Paid Marketing Research Opportunity on Campus

The Marketing Department of the Smith School of Business is conducting two full-day research sessions on Monday, August 8th and Wednesday August 10th at the Stamp Student Union.

Each participant can expect to spend approximately 30 minutes responding to survey questionnaires, for which they will be paid $8 in cash. Walk-ins are welcome, but participants are encouraged to sign up in advance at www.rhsmith.umd.edu/behaviorlab/paystudies.aspx.

Please email all questions to participate@rhsmith.umd.edu

Lots of Employment Opportunities for PSYCTerps

A big "thanks" goes out to Crystal in the career center for spreading the word about all of the opportunities for PSYCTerps. You can learn more about the position by logging into Careers4Terps (http://www.careercenter.umd.edu) and searching for each opportunity using the ID number.

Employer: Courtney's House
Position Type: Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time)
Location: Washington , District of Columbia
Multiple positions:
Job Title: Courtney's House Direct Service Intern-Fall 2011- ID: 45749
Job Title: Courtney's House Executive Intern-Fall 2011- ID: 45753
Job Title: Courtney's House Fundraising & Events Intern-Fall 2011- ID: 45750
Job Title: Courtney's House Public Relations Intern-Fall 2011- ID: 48618
Job Title: Courtney's House Research and Development Intern-Fall 2011- ID: 45752
Job Title: Courtney's House Volunteer Coordination Intern-Fall 2011- ID: 45751
Date Posted: Jul 18, 2011
Deadline: Aug 15, 2011

Employer: CureSearch for Children's Cancer
Position Type: Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time)
Location: Bethesda, Maryland
Job Title: Development Intern
ID: 48603
Date Posted: Jul 18, 2011
Deadline: Jul 30, 2011

Employer: AFLAC
Position Type: Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time), Off-Campus Part-Time
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Job Title: Human Resource Internship
ID: 23973
Date Posted: Jul 18, 2011
Deadline: Aug 22, 2011

Employer: AFLAC
Position Type: Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time)
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Job Title: Sales and Marketing Internship
ID: 26573
Date Posted: Jul 18, 2011
Deadline: Aug 22, 2011

Employer: Migration Policy Institute
Position Type: Entry Level (Full-Time)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Job Title: Office/HR Coordinator
ID: 48552
Date Posted: Jul 15, 2011
Deadline: Aug 12, 2011

Employer: Teva Learning Center
Position Type: Entry Level (Full-Time)
Location: Falls Village, Connecticut
Job Title: Teva Environmental Educator--Fall 2011
ID: 48651
Date Posted: Jul 19, 2011
Deadline: Aug 29, 2011

Employer: Mr. Youth
Position Type: Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time)
Location: College Park, Maryland
Job Title: ReadyU™ Campus Ambassador- Fall 2011
ID: 48506
Date Posted: Jul 14, 2011
Deadline: Aug 10, 2011

Employer: LIFT-DC
Position Type: Internship (Fall or Spring Part-Time), Summer Internship
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Job Title: Student Advocate
ID: 48508
Date Posted: Jul 14, 2011
Deadline: Oct 12, 2011

PSYC410 now being offered

PSYC410 was just added to the schedule!

Please note that you MUST have PSYC200, PSYC300, PSYC310 and 85 credits as they are mandatory prerequisites. Register soon while there are still seats available!

0101(60705) S. Blumenrath
MW........11:00am-12:00pm (CHM 1224)
Tu........ 2:00pm- 5:00pm (BPS 0140) Lab

0102(60706) S. Blumenrath
W........11:00am-12:00pm (CHM 1224)
Th........ 2:00pm- 5:00pm (BPS 0140) Lab

Substance Abuse Research Assistants

The Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research (CAPER) has a volunteer opportunity conducting assessments with substance use patients at College Park and in NE Washington DC (many assessments will be in the community and will be conducted with another research assistant). The experience can start now or in the Fall and will be between 8-16 hours per week based on availability. Transportation is a plus but not necessary.


If interested contact Professor Lejuez at clejuez@psyc.umd.edu and use "CAPER Assessment Volunteer" in the subject line. 

Special Needs Tutor Needed

Be trained to educate an autistic 18 year old boy. Curriculum includes Applied Behavioral Analysis, augmentative communication, Intellitools computer programs, Adapted Reading books, and life skills. Weekday 2:30 to 7:30 pm, flexible weekend hours. 2 day/week minimum. Potomac, need car. $14/hour. Paid training available during summer.

