DSCN Lab Carlson Undergraduate Blog

Isabelle 5/14

2013-05-14T21:57:26Z

Today was my last day here at the lab. I entered the single baby cards into the IPP and then called for the rest of the time. I only scheduled one session, but left many voicemails. I had a great time working here this semester, and I feel like I learned a lot. Thank you so much!

Hannah May 11

2013-05-12T22:02:44Z

Yesterday I had two sessions, both 3.5 year old boys.

The first child was really fun to work with. He did amazing on DCCS - almost passed advanced border! He also did really well on PPVT - which can be a problem with that age because they get bored. What was interesting is that in delay of choice, he seemed to make his decision differently than most children. Seems like most kids just can't resist the treats so they choose now. But he seemed to think it through more, he was saying "yumm I'm hungry" and a couple times he would go "this time I'll take 6 later so I can have them later." He seemed in control, but not enough to realize that having more treats later would be a more economic decision.

My second participant was completely noncompliant. He stared at me angrily for a long time and wouldn't even do false belief. I tried to build rapport in the waiting room, but this led to him just wanting to play with cars. I even let him bring the cars into the testing room but he still would not play the games. I told the mom that I would use the questionnaires and not to worry about it, but it was still a very frustrating experience since I need the data!

Hannah May 10

2013-05-10T18:18:00Z

Today I just entered data and did some calling. I only scheduled one participant, so nothing too exciting - just a lot of voicemails! I finished one list and filled out the codes to be sent pack. I have two sessions tomorrow, so hopefully both show up!

5/9/13 Megan

2013-05-09T23:26:44Z

Today was my last day in the lab! I spent it making parent packets and calling. All the lists had been called so I re-called families and left abbreviated messages. I was able to schedule one family which was great! It's been so great working at the lab and weird to think about not being here next year!

Hannah May 9

2013-05-09T20:31:47Z

I had a session scheduled today, but they called to reschedule this morning. This gave me time to enter data and run some analyses.

I found it interesting that as I was entering data on the DCFSav and DCF-Ctrl for my questionnaire, the parents of 3.5 year olds answered "yes" to "My child must remember this without a reminder" much more often than I'd expected. I wonder if maybe when parents begin to enforce a rule, they start with high expectations and maybe later lower them. This was especially interesting because there is a huge difference between 6 and 4 year olds' parents on that question.

I will have a few less hours this week because next week and the week after I have sessions scheduled - will make up the hours then!

Jenna 5/9

2013-05-09T18:21:12Z

Today, I finished cutting and laminating all of the cards for the card sorting task. Today was also my last official day of college and now I just have to wait to graduate. It was a little humorous that my last day was spent cutting out pictures of cute little animals and flowers, but a last day of school spent with very little stress was alright with me!

Zach M 5/9

2013-05-09T17:15:38Z

Today I just focused on Salience coding for Sabine. I was able to finish it all. I feel good about all the coding, Me and Sabine will probably talk over a few of the more difficult/abstract cases.

Sanjana (5/8/13)

2013-05-08T19:26:21Z

Today I spent most of my time calling. I was not able to recruit many families today. I mostly got voicemails and a couple of parents that were not interested or wanted to be removed from the pool. I know there is not really a way to force people to stay on the list but are there ways that we can encourage them to stay on the list and participate? It's hard with children because of crazy schedules, but I think it's important to try to get these families to come in! I also helped Cathy grab drinks from CVS for MJ's thesis defense today!

5/8/13 Megan

2013-05-08T16:52:47Z

Today I ran my last session! It was really interesting to work with a 6-year-old after seeing mostly 4-year-olds lately. He was very willing to do all the tasks and did extremely well. He also asked questions if something didn't make sense to him which is honestly something I haven't seen a lot of. After my session I entered the data and then did calling. I wasn't able to schedule any families but I left quite a few messages. Crazy that this will be my last session here at the lab but I'm excited for my last day tomorrow.

Paige 5/8

2013-05-08T16:25:53Z

Today I worked on the LIM-Number study entering data, adding to the newsletter contacts, and writing thank-yous. Everything went smoothly with no snags. I can't believe it's my last day in the lab- time went by really quickly! I am going to miss it but unfortunately I have to take too many credits to continue working. Emily brought me a goodbye card and chocolates which was very sweet! I hope everything ends up well for all the wonderful people I've met here!!

Isabelle 5/7

2013-05-07T21:58:05Z

Today I entered in sibling cards into the IPP for about an hour and a half and then called for the rest of the time. I only ended up scheduling 2 appointments, but hopefully I will be able to schedule more next week.

Jenna 5/7

2013-05-07T18:53:43Z

Today I cut out and laminated cards for the card sorting task. I cut out about 50 cards and then laminated and cut out around 150 cards or so. They're almost finished! My hands are a little tired, but it was a productive day!

Zach M 5/7

2013-05-07T17:02:47Z

Today I worked on salience coding for Sabine. She also wanted me to make some calls, however I was unable to schedule anyone. Then I went back to coding, I am about half done with the salience coding.

Isabelle 5/6

2013-05-06T21:56:50Z

The whole time today I entered in data to the IPP because there was a lot of overflow. I finished all of the single baby cards including the overflow and started some sibling cards.

Sanjana (5/6/13)

2013-05-06T19:48:17Z

Today I spent the first part of my time watching EMR videos to figure out how long children waited before they gave up on trying to unlock the clear box! For the rest of my time I called families in order to recruit them for the Psych Distancing EMR task! I was able to recruit 4 families and left voicemails for many more. I sent out packets to the families I got scheduled. Hopefully parents call back and get sessions set up! I don't think I'm going to be able to test before the summer but I want to stick around and see if I can start running the EMR task! I think it would be interesting to see the various ways in which the children respond or behave during the Frustration Task.