EIU Department of Psychology

Introductory Psychology (PSY 1879) Students

To fulfill the course requirement, you must complete one of the following options described here: Research participation policy (SP23)

• Sign up for experiments in SONA
• Written library assignments

SONA System Participant Tutorial Video

This video walks you through all the main features you will need to use on the SONA interface.

SONA Researchers

• Preparing online surveys with SONA
• Research study registration
• Experimenter rules of courtesy

For help with entering research studies in SONA, researchers should contact the SONA GA (Olivia Omundson, Fall 2025) by email at psycresearch@eiu.edu. Office hours are in Physical Science 3141, Monday 2-4 p.m., Tuesday 12:30-1:30 p.m., and Wednesday 12-2 p.m.