PSY 395-394 HAMMER Lab Application

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First name

Last name

Your gender pronouns (more info here: https://www.mypronouns.org/)

Current year in school

Anticipated graduation date

If you are a UK student, have you completed Requirement 3 of the Psych Major (i.e., participated in an advanced lecture/lab)?

Yes, I earned an A- or A

Yes, I earned a B-, B, or B+

Yes, I earned less a C+ or lower

N/A

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Your current GPA

Your psychology GPA (optional)

Did you review the information on the research assistantship webpage? (http://drjosephhammer.com/research/prospective-undergraduate-research-assistant-ra-psy-395-uk/)

Yes

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During which semester do you wish to do the research assistantship ("RA")?

This coming fall semester

This coming spring semester

This coming summer semester

Other:

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Are you available to attend the HAMMER Lab meetings on Tuesdays from 4pm to 5pm?

Yes

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Do you plan to eventually apply for psychology graduate school?

I'm not sure

Yes

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Have you been a RA in a psychology lab before? If yes, which lab(s) and how many PSY 395 credits did you complete with each of them?

Check the boxes next to those research tasks that you have experience with and are *comfortable* doing with minimal guidance from our lab supervisor? (Note: we will give the necessary training to do any task we assign you, but it is helpful to know what research tasks people already have some familiarity with.)

1. Locating and downloading PDFs of published articles from PsycINFO

2. Locating and downloading PDFs of published articles from Google Scholar

3. Using UK Inter-library Loan system to obtain articles and books not available electronically

4. Composing written summaries / annotated bibliographies of published articles

5. Inputting/coding data into Excel or SPSS

6. “Running participants” through a research study protocol that you were trained on by a lab supervisor

7. Recruiting participants for an electronic survey study (e.g., SurveyMonkey, Qualtrics, RedCap)

8. Writing APA-style research paper in which you had to cite published sources

9. Cleaning data in SPSS by following instructions given to you by a lab supervisor or course instructor

Other:

Are you comfortable being held to a high standard in regard to professionalism, punctuality, initiative, interpersonal awareness, emotional maturity, and oral and written communication?

Yes

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How many credits do you want to sign up for?

1 credit of PSY 395

2 credits of PSY 395

3 credits of PSY 395

1-3 credits of PSY 394 (Note: It is possible to earn PSY 394 credit with us, but that typically requires first doing PSY 395 credit with the Lab so that we can get to know you.)

No credits, as I wish to work on a volunteer basis (good option for non-psych and non-UK students)

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Our undergraduate research assistants typically spend most of their time doing the following tasks: using psycINFO and google scholar to find psychological journal articles, composing written summaries of of published articles, helping to recruit participants for our survey studies via the internet, proofreading and creating APA-style reference lists for the journal articles we are writing, attending lab meetings and hearing how the research team co-develops study ideas and troubleshoots study decisions, and shadowing graduate students as they do advanced research tasks such as data analysis. Are these the sorts of tasks that you are interested in getting more experience with?

Yes

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In 3-10 sentences, answer the following prompts. What is your motivation for wanting to be an undergraduate research assistant in the HAMMER Lab? What do you hope to get out of it and how will this help you with your future career?

Is there anything else about your application, your experiences, your aspirations, or who you are as a person that you'd like us to know about you? For example, this could include information about how you see your cultural identities (e.g., gender, race, socioeconomic status) and values shaping your interest in the position.

Please email Dr. Hammer (joe.hammer@uky.edu) an APA-style research paper that is at least 3 pages in length and includes a reference list at the end. He wants to get a sense of the quality of your academic writing by looking at this writing sample. If you don't have an APA-style paper, submit another type of paper that showcases your command of written English. Please confirm that you have emailed him such a paper.

I have emailed Dr. Hammer (joe.hammer@uky.edu) such a paper

I will soon email Dr. Hammer such a paper (your application cannot be processed until a paper sample is provided)

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How likely is it that you would want to stay on as an RA in the lab for at least one additional semester with us? (Note: this is not required, we just want to know your best guess, as this helps us with planning.)

Not likely

Somewhat likely

Very likely

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Next Steps

Thank you for submitting an application. Here is what happens next.

We start reviewing applications around March 20 (for fall 395) and October 20 (for spring 395) of each year, though we continue to review applications submitted after these dates until we have filled all available RA positions. The strongest applicants will be invited to a 30-minute internship interview. Keep an eye out for an email from us in the weeks following the aforementioned date regarding whether you will be granted an interview or not.

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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