Opportunities in Research Laboratories

Research at the Child Development Laboratory focuses on multiple facets of socio-emotional development during infancy and the preschool years. Researchers study cognitive and emotional development in infants and young children and are interested in the observation and measurement of emotion expression, experience and emotion regulation. The Child Development Laboratory specializes in developmental psychophysiology including the measurement of brain electrical activity (EEG).

The Social and Moral Development Laboratory is housed in the Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park, and its research focuses on how children, adolescents, and young adults evaluate social and moral issues in everyday life. Post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students collaborate on a range of projects. Students study developmental theory, research methodology, conduct data analysis, read the current research literature, and communicate the findings through presentations and publications. The general topics investigated in the Social and Moral Development Laboratory include developmental social cognition, moral reasoning, intergroup attitudes and relationships, explicit judgments and implicit biases, stereotyping, and the role of culture on social development.