Contact Rochelle at rbobroff@verizon.net for more information.

Opportunity to participate in a research study

The Neural Systems Lab is look for students to participate in a research study on the human ability to identify voices in different environments. The study will take place in a lab. You will wear head-phones and be asked to decide whether two speech segments are from the same or different speakers.  This will involve about an hour of your time. You will get paid $10/hour.

We are looking for undergraduate or graduate students, but you must have normal hearing and should not use any enhancement for hearing such as a hearing aid. Interested? Want more information? Please contact Dr. Greg Sell, gsell@umd.edu

Note that this study is funded all or in part by the US government. This research has been reviewed according to the University of Maryland, College Park IRB procedures for research involving human subjects.

CASL paid research

The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) invites students at the University of Maryland, College Park to participate in an exciting new study in 2011. Several cognitive and language tasks will be administered.

Research participants must be fluent speakers of American English, between 18 and 60 years of age, hold US citizenship, have good reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in English, and have normal or corrected-to-normal vision (eyeglasses and contact lenses are fine).

Compensation: $15 per hour for up to 1 hour. Research center is off campus at 7005 52nd Avenue, College Park, MD. Free parking at research center & metro accessible. For information call Kristin Grunewald at 301-226-8892 or email kgrunewald@casl.umd.edu　

Fall Internship with Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration

ORAM (http://www.oraminternational.org) is looking for committed, highly-qualified interns for the fall 2011semester to assist with research and writing on issues relevant to asylum and refugee claims based on gender identity and sexual orientation. In addition, we occasionally accept interns and volunteers to help with grant writing and research, non-profit management, publicity, event planning, communications and outreach, translation projects, and information technology/help desk work.


ORAM encourages students from the following disciplines to apply for internship positions:


Communications, Journalism, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Gender Studies, International Studies, Social Work, Political Science, Public Policy, Nonprofit Management, Public Administration, Public Relations, Marketing, Translation, interpretation, Language, Computer Science, and Information Technology.


Application Procedure:


Interested applicants should send (1) a resume and (2) a cover letter to the ‘ORAM Internship Coordinator’ at internship@oraminternational.org. Please write “ORAM Fall Internship Application” in the subject line. Applications will be evaluated on an ongoing basis until the positions are filled.

Spring 2012 White House Internship

The White House has begun their search for the prestigious internship program, and psychology majors are encouraged to apply.  The deadline for applications is 9/11/11.  See www.whitehouse.gov/internships for details and application procedures.

United States Secret Service Site Visit

The University Career Center and The President’s Promise is sponsoring a site visit to the U. S. Secret Service Training Center, Beltsville, MD as well as its Headquarters located in Washington, DC. The U.S. Secret Service is inviting UMD undergraduates with Junior or Senior standing who have an interest in working for the U.S. Secret Service in the following fields.
• Law enforcement  
• Psychology/research  
• Science  
• Information technology  
• Financial  
   
The site visit will begin at 8:15 a.m. and conclude at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9, 2011. 


Transportation will be provided from the UMCP campus and you must be available to participate in the entire day. The visit will include visual demonstrations (ex. canine and defensive driving), as well as presentations from the U.S. Secret Services’ Security Clearance Department, Personnel Department, Forensic Science Division, and Protective Intelligence Division.


There are a limited number of seats available for this opportunity and seats will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. Please email Crystal Sehlke, Program Director, csehlke@umd.edu to RSVP and include your major. You will receive a confirmation email with additional details as well as a request to furnish information required for a background screening if we have not reached capacity.  


U.S. Secret Service sample position descriptions: http://www.secretservice.gov/join/index.shtml

Be a volunteer client and earn $50 for your summer!

We are looking for undergraduate students who are willing to act as a volunteer client for at least two helping skills sessions (or up to four sessions) conducted by master’s students from the NavyLEAD cohort. The dates and times of the sessions will be every Monday from July 18th to August 8, for one-hour between 10am and 12noon. For every individual who commits to all four helping sessions, you will be paid $50, or you can earn $25 for participating in two sessions. This is a great opportunity to earn some extra cash and receive guidance and counseling from our helpers-in-training.  Navy LEAD is a one-year Master's program, with courses at UMD and the United States Naval Academy that prepares officers for the responsibilities as Company Officers at the Academy and as leaders throughout their careers. All students have received basic helping skills training and are invested in developing skills and expertise in counseling with the college-age population.

