| Faculty: |
Catharine Echols, Ph.D. |
| Contact: |
Catharine Echols
Email: echols@psy.utexas.edu Office: SEA 5.220, Phone: 471-4879 (stop by during office hours, Mon. 1-2 & Thurs. 11-12 or send e-mail for an appt.) |
| Description:
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Assist with one or more studies exploring language development. Topics include: How infants identify the sound patterns of their native language; how toddlers learn word meanings; interactions between language and conceptual development in 2- to 4-year-olds; children’s understanding of emotion in language.
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| Qualifications: |
Must be responsible. The research requires that students interact with parents and young children, so it is essential that assistants be present and on time when appointments are scheduled. |
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Duties:
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Assisting with running of children in experiments; also some scheduling of appointments and coding of videotaped data.
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Other Information:
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Research is conducted in the Children’s Research Lab, on the first floor of the Seay Bldg. |
