• Question: What was your favourite thing that you worked on

    Asked by anon-269724 on 23 Nov 2020.
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      Madeleine Steeds answered on 23 Nov 2020:

      Using virtual reality to improve memory in older adults. It was really fun testing out all the environments and seeing the older adults try it for the first time.

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      Maggi Laurie answered on 23 Nov 2020:

      Recently I’ve been working on a project looking at how exhibits in science museums help young children learn about science. I went into our local science museum and interviewed children about what they knew about balance, observed them playing with a balance board exhibit, and then interviewed them against to see what they had learned. The children are very young (between 3-5 years) so I’ve been looking at how they use their hands and bodies to tell us what they know about balance, rather than just relying on what they say. It was a LOT of fun to visit the science museum and work with the children – fieldwork and collecting data in the real world is one of my favourite things about psychology!

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      Parise Carmichael-Murphy answered on 23 Nov 2020:

      Mre recently, I loved talking to a group of Year 11s about whether they think that grime should be put on the school curriculum – they thought mostly yes & I agreed!

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      Katie Riddoch answered on 23 Nov 2020:

      I loved working with a children’s hospital – doing interviews about how what they want in a new robot! Great to do work which will lead to a product which can help people

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      Simona Skripkauskaite answered on 24 Nov 2020: last edited 24 Nov 2020 10:48 am

      Hmm yet another good question, BWHemm. I think some of the most gratifying work I did has been the few months I worked in the psychiatry hospital for children trying to help the kids no-one else would. I also really enjoyed conducting interviews with autistic people about how they felt about their diagnosis, that was a very heartfelt and eye-opening experience. I also am really enjoying what I am doing now. I am a massive geek, so I love getting my hands into a lot of data collected over time.

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      Mona-Lisa Kwentoh answered on 25 Nov 2020:

      Facilitating mental health workshops for 6th form students on a residential programme for people interested in pursuing Medicine as a career .

      It was fun exploring various areas of mental health together!

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