PhD at UWA: Opening Options

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PhD at UWAOpening Options
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Why did you come to university?
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Why settle for second best?
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But what could I do against such strong
competition?
ASTOUNDING RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY John Mack
(Harvard Medical School) and David Jacobs (Temple
University) concluded that people who believe
they were kidnapped by aliens from outer space,
probably were! "Secret Life Firsthand,
Documented Accounts of UFO Abductions".
ASTOUNDING RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY Lawrence W.
Sherman (1975). "An Ecological Study of Glee in
Small Groups of Preschool Children." Child
Development,46, 1975, 53-61.
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Why a PhD?
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Advantages of a PhD

• universally recognized
• freedom to pursue supervised research in your
  special area of interest
• opens doors to employment
• teaching
• research
• greater professional career advancement

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PhD Two Options

• Solo
• 3 years
• Combined with
• MPsych Clinical Psychology
• MPsych Educational Developmental
• MPsych Industrial Organisational
• MPsych Neuropsychology
• 4 years

• Eligibility
• IIA Hons in Psych or equivalent

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Assistance

• shared office
• PC
• additional conference travel at UWA
• 3,400
• 1,000 national with supervisor
• general research expenses
• 1,000 per year for 3 years

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Fees Scholarships

• no fees for a PhD at UWA
• additional scholarships at UWA
• Australian Postgraduate Award
• University Postgraduate Award
• 20,007 tax free (for 2008)
• typically 8-10 to Psychology each year

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Find a supervisor but who?

• Only 36 of PhD students in psychology (2004-08)
  worked with their Honours supervisor
• Be adventurous!

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Example topics for 2009

• Gill Rhodes Liz Pelicano Linda Jeffrey
• Steve Lewandowsky
• Nic Fay Andrew Page
• Andrew Page
• Andrea Loftus Romola Bucks

• Adaptive processes in face perception
• Face Perception in Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Working Memory and Categorization
• Social Phobia and the Lack of Overconfidence in
  Communication
• Health and wellbeing in the perinatal period
• Monitoring progress in clinical settings
• Impact of Parkinsons disease on cognitive and
  motor function
• impact of numerical cognition on left neglect,
  anosognosia and motor function in post-stroke
  patients

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Dont Regret Failing to Apply for a PhD

• Regret is an odd emotion because it comes only
  upon reflection. Regret lacks immediacy, and so
  its power seldom influences events when it could
  do some good.
• William O'Rourke

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Apply for Entry to PhD

• Check the School of Psychology application guide
  
• www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/for/prospective_postgrad
  uates