Rewarding RA positions in the Maryland Child and Family Development Lab!

The Maryland Child and Family Development Lab is looking for excellent, dedicated RAs! You can get course credit, or just volunteer to get valuable research experience! Priority positions will be given to students who are upper level psychology students with competitive GPAs, excellent organization skills, and scheduling flexibility. Please see below for a description of our current projects.

Infant Emotion during Social Interactions
We are looking for dedicated research assistants to enroll in 3 credits of PSYC 479 (i.e., 9 hours/week; although those who can register for only 2 credits can still be considered) to work on a developmental research project. We will be analyzing infant emotions during their social-emotional interactions from video-recorded laboratory observations. By working on this project, students will learn about infant social-emotional and cognitive development in the context of relationships and observational methodology for obtaining information about infants. Priority for the positions will be given to students who can work during Winter and Spring term. Based on performance, students may be invited to continue as a research assistant for summer and fall positions on related research projects. Please complete an application at cassidylab.org and specify your interest in this project.

Joint Attention to Emotional Stimuli
We will be showing mothers and 3 year olds videos and recording their behavior. We will also be doing some assessments with them. I need some excellent, organized RAs to help with scheduling, running sessions, entering data, and coding videos. Student RAs working on this project will learn about research design and implementation and about coding behavior from recorded interactions. Priority will be given to students with flexible schedules, including availability on evenings and weekends. Based on performance, students may be invited to continue as a research assistant for summer and fall positions on related research projects. Please complete an application at cassidylab.org and specify your interest in this project.

Parent-Adolescent Relationship and Adolescent Risk Behaviors
We are examining the relations among parenting, adolescent coping strategies, and adolescent risk behaviors. Students working on this project will learn about physiological data collection and longitudinal research design. Priority will be given to students with flexible schedules, including availability on evenings and weekends. Based on performance, students may be invited to continue as a research assistant for summer and fall positions on related research projects. Please complete an application at cassidylab.org and specify your interest in this project.

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