LECTURE 13 LECTURE 13 Course Wrap-upCourse Wrap-up

Administration Final Exam Course Evaluations Learning More about Research in Social Psychology

Volunteering, Independent Studies, Honour’s Theses, Graduate School

Final Exam

• Date: Sunday, April 13, 2014• Time: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm • Place: TM TMWest• Multiple choice and short answer questions. The test is

cumulative.– Questions will be very similar to the first two exams. – Read questions carefully! – Know main concepts and methods and the results of main studies. Study

the textbook and lecture notes.• Please remember to bring student ID with photo and a pencil. • Show up for the exam on time.• If you have any questions about the material or the exam,

please contact Regis Caprara (r.e.caprara@gmail.com)Fran Karmali (fkarmali@yorku.ca)

Course Evaluations

Feedback is important to improving courses. The evaluations are entirely confidential. Instructors do not receive the evaluation results until

after the final grades are assigned. http://courseevaluations.yorku.ca/

Overall evaluation of the course (written comments)

Evaluation of lectures Evaluation of tutorials and labs (not applicable)

The link is open from now until Monday, April 4, 2014. If you have any problems, please contact

helpdesk@yorku.ca (416) 736-5800

I like social psychology!How can I learn more?

• Volunteer• Independent study• Honour’s thesis• Graduate school

Social Psychological Research at York

I would like to get involved in research at York, how do I volunteer in a lab?

• Figure out what area of psychology you like best. What can maintain your interest.

• Check out people who are in that area and their websites. What type of research do they do?

• Do they accept volunteers into their lab? Ask their graduate students how their lab works.

• This is probably the best way to find a thesis supervisor and to learn more about research.

• If you are considering grad school or other professional training programs – this is a great strategy to get an academic reference.

• When?

Who are the Social-Personality Researchers at York?

• Gord Flett – perfectionism, coping and stress

• Esther Greenglass – stress, proactive coping, rehabilitation, and health psychology

• Michaela Hynie - cross-cultural psychology, health disparities, social relationships, applied psychology

Who are the Social-Personality Researchers at York?

• Kerry Kawakami – social cognition, prejudice, social perception, and the self

• Richard Lalonde – intergroup relations, ethnic, cultural, and national identity, immigration, cross-cultural psychology

• Raymond Mar – relationships with fictional narratives, empathy, and the neural underpinnings of these processes

Who are the Social-Personality Researchers at York?

• Doug McCann - social information processing, self, and depression

• Ian McGregor – self and threats to the self, extremism, personality predispositions, and goal regulation

• Erin Ross – research on lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, and sexual assault

Who are the Social-Personality Researchers at York?

• Cross cultural psychology, religion, emotion, gene–environment interactions.

• Regina Schuller - law and social psychology, biases in the courtroom, jury decision making

• Jenn Steele – prejudice and discrimination from the victim’s perspective, development of stereotypes in children

Who are the Social-Personality Researchers at York?

• Ward Struthers – social cognition, organizational psychology, attributions, social motivation, and forgiveness

• David Wiesenthal - driving behaviour, psychological dimensions of housing; violence and criminality, ethics

Social-Personality Research at York

Independent Study/Research Project

Psyc 4001 - A Specialized Honour’s Thesis– Apply to this program around the end of your second year

(need to apply online between May 1 - 15 . – A cumulative GPA of 7.0 (B+). – Additional course work– A specialized honour’s will make you more competitive for

graduate school.

http://yushpp.apps01.yorku.ca/prospective-students

http://yushpp.apps01.yorku.ca/

Social-Personality Research at York

Psyc 4000 – Honour’s Thesis– Not the specialized program but research conducted with a

specific supervisor (approximately 75 students)– It is hard to find a supervisor– Need to fill out a thesis contract with supervisor– Reference letter

Psyc 4170 – Advanced Research in Psychology– Independent research project as part of course, regularly

scheduled classes and course work, no individual supervisor but course instructor (approximately 500 students)

– Can pursue your own ideas – both good and bad

Social-Personality Research at York

Psyc 4175 – Advanced Community Based Applied Research– Course instructor (approximately 25 students)– Need to apply and candidates are screened– Carrying out research in community health organizations

Social/Personality Research after York

Graduate school• Research experience (volunteer, independent project,

honour’s thesis)• Reference letters• GREs and grades• Personal Statement

Social/Personality Research after York

Graduate school• Check out all the programs that interest you

(Social/Personality programs at Waterloo, Toronto, Western, Queens, UBC, York, etc). Who is doing research that you are interested in? Personally approach that faculty member and ask about their lab, their research, and whether they are planning on taking on graduate students that year.

• Write GREs in spring or summer and apply in fall.• Talk to potential advisors’ graduate students, go visit their

labs.• In January you will begin to hear about your applications and

by April you need to decide where you want to go.

Yeah!!! We did it!!!

• I want to thank you. This has been a fun class to teach and I have appreciated your participation.

• Good luck on your final. – Marks will be posted within 2 weeks on the course website.

• Enjoy your summer.