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PSY 357 Fantasy and Reality Stories

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT

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Faculty:

Art Markman, Ph.D.

Contact:

John Dennis johnlmdennis@mail.utexas.edu

Leora Orent orent@psy.utexas.edu

Description:

Would we be less likely to swim at the beach after we saw the movie Jaws?  Can those events in a fantasy story have real world implications? Do we experience the events in a fantasy story in the same way as in a reality story? Can fantastical stories have a categorically different sense of time, causality, protagonists, or space then reality stories?

Qualifications:

A strong interest in psychology, reliability and initiative are all qualifications. Lab hours are flexible and students are expected to work 6-10 hours per week.

Duties:

Research assistants will generate research ideas, help with study design and preparation, interact with research participants and collect data, as well as assist in data coding and analysis.

PSY 357 Undergraduate Research Projects (SPRING 2006)
PSY 357 Course Requirements

Updated 4 January 2006
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