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PSY 357 Undergraduate Project DescriptionsFALL 2009Linguistic Synchrony in Speed DatingFaculty:James Pennebaker, Ph.D. Sam Gosling, Ph.D. Contact:Molly Ireland molly.ireland@gmail.com Description:How do men and women talk when they’re on a date? How is the linguistic style a person uses on a date related to its outcome – i.e, are people more or less attractive or datable when they verbally mimic their date? We’re answering these questions and many more with our large dataset of audio recordings of naturalistic and experimental speed dates. Qualifications:Basic Word and Excel skills are a plus, and high conscientiousness is required. Applicants should also be interested in empirical research and genuinely curious about social interaction. If you are planning to apply to law or graduate school in the near future and would like to add valuable research credentials to your application, this project is ideal for you. Near the end of the semester, top research assistants will have the opportunity to answer their own research questions with these and other available data and present their findings at future academic conferences. Duties:You will have the chance to listen to and transcribe audio recordings of real-life speed dates between men and women aged 18-30. I will also teach you to use a variety of text analysis methods, including using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) and latent semantic analysis (LSA). Time commitment is 8-10 hours per week. When and where you work is very flexible. Working from home or in the middle of the night is perfectly fine.
PSY 357 Undergraduate Research Projects (FALL 2009)
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