyo University in 1988.After about 30 years of psychology education, we have made a start toward the new 30 years.The brand-new research facility on the renewed Hachioji Campus, which aims to foster discoveries and foster students who will move forward in the future society with logical thinking, has a feeling of openness based on white on three floors from the 6th floor to the 8th floor. The construction is impressive, and it is an open environment where junior students can spend time watching the learning of senior students.
At the beginning of the exhibition, Yoshihito Okinaga, President and President, promotes the importance of a psychological approach for people to live in good health and psychological education that is useful in the real world in the present age when there are many people with worries. He talked about how to go and how this renewal was done.
On the 6th floor, there is a counseling room and a psychotherapy training room, as well as a practice room for lectures and seminars.The entire wall of the practice room is a whiteboard, and you can copy and write presentation materials.In the training room, there are three sandplays and different sands so that the client can express various psychological states during sandplay therapy.
In addition, the behavior observation and analysis room, which has a play room and a psychotherapy training room, collects and analyzes data with cameras and microphones that can observe children playing in the play room through a magic mirror and capture behavior from various angles. be able to.
In the cognitive science laboratory on the 7th floor of the training room / research floor, 11 dark rooms are arranged so as to surround the central common space, and each dark room that is soundproofed and can control the temperature is affected by the external environment. It is possible to examine human perception, cognition, and behavior under certain conditions without any need.
At the time of the exhibition, students also demonstrated the latest thermography to explore the state of body temperature and mind, and the infinite scale using the illusion of hearing.
The brain function measurement room with a thick door shield room on the same floor is a room for studying the brain, which is the neural basis of the mind, which is indispensable for psychology, and measures brain waves and various physiological indicators. It is also possible to measure by capturing weak brain wave signals with a shield room, and it is possible to collect highly accurate data.
Other laboratories are also equipped with the latest equipment such as a line-of-sight synchronized visual field movement system developed in collaboration with the "Center for Information and Neural Networks" and virtual reality, taking advantage of the flexible ideas of students. Research is being advanced through various experiments and measurements.
On the 8th floor, there are multiple psychological research training rooms and a support room that supports student education and research.There is also a qualification training support room for certified public psychologists, etc., and there is ample support for acquiring qualifications.
A certified public psychologist who is a national qualification that came into effect in 2017.At Teikyo University, you can obtain the examination qualification by taking the prescribed subjects and satisfying other requirements, and in addition, inside and outside the university to obtain the examination qualification such as clinical psychologist, clinical development psychologist, etc. We also support practical training.
The field of psychology is not limited to medical treatment and welfare, but also covers a wide range of fields such as sentiment evaluation and AI.It is no exaggeration to say that almost everything human beings are involved in society now.Along with that, the career paths and places of activity after graduation are expanding.
In the Department of Psychology of Teikyo University, where the curriculum has been renewed for the new 30 years, we take pride in the generous guidance that gives a thorough introduction to psychology in the first year.After that, in the 3rd year, select the area of interest from the 4 areas of "basic psychology area", "social psychology area", "practical development area", and "clinical practice area", and in the 4th year, follow each path. It is designed to go. "I want to nurture discoveries, find out what I am interested in, and nurture individuality, not a method based on the principle of competition that only some students can nurture. Creating the future through psychological education. With that in mind, this time, the research facility Has been updated, "says Tomoe Hayakawa, Dean of the Department.Aiming to be the psychology department of choice, the future of the newly started Teikyo University Psychology Department is expected.
