POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

描述(申请人摘要)：该项目的目标是培训 4名博士后研究员(3名新博士，0级，1名博士，1级 为期两年的培训)发展理论和方法论 为他们提供必要的技能，使他们变得高效、独立 该领域的研究人员和学者。我们继续强调基础， 理论驱动的研究；然而，我们已经扩大了我们的重点，包括 各种应用问题和特殊人群。四个实质性培训 强调领域：(A)认知和知觉发展，(B)社会和 情绪发展，(C)发展精神病理学，和(D)发展 认知神经心理学在每个领域，重点是发展 过程以及它们如何在整个生命周期的不同时期表现出来。 此外，还强调在背景下的发展，并注意 家庭、文化、社会和教育背景下的发展 发生。一些教员项目解决了少数民族的这类问题。 人口。心理学系的20名核心教员(35%是女性， 20%的少数族裔)外加科罗拉多大学的几名兼职教员 医学院，作为潜在的导师。每位教职员工都有一个 设备齐全的实验室(例如，计算机、专用设备 设备、测试室和观察室)，以满足其特定需求 研究问题。学员参加他们自己的博士后研讨会， 参加多个研究小组，与多名教职员工一起进行研究 导师，参加为他们提供更大广度和深度的研讨会，以及 从事其他专业活动，例如，他们可能会在 论文委员会，审查和准备拨款申请，授课， 并接受临床培训，以提高他们的应用研究技能。 学员是从一群才华横溢、竞争激烈的申请者中挑选出来的 展示了具有良好学术记录的高质量研究生项目 研究生院的研究生产力，并有潜力成为 学术、医学或研究中独立的、多产的研究人员 布景。

DESCRIPTION (APPLICANT'S ABSTRACT): The objective of this program is to train four postdoctoral fellows (three new Ph.D., Level 0 and one Ph.D., Level 1 for a two-year training period) in developmental theory and methodology in order to provide them with the skills necessary to become productive, independent researchers and scholars in the field. We continue to emphasize basic, theoretically driven research; however, we have expanded our focus to include a variety of applied issues and special populations. Four substantive training areas are emphasized: (a) Cognitive and Perceptual Development, (b) Social and Emotional Development, (c) Developmental Psychopathology, and (d) Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Within each area, the focus is on developmental processes and how they are manifest at different periods across the life-span. Moreover, there is an emphasis on development in context-, with attention to the familial, cultural, social, and educational contexts in which development occurs. A number of faculty projects address such issues in ethnic minority populations. Twenty core faculty in the Department of Psychology (35% women, 20% minorities) plus several adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado Medical School, serve as potential mentors. Each faculty member has a well-equipped laboratory with ample facilities (e.g., computers, specific equipment, testing and observational rooms) to address his/her particular research questions. Trainees participate in their own postdoctoral seminar, attend several research groups, conduct research with more than one faculty mentor, attend seminars that provide them with greater breadth and depth, and engage in other professional activities, for example, they may serve on dissertation committees, review and prepare grant proposals, teach a course, and receive clinical training to enhance their applied research skills. Trainees are selected from a talented and competitive pool of applicants from high quality graduate programs who have had a strong academic record, displayed research productivity in graduate school, and have the potential to become an independent, productive researcher in an academic, medical, or research setting.