Connecting with Others in the Digital Age
Juliana Schroeder, Professor
Business, Haas School, Psychology
Closed. This professor is continuing with Spring 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Fall 2024.
Technology is rapidly changing, giving humans more options than ever to decide how to communicate with each other. Whereas online options to engage with others are expanding, in-person contact seems to be decreasing. How are these changes affecting the way people connect with each other? How does this affect how people form relationships, make decisions, and judge others?
This research involves at least one big project:
How does the medium of communication affect our judgments of people, and our ability to understand what they really mean? In this project, we explore whether hearing a person’s speech makes them seem smarter, more likable, and more sincere than reading the exact same words in text. We also test whether other media, such as watching a person in video, changes judgments of them. We examine consequences of engaging with people in different media, including likelihood of conflict and dehumanization.
Role: You will gain experience in nearly all aspects of the research process, including theoretical/literature review, laboratory protocol design, data collection, and questionnaire quality control. You will be in direct communication with Professor Juliana Schroeder for all of the projects listed above, and will get a chance to work with her closely based upon performance. NOTE: Project related tasks can be both in-person and remote.
Qualifications: We seek research apprentices who are interested in human thinking and decision making and are motivated, conscientious, and eager to learn. Coursework on research design and basic statistics is a plus.
We are especially interested in students who are considering applying to graduate school to do research in Psychology or any field related to Psychology!
Please check my website for full information about my research.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Rachel Tran, Staff Researcher
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Social Sciences Education, Cognition & Psychology