Developmental Psychology Research in the Gopnik Lab!
Alison Gopnik, Professor
Psychology
Applications for Spring 2025 are closed for this project.
All research in the Gopnik Cognitive Development and Learning Lab is broadly focused on children's development of cause and effect reasoning and how they learn from and about other people. We are looking for dedicated and motivated undergraduate students interested in pursuing a graduate degree in developmental psychology or a related field.
We are currently hiring in across a range of topics in developmental psychology, including picture comprehension, social cognition, and artificial intelligence. All projects are listed on our website, linked below.
All applicants must fill out the URAP application both on this portal and via the Google Form: https://forms.gle/rAZ1iE6NkV8PPVDZ9
Role: RAs will work closely with a graduate student, post-doc, or lab manager assisting them on all aspects of the research process. RAs will help with experimental and stimuli design; recruiting adults and children ages 2-14 years old; and collecting, organizing, coding, and analyzing data. RAs will meet regularly with their mentors to discuss the theoretical motivations of the studies they are working on as well as the findings of other empirical papers both related to the studies in the lab and important to the field in general.
Qualifications: 1. Must be excited about Cognitive Development research!
2. Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and able to pass a background check to work with children
3. Should have prior experience with children (both formal and informal experience is great!)
4. Weekend availability is desirable for museum testing, and daytime (8-11 am) is great for preschool testing, but we will try to work with your schedule
5. Must be able to commit to a minimum of 10 hours per week for 2 semesters
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Maansi Narain, Staff Researcher
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: NOTE: This position is a combination of on- and off-campus work. You may test children in the lab, at local museums, and at local preschools. It requires some of your research hours be on the weekends. The Psychology building containing our lab is 2121 Berkeley Way West.
Related website: https://www.gopniklab.berkeley.edu/for-applying
Related website: https://forms.gle/rAZ1iE6NkV8PPVDZ9