Cemetery Demography as a Tool for Teaching Psychological Research Methods to Undergraduate Students

Abstract Students enrolled in an honors introductory psychology course completed a cemetery demography project intended to stimulate student interest and appreciation for psychological research. They generated hypotheses about human population characteristics, collected cemetery data, tested their hypotheses with means comparisons, and wrote about their study in APA format. Responses on a satisfaction survey completed by students at the end of the semester support the conclusion that the cemetery demography class research project facilitated students' interest and appreciation for psychological research.