If you are interested, please contact Kayi Hui at kayihui@umd.eduwith your name, telephone number, and your availability for any of the Mondays between July 18 and August 8. Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

PSYC479 Research Opportunity

The Laboratory for Automation Psychology and Decision Processes (LAPDP, BPS 3111) will be conducting a number of studies on the psychology of digital games in the Fall and Spring Semesters 2010/2011 in conjunction with the class offering this Fall, Psyc 445.  I am looking for 4-6 students who can sign up for Psyc 479 with 1-3 credits. We will have a group lab meeting Wednesdays 12-1 to discuss the literature and research. Other research hours are open to the student's schedule.

We will be conducting research on the factors of immersiveness of video games, cognitive components of skill required to play different games, dimensions and genres of games, standardized scales for play testing games, and reaction to acts of violence in games. The lab is equipped with an XBox Kinect, a Playstation 3 with Move Controllers, two Nintendo Wiis, large screen projection, and various handheld devices and PCs for "play testing" games.

For more information about the lab visit http://lap.umd.edu and the research projects at http://cognitron.umd.edu/groups/videogameresearch/

If you are interested in the joining us, contact me at klnorman@umd.edu.

Be a client and earn $50 for your summer

We are looking for undergraduate students who are willing to act as a client for at least two helping skills sessions (or up to four sessions) conducted by master’s students from the NavyLEAD cohort. The dates and times of the sessions will be every Monday from July 18th to August 8, for one-hour between 10am and 12noon. For every individual who commits to all four helping sessions, you will be paid $50, or you can earn $25 for participating in two sessions. This is a great opportunity to earn some extra cash and receive guidance and counseling from our helpers-in-training.  Navy LEAD is a one-year Master's program, with courses at UMD and the United States Naval Academy that prepares officers for the responsibilities as Company Officers at the Academy and as leaders throughout their careers. All students have received basic helping skills training and are invested in developing skills and expertise in counseling with the college-age population. 

If you are interested, please contact Kayi Hui via email at kayihui@umd.edu with your name, telephone number, and your availability for any of the Mondays between July 18 and August 8. Sign-ups are on a first-come, first-serve basis. 

Tutor/Trainer for Autistic Child

Zack is a great guy and he has made tremendous progress in our program! He loves music, reading, computer, hiking, laughing, cooking, and is excited about learning...despite a diagnosis of Autism. 

Position Information:

• 8-10 hrs weekly paid position, paid training, experience is not necessary
• We will teach you Sign Language as well

Requirements:

• Must speak English clearly, be flexible, creative and open minded
• Current and valid drivers license and your own vehicle to use within the program
• Commitment of a year or more to the program of a year or more to the program
• Attend a mandatory weekly Team Meeting Team Meeting

 Please e-mail resume and references to: mimisilverman@yahoo.com

Strategies for Success in PSYC100

Suggestions for Doing Well in PSYC100

Here are some suggestions for doing well in the remainder of the class:

·         The first and most important step is to schedule a meeting with one of our course teaching assistants who are available to help you review your approach to the course and answer any general questions that you have going forward. 

·         If you haven’t already, I’d also like to encourage you to attend the Guided Study Sessions (GSS) that help review material from the course (see the announcements on Blackboard). 

·         As you study, make sure you focus on the information in the exam review guides as well as the learning outcomes for the individual chapters.

·         You should know the information well enough that you can do the following:

o   Define a term. Example: “Classical Conditioning is when you pair a natural response to an unnatural stimulus”

o   Distinguish it from a similar term. Example: “Classical Conditioning is different from Operant Conditioning because Operant Conditioning teaches a person or animal to perform a completely new (unnatural) behavior.”

o   Give an example that can show the distinction. Example: “Teaching a dog to drool at the sound of a bell is Classical Conditioning because it is natural to drool (when food is present) but it is not natural to drool when hearing a bell (a new stimulus).  Teaching a dog to waterski is Operant Conditioning because nothing naturally causes a dog to waterski.”

·         Finally, if you feel that you are devoting the necessary effort to master the material and yet are not seeing the results you expect, I would strongly suggest that you schedule an appointment with an academic counselor to discuss some general strategies for getting more out of your study time (http://www.counseling.umd.edu/LAS).