Responsibilities: 
The Lab Manager (i.e., RA) conducts research-related tasks for projects investigating cognition and development in preschoolers, school age children, and adults. Additionally, the RA sets up and maintains liaisons with greater New Haven area schools and preschools, interviews children in those settings according to research protocols, recruits children and their parents, ensures they arrive to the research center at Yale, and interviews them. Furthermore, the RA aids in the design of stimuli, the scoring and entering of research data on computer, and in the analysis of collected data.

Experience and Training: 
Competitive applicants will have a bachelor's degree in either a natural or social science area. Prior experience in experimental psychology research, especially with children, is an asset. Course experience in cognitive psychology or cognitive science is preferred. A genuine interest in the lab's research questions is highly desired. A current description of our research interests may be found here.

Benefits: 
This full-time position carries a competitive salary as well as health care benefits. It also provides excellent experience for students considering attending graduate school in psychology.

Application:
Please include a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation with signatures across seals, and official transcripts from all colleges attended. If possible, we ask all applicants to please submit the aforementioned materials together. Materials submitted via email will not be accepted. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Questions can be submitted electronically to cogdevlab@yale.edu

Send Completed Application Materials to:
Yale Cognition and Development Lab
c/o Eric Smith
Department of Psychology
Yale University
PO Box 208205
New Haven, CT 06520