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PSY 357 Children’s thinking
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT
Faculty:
Cristine Legare, Ph.D.
Contact:
Cristine Legare legare@psy.utexas.edu
Description:
Our research addresses how children construct new knowledge. Most of our work is with preschool and elementary school children. Ongoing studies include: (1) the development of children’s causal explanations, (2) children’s exploratory play, (2) the development of questions as tools to solve problems.
Qualifications:
A strong interest in psychology, experience interacting with children, good social skills, reliability, and initiative. Must be able to work 9-10 hours per week in the lab (according to your schedule) for a two-semester commitment (e.g., spring-summer, summer-fall or fall-spring). Often students will also have the opportunity to work with children in local preschools and elementary schools. If you work at schools, you must have large blocks of free time (2-3 hours) in your schedule on at least 3 days during the week.
Duties:
Run one-on-one experiments with preschool- and elementary school-age children, interact with parents, schedule appointments, collect, code and enter data, help design studies, attend a lab meeting each week, and (at the end of the second semester) write a short paper on the research with which you were involved.
Other Information: For more information, visit our website at: http://www.saharalab.com
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