The Standard Deviants

Hi All, Luana here again. As we are coming towards the end of this internship, I thought I would reflect on the experience as a whole. I can definitely say that this internship has been completely unique to any other learning experience I have had at university so far. It was great to be really hands on and self- directed with my own learning. Even the more formal-learning aspects during the workshops and coding classes were skills that we could apply immediately in our projects. Sometimes at Uni we get a lot of theory thrown at us without being given an opportunity to apply it ourselves, so I can say I really enjoyed the ‘learn by doing’ approach to this internship. I gained so many new skills in these past four months, just by being able to try things myself. It is also amazing how different everyone who does the internship’s experience is. As we have all worked in different areas, with different supervisors and on entirely different projects, everyone’s experien

Hey all, Justin here and I will be reflecting on my thoughts on the presentation part of the internship. During the few weeks prior, I have come to realise the importance of communication and being adaptable. After submitting our proposals, a big relief has set in ways knowing that we have knocked down successfully a big part of the internship. During the writing process, it was a good opportunity in translating our experiences into a formal and tangible report. With the past week having made a start on our presentation for our projects in the lab, we now have to try convey our experiences and passion to an audience that isn't all too familiar with our project, using 5 slides and under 10 minutes. Same idea, completely different format. Faced with these challenges, I have come to appreciate the skill of being able to communicate and adapt to different audiences with different forms. To me, it seems like a skill that can be easily overlooked during psychology course work study w

Hi all, Mikayla here again to give you all an update on my internship experience so far! I cannot believe how close to the end we are! With proposals due next week, the pressure is definitely on. I find myself getting more and more nervous for the presentation which is also fast approaching. This is definitely a very tricky part of the semester where everything is all due at once for me, so balancing everything has proved to be incredibly difficult so far! One thing for sure though, I could not be enjoying my forensic lab experience anymore than I have been! In particular my lab carries out research surrounding face perception and recognition. I never really considered how we perceive and recognise people in every day life, but now that I have, its hard not to see it everywhere! At the beginning of semester I began the internship by preparing face stimuli for the study I was running. After what felt like a really big achievement back then, it was time to finally begin