Research Assistant Application Dr. Haskell’s Cognition Lab

Please type your answers to the following questions. When you have finished the application, you can submit it in one of the following ways:  Print it out and give it to me in person  Print it out and bring it to the psych department; ask them to put it in my mailbox  E-mail it to me

1) Name:

2) E-mail address:

3) What quarter do you expect to graduate?

4) Have you taken ... a. PSY 301? b. PSY 302? c. PSY 303?

5) Please list any upper-division (300 or above) psychology courses you have taken aside from PSY 301-303.

6) What is your current Western GPA?

7) Are you willing to commit to working at least two quarters in the lab?

8) Are you willing to commit 5-6 hours a week to working in the lab (usually RA’s receive 2 credits of independent study for their time)?

9) What are your plans following graduation? If you are planning to go to grad school, please indicate the type of program you’re thinking about. If you’re planning to find a job, please indicate what sort of job you’d like to find.

10) Why are you interested in being a research assistant?

11) Which of the research projects in the lab are you most interested in, and why? 12) If I have not had you in a 300 or 400 level class, please provide the name of at least one person whom I can contact as a reference. Professors in the Psychology Department are best, but professors in other departments or a supervisor are also okay. If they are not in the Psychology Department, please provide an e-mail address or phone number. I’m mostly looking for someone who can vouch for you being responsible, dependable, a hard worker, etc.