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PSY 357 Can we learn about who a person is through their hormone levels? An exploratory analysis of the relationship between hormones, personality, and social behavior
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT
Faculty:
Robert Josephs, Ph.D.
Contact:
Pranj Mehta pmehta@mail.utexas.edu
Description:
What is the best way to find out what a person is like? Might someone’s hormone levels be one way to assess personality and social behavior? In the current study, we will measure people’s hormone levels, including testosterone and cortisol. We will also measure the length of participant’s fingers, which is thought to be a measure of prenatal testosterone exposure. In addition, we will ask participants questions about their friendships, their romantic relationships, their sexual behavior, their career aspirations, their personality, their financial spending behavior, their academic achievement, and their physical and mental health. We predict that hormone levels will provide unique information about what a person is like and what types of behaviors they engage in. This will be one of the first large-scale studies trying to understand how hormone levels can be used to assess personality and social behavior, which has implications for understanding people and for changing the way social and personality psychologists conduct their research.
Qualifications:
We are looking for hard-working, conscientious, organized individuals who can devote approximately 8-10 hours per week to the lab. You should have a strong interest in social and personality psychology.
Duties:
You will be responsible for independently running experimental sessions on a weekly basis. Other duties include: participant recruitment, entering data, coding videos for behavior and personality, conducting literature searches on relevant topics. There is also the potential to present research at psychology conferences.
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