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PSY 390 Research Opportunity Spring 2012Faculty member or graduate student Doug Samuel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Description of research area Research in the Samuel Assessment Methods for Personality and Psychopathology Laboratory (SAMPPL) focuses on the measurement and definition of personality and personality disorders. More specifically, our research studies how certain personality traits (organized around the Five-Factor Model or Big Five) can become maladaptive when they are too extreme. For example, on a personality trait called conscientiousness, a person in the normal range would be organized, on-time, diligent, hard-working, and careful. However, when this is taken to the extreme they can become perfectionistic, overly focused on neatness, and put work ahead of friends and family. Right now we are conducting studies looking at the stability of these personality traits across time as well as how different sources (i.e., a friend, teacher, or therapist) agree with each other when it comes to describing someone’s personality. For example, we are looking at how someone’s description of their own personality matches up with how their therapist sees them. Description of undergraduate participation Students enrolled as a 390 with the SAMPPL group will be responsible for entering, cleaning, and assisting in the analysis of data collected during the semester. They will also be a part of collecting new data in various studies that are ongoing. Those who with at least 3 more semesters before graduation will have the opportunity, if interested, to have input in developing new research projects on these topics, including an honors thesis. Research setting A majority of the experience will be working with data in a psychology laboratory, but there will also be opportunities to meet and collect data within the community. Number of assistants needed 1-2 Contact information Additional comments |
