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Research Opportunities
Research assistants at the
Infant Cognition Laboratory (ICL) at San Francisco State University
gain valuable experience designing, performing,
and analyzing data from experiments that study how infants and toddlers
learn language and what they know about the world.
Other responsibilities include participant
recruitment, scheduling appointments with parents/infants, and lab maintenance.
Experience in the lab helps
develop teamwork and leadership skills necessary for successful graduate or
professional careers. While many of the studies in the ICL are projects developed
by Dr. Kim and
the graduate staff, there are opportunities for experienced undergraduates to develop
their own projects. Also, course credit is available for undergraduates (i.e., PSY 699).
Though the ICL primarily studies cognitive development in infants and toddlers
from a psychological perspective,
our work draws from research and insights from multiple disciplines, and we
now have students and faculty in the lab with background in such diverse fields as linguistics,
child development, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and developmental psychology.
Because of the training involved in running experiments with infants,
we can only accept students who are able to commit to two 3-hour blocks of
lab work a week, and prefer applicants who can commit to working in the
lab for 2 semesters. The scheduling of the 3-hour blocks is
flexible and is based on your availablity and when we need research assistants
in the lab. No formal training is required.
If you would like sign up to be a research assistant, you can
apply online,
or you can obtain an application:
Printed applications may be submitted to the Infant Cognition Laboratory by asking
the Psychology Department front office (ADM 355) to place your application in
Dr. John Kim's mailbox. We will contact you
regarding the status of your application.
Last modified July 19, 2001
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