Getting into the Mind-set of Psychology Research
Dr Liz Kirk from the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Psychology has successfully secured two research grants enabling her to provide “hands-on” research experience to two exceptional students.Through the Undergraduate Research Assistant Award from the British Psychological Society, Dr Kirk has been able to employ Emily Stears, an outstanding second year psychology undergraduate during the summer vacation. Emily is working as a research assistant on a project entitled “An exploration of the relationship between symbolic gesture and pretend play in infancy”. As well as employing an