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Application
All
application materials must be post-marked or delivered
to the UCLA
Psychology Advising Office by
Friday,
February 29th, 2008.
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APPLICATION
CRITERIA
Student & Project
• Applicants
must be enrolled as undergraduate students at a higher education
institution.
• The
project must cover a psychology topic (or a topic closely related to
psychology).
• The
project can represent original research or
research that is a derivative of another’s original research
work
(i.e. the work of a faculty or graduate researcher). The student(s)
should have contributed significantly to the research that is presented
at the conference.
• The
research does not have to be completed
before the conference. However, at the time of the application
deadline, applicants should be able to complete an APA abstract of the
research including the research design and methods. Data results and
the conclusion do not have to be completed, but projected results and
concerns can be addressed in the poster display or oral presentation.
Though we expect high quality research topics for this conference, we
are flexible with including students who are at different phases in the
research process.
• Research
thesis, research assistantships,
independent research projects, and projects completed during a research
methods course (i.e. Psychology 100B) are all possible projects
appropriate for this conference. Speak with your faculty advisor to
determine whether your project is appropriate.
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Projects can be presented individually or in groups. Groups can have as
many as three presenters.
• Additional
authors (faculty, graduate
students, and additional undergraduate students) should be acknowledged
in the abstract even if they are not participating in the conference as
presenters.
• Project
selection will be based soley on a reading of the submitted abstracts.
This will be a blind read, meaning no names or universities will be
associated to the abstract. Abstracts will be evaluated on quality and
conent.
Faculty Sponsor Criteria
• The sponsor must
be Psychology faculty (or faculty in a closely related
field) at the presenter’s school.
• The
sponsor must be available to assist
his/her student(s) with abstract editing and assist with fine-tuning
the student’s poster or oral presentation.
• The
sponsor must be available to communicate
with PURC coordinators regarding his/her student’s progress
between March 1st and May 9th .
• Faculty
should only sponsor four projects for
this conference. If a faculty person chooses to sign more than four
applications, he/she should be aware that only the best four may be
selected to present at this year’s conference.
• The
sponsor should be available to attend the student’s
presentation on May 9th.
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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS AND
DETAILS
• Applicants must submit page 2 of the
application form which requests details about the project, the
presenters, the faculty sponsor, and contact information. On it, teams
should indicate an official contact person who will be responsible for
communicating with PURC Coordinators prior to the event. Applicants may
also indicate their preferred presentation format.
• Applicants must submit page 3 of the
application form, which is a contract, signed by the faculty sponsor,
confirming that the student, faculty, and project meet the required
criteria.
• Applicants must submit page 5 of the
application form, which includes a printed copy of the completed
abstract and a signed statement by the student.
• Applicants must submit an electronic copy of
the abstract to purc@psych.ucla.edu, as an attached document, to be
used for editing the conference proceedings.
• Applicants must submit two checks: one for the
$18 non-refundable application fee, and one for the $7/person
registration fee. The refund policy for the registration fee is
outlined below.
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SELECTION
PROCESS
This
event has grown increasingly more popular over the last few years, so
project acceptance is not guaranteed. We are looking for applications
that represent high quality research efforts. It is also important that
applicants carefully follow the directions provided and properly submit
all of the required materials on time.
We
are looking for diversity in the campuses and projects represented
at this conference. Faculty sponsors should only plan to sponsor up to
four projects. Should a faculty sponsor choose to sponsor more than
four projects, he or she should be aware that only the best four
projects may be accepted for this conference.
There
are two different fees for this conference. The $18 application
fee is non-refundable. However, the $7 per person registration fee is
refundable for applications that are not accepted. Applicants must
follow the directions and send two separate checks with the
application. If a project is not accepted, the registration check can
only be refunded if it was sent separately from the $18 application
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AN EXAMPLE OF A WELL-WRITTEN
ABSTRACT FROM THE 2007 PURC CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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THE EFFECTS OF OBJECTIVE
SELF-AWARENESS ON EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT LEARNING
Chase
J. Coelho*, and Barbara J.
Knowlton, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Objective
self-awareness (OSA)
occurs when a stimulus causes a person to perceive themselves as the
object of
their own consciousness and attention. Such self-focus gives rise to
distinct
implicit and explicit processes. We
propose that OSA taxes attentional capacity and causes interference
with
explicitly learned information.
Participants studied letter strings formed according to the rules of a
finite-state
grammar under either a mirror-present OSA condition or a mirror-absent
control
condition. Participants were then tested for either their explicit
memory for
individual letter strings, or their implicit knowledge of the
artificial
grammar rules. While explicit learning
appeared to be impaired by OSA, there was no effect on implicit rule
learning. Findings may contribute to an
understanding of how the brain processes information under conditions
of
self-awareness. Understanding the
cognitive effects of self-focused attention remains vital to research
on
clinical disorders, self-regulation, and motivational processes.
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Abstracts can be no longer than 150 words.
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TIMELINE
Application
deadline: Friday, February 29th, 2008
Acceptance
notification: Monday, March 24th, 2008
Event
Date: Friday, May 9th, 2008 |
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