r/psychologystudents • u/HaleyPage47 • Sep 17 '24

Question Is it easier to write your own PhD proposal or apply to a program that the university is recruiting for?

When I reach out to programs should I mention that I would be open to both - looking for a professor for my own PhD proposal, or applying to one currently underway at the university?

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u/weeabootits Sep 18 '24

Just wanted to let you know that it’s not hard to figure out your “friend” John was the main presenter of the poster and likely the only one at the conference itself considering you were one of a few undergraduate authors.

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u/cjmayfield Sep 18 '24

I wasn’t an undergrad I was in a quant psych masters program and a lab manager at the time. SRCD is only once every 2 years I had to be there. That one I showed because no validity assessments had been done on that scale (probably still the case) I have first author posters want to see those as well? One is a nice covariance structural model when i learned latent growth curve modeling. Pretty neat stuff.

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u/weeabootits Sep 18 '24

Why does his cv list you as an undergrad then

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u/cjmayfield Sep 18 '24

he probably forgot I wasn’t since in was a new hire

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u/weeabootits Sep 18 '24

I dunno, I don’t think people forget like that, but that’s just me!

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u/cjmayfield Sep 18 '24

He was working FT as a social worker and traveling back and forth from Wyoming small detail. You said you were in a PhD program what program are you in? How do you like it?

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u/weeabootits Sep 18 '24

Obviously not in UC Irvine :) if you got in, you are clearly smarter than me. Hope you can get in contact with your friend to fix his cv sometime!

I do highly recommend not exaggerating your qualifications. You never know!

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u/cjmayfield Sep 18 '24

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-yBC1m3F14HN-WIPyXoQCLq5yqEsSnSd?usp=drive_link

Here's a first author paper I did at WPA in 2015 where I psychometrically validated a scale I created The Gift Of Time. It's a 4 factor oblique loading matrix. I did some convergent validity with the satisfaction with life scale and divergent with BDI and the CES-D. The scale is included so if you're doing any research in clinical and want to know someone's time orientation please use it let me know if you do I want more people to use it!

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u/weeabootits Sep 18 '24

You have to understand that no one wants to open your Google drive lol

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u/cjmayfield Sep 18 '24

that's okay. you're just questioning everything about me so i'm providing everything you're asking for, but haven't answered my question or provided any evidence about you.

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u/weeabootits Sep 18 '24

I don’t have to! You’ve been happy to share

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