Hi everyone,

I’ve posted some sites that I thought could be helpful in picking a research topic now, or for the future. It seems like such a daunting task because there are so many options, but I think it comes down to what interests you most, and what you would like to learn more about through completing an intensive project. Luckily, we have our mentors and other professors to help guide us in this process.

Here are the links; hopefully they spark some new ideas:

Psychology Topics by the APA

Stanford’s Undergrad Guide to honing in on a topic

Brandeis possible thesis topics (I really like this site, because it specifies different questions within various areas of psychology–health, clinical, social, neuro)

Hope this helps!

Daphne

I’m not sure if anyone else has seen this article published back in September by the New York Times, called “Psychotherapy’s Image Problem.” I thought it was a really interesting, worthwhile piece because it highlighted how people nowadays (especially insurance companies) are so eager to dismiss “the talking cure,” and label it as something that is unhelpful and unimportant. However, research has shown that psychotherapy, also undertaken in conjunction with medication depending on what’s being treated, has provided patients with huge benefits and long-term effects.

Here is the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/30/opinion/psychotherapys-image-problem.html?_r=0

If anyone is interested in becoming a member of the American Psychological Association (APA) as an undergraduate student, here is a link to the APA page: http://www.apa.org/membership/student/index.aspx. The eligibility page states that “all undergraduates taking psychology courses can become an APA affiliate.” Furthermore, if you join between now and Dec. 31st, your membership would carry over to next year, as well. Benefits include receiving the APA journal, scholarships and awards, and special rates for registering for the APA convention. Lastly, it costs $35 for undergraduates to become members. Best of luck!

Hi everyone,

Since it seems like several people in our class are interested in clinical psychology, I’ve shared some of my findings in this post related to clinical psych labs in the New York City area. Specifically, I posted a link below to Hunter College’s (CUNY) Psychology Labs, if anyone is interested in gaining further research experience directly related to topics such as autism, depression, and psychopathology. The page also lists labs focusing on developmental, social, and bio-psychological research, as well.

Here is the link: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/scimon/research/facultylabs/psychology-lab-opportunities

For clinical psychology, I’d suggest looking into Dr. Miranda, Dr. Dennis, and Dr. Mennin’s labs!

Best of luck!

Daphne