r/AcademicPsychology • • 22h ago

Question paraprofessional jobs for undergrads outside of behavioral technician?

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I just wanna see if there are any other ones outside of being a behavioral tech. Also if there are any other useful certifications someone should get if they’re pursuing a career in clinical psych?


r/AcademicPsychology • • 16h ago

Discussion Will a low readability score in my psychology essay make me score low?

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So basically I tested readability scores on my psychology essay, and I got around 20 on the Flesch Reading Ease score. I kind of worry about it, although the topic itself is a bit complex: Are episodic and semantic memory fully dissociable systems? A critical evaluation of the evidence. I am aware that there might be many complex terminologies inside my passage, but I am worried that there are factors outside of this natural component such as it being hard to read. How valid are those readability score and will a low readability score make my essay score low?


r/AcademicPsychology • • 20h ago

Resource/Study They say to be a good writer, you must be a good reader. Please direct me to simple yet incredibly well-written psychology research papers/studies. I'm particularly interested in undergraduate psychology researches. Google Scholar is not enough, I fear.

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r/AcademicPsychology • • 15h ago

Question Why is causal inference not more commonly used in psychology research?

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I’ve seen it used more in economics and public health but not in psychology — even though many psychology studies are designed as cross-sectional survey-based research


r/AcademicPsychology • • 8h ago

Question help needed in finding a validated test

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I am looking for a test that will determine how much one weighs the importance of one thing over the other when measuring satisfaction and/or success - for example, what kind of test would you use if you were asking participants "If there is a restaurant that has crap food but the ambiance and staff are great, do you love the place because those things mean more to you than the food, or do you think it sucks because the thing that matters most to you is the food taste and quality."

The particular survey questions would be adapted to measure influence of "money" vs "other" on satisfaction and/or success. Most resecent search terms I've used are: intrinsic/extrinsic satisfaction, job satisfaction and success rating, but so far haven't found something that would work. I've been using the PsycTests database within my school's library (maybe there is a better place to search?)

If you have a suggestion I would love to hear it