Computers are often used in undergraduate experimental design and statistics courses, but they can also be used in other courses with different instructional objectives. This article describes a course designed to teach the roles of professional psychologists through the use of computers. Student comments and my observations were used to evaluate this approach, and they are discussed in terms of the students' application of course material and its novelty.
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