Interviews, Background, and Nonverbal Displays of Status
Cameron Anderson, Professor
Business, Haas School
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
Apprentices are needed to work on projects related to perceptions of competence and social status. Students will conduct a major new lab experiment in which participants are videotaped conducting a consulting case interview. Students may be trained as interviewers, or manage lab logistics. Students will examine perceptions of competence and social status, and how these interact with a person's background, by looking at nonverbal behavior (body language), conducting analyses of videotaped social interactions, and examining paraverbal cues (vocal tone).
Research projects on background and status are relevant to a variety of real-world applications, including negotiations, interviews, team interactions, and perceptions of diverse / heterogenous environments.
Role: Chosen apprentices will be asked to conduct lab experiments and literature reviews, in addition to constructing online surveys and entering data from experiments. This is a great opportunity to see the social science research process in action, and will incorporate as many elements of experimental design, implementation, and analysis as possible.
Qualifications: We value diversity, so individuals from all majors and schools are invited to apply.
We are looking for conscientious, self-motivated, and detail-oriented individuals who have experience using Microsoft Word and Excel. Coursework in statistics, economics, and psychology are desirable, but not absolutely necessary. Additional qualifications that are a plus include a CITI certification and experience using Qualtrics, SPSS, STATA or R.
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology