Help Psychology Researchers and Get Paid!
When: By appointment—contact us!
Where: UMD campus or at the Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL). Please contact us for more information.
Event Type(s): Research Study
Participants are needed for a study investigating
thinking and reasoning! Are you a native English speaker and over the
age of 18? Are you willing to receive cash for completing tasks on a
computer and filling out questionnaires?
If so, you may be eligible to participate in a
study being conducted by the University of Maryland Center for Advanced
Study of Language. Researchers are investigating how basic measures of
cognitive ability can predict academic or job
performance. They need your help to test these measures.
To be eligible to participate:
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You must be a Native English speaker over the age of 18.
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You must have normal, or corrected to normal, hearing and vision.
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You must have unimpaired use of your dominant writing hand.
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You do not have a personal history of neurological,
neuropsychiatric, psychiatric disorders, learning disabilities, or head
injury in which consciousness was lost.
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You do not have a recent history of excessive alcohol consumption, drug use, or substance abuse.
If you decide to participate, you will be asked to
complete tasks of memory, reading, thinking and problem-solving. The
tasks will be completed in multiple 2 to 3-hour sessions for a total
length of participation being 8 hours. You will
receive $150 for completing 8 hours of tasks.
If you are interested please contact the researchers at: thinkingstudy@umd.edu
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Wanted: Arabic Students for Paid Study
The University of Maryland Center for Advanced
Study of Language (CASL) is interested in studying how learners of
Arabic understand and decipher cultural allusions in Arabic. We are
looking for students who have completed about 3 years
of university-level Arabic courses. Participants must be native
speakers of English at least 18 years of age and should not be native or
heritage speakers of Arabic.
You will be asked to attend 1 session lasting no
more than 1 hour. During the session, you will complete a questionnaire
and answer a comprehension questions regarding Arabic passages and
political cartoons. You will be able to access
dictionaries and the internet to aid your comprehension of the texts
and political cartoons.
You will be paid $25 in cash upon completion the questionnaire and comprehension test.
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Auditory Training Study – more times available
Who is conducting the study?
This research is being conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL).
What would I have to do?
Participate
in 12 sessions of approximately 1.5-2 hours each at the University of
Maryland and/or CASL (Center for Advanced Study of Language, near the
College Park
Metro). The sessions involve completing questionnaires and computerized
tasks. All sessions must be completed within approximately 5 weeks.
How would I be compensated?
Participants
receive a total of $165 for completing the entire study. Payments will
be made at a rate of $5 per session with a $105 bonus provided at the
end of the
last session to bring the total to $165. In addition, upon completion
of the study, participants will be entered into a raffle for one of 3
$150 gift cards.
We are looking for individuals who fit the following criteria:
1)
18-30 years of age
2)
Native speaker of American English
3)
Normal hearing
4)
Normal or corrected-to-normal vision
5)
No speech/language disorders or learning disabilities
6)
Unimpaired use of both hands
7)
US Citizen
