Future-oriented thinking, planning, and decision-making over development
Project Description
Whether, what, and how one thinks about the future make substantial consequences on one's actions and anticipation. In early development, how children think about the future determines what they decide to do at the moment. The current project aims to examine the underlying mechanism of future-oriented thinking and the role of future-oriented thinking in a variety of cognitive activities including memory-guided planning, environmental protection and injury-prevention.
Supervisor
CHENG Chen
Quota
2
Course type
UROP1000
UROP1100
UROP2100
UROP3100
UROP4100
Applicant's Roles
We are looking for committed, responsive team workers who are genuinely interested in how children learn about the world. Students are expected to attend regular lab meetings. Students will be engaged in all kinds of research activities including 1) reviewing relevant literatures; 2) preparing experimental material; 3) participation recruitment and coordination; 4) conducting hands-on experiments in-person and online; 5) data-analysis; 6)poster preparation and presentation. Students are expected to have some basic data analysis skills (Excel, R, SPSS), programming knowledge (e.g., Python, PsychoPy, JSON) are recommended but not required.
Applicant's Learning Objectives
- Understand key concepts in the related area
- Get hands-on experience in conducting behavioral experiments
- Build up ownership in projects and are comfortable working in a team
- Get hands-on experience in conducting behavioral experiments
- Build up ownership in projects and are comfortable working in a team
Complexity of the project
Moderate