Undergraduate Application

Submitted by EP-G on Sat, 2009/12/05 - 14:55

This is the application for an undergraduate research position in the Embodied Social Cognition Laboratory at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Provide answers in all fields below and upload a copy of your UTSC unofficial transcript to complete the application.

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Scenario: Alima is an Experimenter in charge of a study on hormonal responses during social interactions between people who have different political views. It is the final week of the study, and she needs to schedule participants for the remaining empty time slots. Each time slot is 2 hours long, and 2 people must be paired and scheduled for each time slot. The time slots are:

  • Monday (April 26): 12 - 2 and 4 - 6
  • Wednesday (April 28): 2 - 4 and 6 - 8
  • Thursday (April 29): 12 - 2, 4 - 6, and 6 - 8
  • Friday (April 30): 2 - 4

Alima needs to fill these time slots by pairing potential participants into "Partners." There are a number of constraints regarding who can be paired as Partners into the same time slot. Specifically:

  1. Two people must be scheduled per time slot as "Partners;" a time slot with 1 person must be cancelled.
  2. Partners must not affiliate with the same political party
  3. Partners must be within 5 years of each others' age
  4. Partners must be of the same sex
  5. Participants must be between 18 - 40 years of age
  6. Because of the hormones measured in the experiment, female participants must be in the "follicular stage" of their menstrual cycle. The follicular stage lasts 10 days, beginning the first day of the period. For example, if the first day of the potential participant's period was December 1st, then the participant can be scheduled for any time slot from December 1st to December 10th.
  7. Participants must be willing to only drink water, not eat food, and not exercise for at least 4 hours prior to the start of their study session.

Luckily, there are people who have responded to the study ad on craigslist through email, so Alima thinks she will be able to meet her sample size goal. Here are the people that have responded to Alima's ad and the information from their prescreening survey:

  • Abe is a 19-year-old male who self-identifies as a Liberal. He is an athlete, so he has 3-hour practice every morning at 8 am, after which he eats a large lunch at 11;15 am. He is free everyday after noon.
  • Bill is a 27-year-old male who self-identifies as a New Democrat. He can only do the study after work, and so would prefer a 6 - 8 pm slot, but thinks he can get off a little early to make a 4 pm slot on any day except Monday.
  • Coreen is a 22-year-old female who self-identifies with the Green Party. Her follicular stage began on April 19th, and she is available every day after 2 pm all week.
  • Deshi is an 18-year-old male who self-identifies as a Conservative. He is available all day Friday.
  • Eromi is a 25-year old female who self-identifies as a Conservative. She is available before 2pm on either Monday or Thursday, and the first day of her last period was April 10th.
  • Faith is a 23-year-old female who self-identifies as a Liberal. She is available after 4 pm on all days of the week, and her follicular stage is supposed to begin on April 28th (assume it will).
  • Gabrielle is a 28-year-old female who self-identifies as a Liberal. The first day of her follicular stage was April 19th. She is only available after 4 on Wednesday, and before 3 on Friday.
  • Hanya is a 19-year-old female who self-identifies as a Liberal. Her period is supposed to begin on April 25th (assume it will). She is only available on Wednesdays before 4 pm.
  • Ibrahim is a 35-year old male who self-identifies as a New Democrat. He is available after 4pm on all days.
  • Jane is a 24-year-old female who self-identifies as a Conservative. She is before 2 pm on Monday and Wednesday, and after 3 pm on Thursday and Friday. Her follicular stage began on April 21st.
  • Kai is a 25-year-old man who self-identifies as a Liberal. He is available before 3 pm on all days.
  • Lisa is a 26-year-old female who self-identifies with the Bloc Quebecois. The first day of her last period was April 20th, and she is available all Thursday.
  • Munoj is a 23-year-old male who self-identifies with the Conservative Party. He works the early morning shift at Tim Hortons from 5 - 10 am each day, but otherwise is free.
  • Numia is a 28-year-old woman who supports the New Democrats. Her follicular stage began on April 23rd, and she is available all days before 3 pm.
  • Omar is a 22-year-old male who identifies with the Liberal Party. He is available before 5 pm on Monday, after 3 pm on Wednesday, and before 5 pm on Friday.
  • Petra is a 22-year-old female who is a Liberal. She is definitely in her follicular stage, and is available all day Monday and Thursday.
  • Qamura is a 26-year-old female who self-identifies as a Conservative. The first day of her follicular cycle was April 22nd. She is available from 4 - 6 on Monday, 2 - 4 and 6 - 8 on Wednesday, 12 - 2 and 6 - 8 on Thursday, and Friday.
  • Reggie is a 25-year-old male who identifies with the Liberal Party. He works until 5 pm all week.
  • Sara is a 30-year-old female who self-identifies as a Liberal. The first day of her follicular stage was April 17th, and is available all day Monday and Thursday.
  • Tom is a 39-year old male who self-identifies as a Conservative. He is busy from 9 - 5 every day except for Friday, which is his day off.

Make a schedule below that would fulfil Alima's goal to finish data collection this week!

In the box above, please describe what you thought of the scheduling task you just completed.