Psychology students from all 4 CSU campuses (Central, Eastern, Southern, Western) are invited to submit abstracts for posters to be presented as part of the Tenth Annual CSU Psychology Day Celebration, Friday, May 11, 2007 (This is a reading day, no classes are scheduled).
Psychology Day is a day-long event filled with scholarly and social activities. These will include presentations by an invited speaker and several students, food, and a student poster session. The invited speaker is Dr. John Bargh, professor of social psychology at Yale University and recipient of the 2007 Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. His talk is entitled, "The Primes of Life."
Students who have never attended a professional conference may be unfamiliar with poster sessions. In these sessions, presenters prepare posters that briefly describe some research or other activity (literature review, internship) in which they were engaged. Posters contain text as well as pictures, graphs, or other visual material that help explain their findings. Posters are displayed in a large hall and visitors walk around to view them. The authors stand by their posters and discuss their work one-on-one with people who stop by and who may have questions and comments.
The poster submissions briefly describe the projects that were done as part of undergraduate or graduate research courses, a master's thesis, internship experiences, or literature review papers done as part of an independent study or class assignment. The author(s) of selected outstanding poster abstracts will be invited to make a brief oral presentation during the Psychology Day session. In addition, there will be several prizes for outstanding posters.
Students must be first author on all posters. Students should have the faculty member who supervised their project review and approve the abstracts (described below) before they are submitted.
Participating in events such as this helps prepare you professionally. Graduate schools and employers look favorably on such experience. It is exciting to discuss your work with others in the field of psychology. Your name, the title of your presentation, and a brief abstract of your work will appear in a brochure of the program.
Specific information on proposal submission and poster construction are contained below.
Deadline for Submission: April 30, 2007
10th Annual CSU Psychology Day
Poster Session, Friday May 11, 2007
Abstract Submission Guidelines
- A CSU student must be the first author on all entries, one entry per first author.
- Applicants must use the Poster Abstract Submission Form. This form can be downloaded, filled in and submitted electronically to: KutherT@wcsu.edu or BarrettD@wcsu.edu Please put the words Psychology Day in the subject line of your e-mail
- The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is April 30, 2007
- All first authors will be notified of the status of their posters (accepted/not accepted) by: May 4, 2007.
Poster Guidelines
1. WCSU will provide the posterboards. These are self-standing display boards; the dimensions and layout of the poster board are shown below.
2. Please make sure that
all text and figures are readable from at least 4 feet away.
3. You may wish to prepare extra copies of your paper or other handouts to give
to interested individuals.
10th Annual CSU Psychology Day
Poster Session, Friday May 11, 2007
Poster Abstract Submission Form
First Author:
_____________________ Second Author *: _____________________
Name
Name
Campus: o CCSU o ECSU o SCSU o WCSU
Check here o to indicate you have received faculty approval.
Faculty Name ______________________________ Faculty Phone: (__) __________
Faculty E-mail:_______________________
Student Mailing Address: ________________________________________________
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Phone: (_____) _________________ E-mail:_______________________________
Title of Poster: _________________________________________________________
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Long Abstract: Please attach on a separate page a typed description (not to exceed 750 words) of what your poster will be about.
Short Abstract: Please attach on a separate page a typed description (50 words maximum). The short abstract will be used in the program brochure.
Note. If you are describing an empirical study, you should identify the research question (hypothesis), methodology, results, and conclusions.
If you are describing an internship, you should include the name of the agency, when you did your internship, and some of the activities you did.
If you are describing a literature review, you should present an overview of the issue you researched and summary of your conclusions.
Submit this form and abstracts electronically to: KutherT@wcsu.edu or BarrettD@wcsu.edu
Deadline for receipt of materials April 30, 2007
* If more than 2 authors, list additional names here:
Third Author:
_____________________ Fourth Author: _____________________
Name Name