Fall 2015 Research Experiences

Undergraduate Advising Office
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Fall 2015
http://psychology.tamu.edu
PROFESSOR
(Area)
Smallman
[email protected]
Social
Lench
[email protected]
Social
Lench
[email protected]
Social
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NEEDED
Session
485, 491
6
students
1. Social cognition, affect,
judgment and decisionmaking, broadly construed.
2. Projects may include
studies and research
looking at counterfactual
thinking, categorization,
and a variety of lab-based
tasks
485/491
10-15
students
1. Emotion and cognition
485/491
2-3
students
TASKS REQUIRED
TOPICS
1. Educational assessment
and development
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Running experimental
sessions
Coding/entering data
Participating in
discussions about ongoing
lab projects
Attend weekly lab meetings
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Work with participants
Code videos
Enter data
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Data collection online
and in large groups
Data scoring
Data entry
Basic analyses
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PLEASE NOTE
To enroll in a 484-485, you must discuss it with the professor and complete a
contract to be turned in to the PSYC Advising Office during open
registration.
484, 485
Carter-Sowell
[email protected]
Social
Schmeichel
[email protected]
Social
Alexander
[email protected]
Clinical
*contact Ashley Yaugher*
Minimum of a 2 semester
commitment required
Geraci
[email protected]
Cognitive
6
Students
(must commit
to 2-3
credits)
485, 491
30
students
485
4
students
1. Effects of being
ignored and excluded
on affect, behavior
and wellbeing
1. Motivation, Emotion,
Self-Control,
Psychophysiology,
Social neuroscience
1. Brain and Gender Lab
2. Interactions between
hormones and behavior
3. Gender Differences in
early childhood and
emerging adulthood
4. Developmental
psychopathology
485/491
2-3
Students
1. Aging, Memory, and
Subjective Age
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Data entry
Coding
Running participants
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Conducting experiments
with human subjects
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Interact with
participants
Help conduct experiments
Code videos
Enter data
Learn Eye-Tracking
Technology
Other duties assigned
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Running experiments
Scheduling participants
Entering data
Assisting in data
analysis
PLEASE NOTE
To enroll in a 484-485, you must speak with the professor and complete a
contract to be turned in to the PSYC Advising Office during open
registration.
Wilcox
[email protected]
Developmental
*contact Marisa at email above*
485/491
10
students
1. Study infants and how
they understand the
world. Use eye
tracking and optical
imaging technologies
485, 491
Yamauchi
[email protected]
Cognitive
Vaid
[email protected]
Cognitive
**Interested in WGST and/or
Latino Studies minors also**
10
students
485
4-5
students
1. Emotion and cognition,
music perception,
unconscious processing
1. Bilingualism and the
mind
2. Gender and race in
psychological inquiry
3. Writing systems
journal editorial help
485, 491
Miner
[email protected]
I/O
2-5
students
1. Respect, Inclusion,
and Diversity in the
Workplace and
University
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Updating databases
Data Collection
Subject recruitment
Creation of stimuli
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Designing and
administering experiments
Developing stimuli
Literature search
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Library research
Data collection and
coding
Proofreading
Some literature review
writing
Data collection
Coding and analysis
Literature reviews
Manuscript writing
Students may have
opportunity to develop
their own research
project/paper for
publication and
presentation
PLEASE NOTE
To enroll in a 484-485, you must speak with the professor and complete a
contract to be turned in to the PSYC Advising Office during open
registration.
Eitan
[email protected]
Neuroscience
485, 491
4
students
1. Drug Addiction in
Adolescents
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Behavioral Experiments
Data Analysis
Mice Maintenance
PLEASE NOTE
To enroll in a 484-485, you must speak with the professor and complete a
contract to be turned in to the PSYC Advising Office during open
registration.