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Project Director:
John Paul Stephens
Email: jpsteph@umich.edu
(734) 709-6371
Email:
Alternate Contact:
Lloyd Sandelands
Email:lsandel@umich.edu, Phone:
Overall Title of Project:
Song Creation and the Self-in-Relation-to-Other
Major area of Psychology in which these projects are located:
Organizational
Major area of Psychology in which this project is located:
Organizational cognition and coordination
Project Description:
Organizations are complex social entities that involve the specialization of roles and actions and thus also require the coordination, interrelation or integration of these actions. This study looks at how a 3-person group engages in organizing, or the interrelation of actions for some meaningful purpose, in order to create a song. Specifically, this study looks at two aspects of coordination: attention and feeling. First, attentional focus is manipulated to observe its effects on coordination. Second, the feeling of being a full member of a group may also co-occur when coordination goes well. This study uses video-records of groups collectively creating a song. Research assistants are needed to aid in the development and use of a coding system to analyze the video-records to outline the kinds of actions/behaviors being performed, and the level of coordination quality the groups display. Research assistants will also be involved in regular lab meetings where we discuss literature on attention, feeling, interdependence, relationships and coordination in organizations, as well as give updates on our progress.
Time commitment requested:
5-10 hours per week
Qualifications of student:
Research assistants should be flexible in the amount of time they can commit. Applicants should be responsible, organized and capable of working as a part of a team of researchers. They should be detail-oriented and invested in the project.

Credit Offered:	Yes	Money:	No
Experience only:	Yes	Workstudy:	No