Social Psychology
The Social Psychology community explores published research in the field and conducts relevant studies. Interns are responsible for aiding in the ideation and completion of studies. They also summarize research articles and present their findings with the rest of the group. By using 1Cademy, interns learn how to break down articles into granular and connected concepts to best communicate their findings to other community members. We value collaborative learning and expect interns to participate in group discussions to dive deeper into the content. Topics that the community will explore in a research setting include the effects of achievement/effort on performance, ways to increase motivation, and ways to diminish misinformation. While some initial work has been made, interns are welcome to join as soon as possible to receive the necessary training and begin collaborating with us.
- A strong academic background in topics related to social or political psychology
- Fluency in writing and reading in English
- Submit your most current resume and unofficial transcripts, indicating a GPA above 3.4/4.0
- Explain in a few paragraphs why you apply to this specific community.
- Complete our community-specific quiz by answering a set of questions about some research papers or book chapters and get a satisfying score.
- Work remotely with an interdisciplinary community of talented students and researchers from different schools.
- Gain experience in using crucial skills in research including paper analysis, summarization, and making connections between disciplines.
- Get involved in all aspects of conducting online controlled experiments.
- Learn about conducting controlled online experiments to prepare for future Ph.D. programs in related disciplines.
- Work towards publishing research on social/political psychology in reputable venues.
- Have opportunities to take on leadership roles within the community.
- Get involved in all aspects of conducting online controlled experiments.
- Dedicate approximately 10-15+ hours a week to engage in all aspects of the research projects.
- Engage in ideation, critical thinking, and peer-review of research proposed by other community members.
- Regularly study textbooks and research papers, summarize them, and share the essence of what you learn with our large research team.
- Present the essence of what you learn from the related papers and book chapters in weekly meetings for further discussion.
- Co-author the final research paper to submit to reputable conferences/journals.
Apply to Join this Community
One of the most important aspects of 1Cademy is its unique knowledge representation format. To become a researcher on 1Cademy, you should first engage in one of our ongoing research projects, as a participant. In the project, randomly chosen for you, we will test which type of knowledge representation format works better for your reading comprehension, short-term learning, and long-term learning. This will not only help us improve the design of 1Cademy, but along the way, you will get experience about how to use 1Cademy. For this purpose, you should create an account on our research website and specify your availabilities for three sessions with our UX researchers. In the first session, they will ask you to read two short passages and answer some questions about those passages. This will take an hour. The second and third sessions will be only for 30 minutes each and follow a similar format. Note that it is necessary to complete the second and third sessions, exactly three and seven days after the first session. So, please carefully specify your availability on our research website.