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该奖项提供资金，以继续在斯基德莫尔学院心理学本科生网站的研究经验。长期目标是支持学生的教育发展，增加他们作为年轻研究人员的相对独立性。12名学生实习生将在教师导师的指导下工作8周。经验将包括设计研究、测试个人和分析数据。此外，他们还将参加各种主题的研讨会，包括作为理科专业的“大学后的生活”，进入研究生院，最大限度地利用技术资源，以及进行统计分析。为研究经验提供重点的项目将包括以下主题：儿童对协作活动的记忆、调节封闭过程的机制、右脑在注意加工中的专门作用、学龄前儿童对个人身份的理解，以及与个人目标和幸福感相关的人格特征。研究实习生的顶峰经历将包括一个小型会议，他们将在会上展示他们夏季研究的结果，以及一份研究提案，旨在作为他们下一学年可能继续工作的草稿。该奖项有助于基金会继续努力，通过积极的本科生研究经验，吸引有才华的学生进入科学职业生涯。

This award provides funds to continue a Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site in Psychology at Skidmore College. The long-term goal is to support the educational development of the students, increasing their relative independence as young researchers. Twelve student interns will spend eight weeks working with faculty mentors. Experiences will include designing studies, testing individuals, and analyzing data. In addition, they will attend workshops focusing on a variety of topics including "life after college" as a science major, getting into graduate school, making the most of technological resources, and conducting statistical analyses. The projects providing the focus for the research experience will include such topics as children's memory for collaborative activities, mechanisms mediating closure processes, the specialized role of the right hemisphere in attentional processing, preschoolers' understanding of individual identify, and personality characteristics associated with personal goals and well-being. Research interns' capstone experiences will include a mini-conference at which they will present the outcomes of their summer research and a research proposal intended as a draft for work they might continue in the coming academic year.This award contributes to the Foundation's continuing efforts to attract talented students into careers in science through active undergraduate research experiences.