Application for Research Assistantship
in Professor Isbell’s Laboratory

Experiments in Social Cognition

            We are searching for interested, responsible, energetic, and motivated students to assist us on several research projects examining some of the following questions:

• How do your feelings influence how you process information about others?
• How do your feelings influence your impressions of others?
• How do feelings influence your ability to complete real-world puzzle tasks?
• Do feelings lead us to rely on some types of information more than other types when making judgments?

Students working in our lab will be expected to attend regular meetings to discuss the research projects and the theoretical background that is relevant to them.  In addition, students will schedule research participants, collect data, and code and enter data into the computer.  We will teach students how to do each of these tasks and will provide guidance, so no prior research experience is required.

This research opportunity will expose students to many phases of the research process and will provide an excellent opportunity for students to gain firsthand knowledge and experience with how research is conducted. 

If you are interested, please complete the questions below and return this form to room 630, or return it via email to lisbell@psych.umass.edu. 

Name:  _______________________________________________________________

Phone Number:  _____________________________________

E-Mail Address:  ____________________________________

Overall GPA:  _________________                     Psychology GPA:  _________________

Psychology classes that you have taken (please list names, not numbers):

What are your career plans?

Why are you interested in doing a research assistantship?

Why are you interested in doing this research assistantship? 

What personal qualities, interests, and experiences do you feel would make you particularly qualified for this position?

Have you had the opportunity to do a research assistantship before?  If so, tell me a little bit about it.  Who did you work with and what was the project about.  If you haven’t done an assistantship before, DON’T WORRY!  It isn’t necessary to have experience to participate in this research opportunity.