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!
Interested in Abnormal Psych?
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
NYSABA 24th Annual Conference
If anyone is interested in ABA. There will be a conference on November 7th and 8th in Saragota Springs. The information can be found on http://www.nysaba.org/. The conference schedule is available in the following pdf file. http://www.nysaba.org/Downloads/NYSABA_Conference_Brochure_2013.pdf
NEPA Graduate School Tips
Hi Everyone,
When I was at the NEPA Conference on Saturday, one of the events was about Graduate School In Psychology: From A Challenging Market To A Successful Career. It was a panelist discussion talking about the different options and opportunities. It discussed how to choose the right graduate program for you, and how to distinguish between programs.
Tips to writing an application, what questions to ask in an interview, what to know about debt and student loans, and what to expect in terms of career options and salary.
They created a guide to help students prepare for graduate school. You can find the url link at: tinyurl.com/rightgradprogram
The IAT
Hey guys,
In class I spoke about using the IAT in my lab and for my own independent research. As I said, the IAT that is the most well-known is the race IAT which can be found here (it’s the 3rd one):
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatest.html
This website can help you understand what the IAT is by actually allowing you to complete one (and adding to the data). There are also a few other versions of the IAT if you are interested in them. Take a look at them, they’re pretty cool.
I couldn’t find the environmental sustainability IAT online but I did find an article about it:
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/blog/internal-attitudes-climate-change-matter
For those who are working on environmental sustainability in their labs might want to check it out.
-Linda