B PsychEd

We are a group of Psychology undergraduates who wanted to create a community, so we formed our own club—and we welcome everyone to join, whether you're a psychology major or not. Our goal is to provide a platform to help undergraduates navigate the Psychology major. Our team includes a diverse range of students, from pre-med and pre-law tracks to double majors, all of whom are ready to offer mentorship and guidance to any student who might be feeling lost.

We warmly invite you to join our club—just fill out a simple interest form here. There's no commitment required; you'll be added to our Slack and email list, keeping you updated on upcoming workshops, speaker events, and research opportunities. Our general meetings are held every other Tuesday, and while attendance isn't mandatory, we'd love to see you there. To learn more, explore our sidebar for different ways to contact us!

General Member vs. Committee Member

Want to get more involved? Our club is organized into four main committees that align with the major: Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Biological Psychology, and Social Psychology. Each committee will take on a semester-long project, whether it’s conducting research, writing a paper, or volunteering at a local elementary school. These committees also play a key role in organizing speaker events and workshops for our general meetings. Committee meetings will be held on the Tuesdays when we don’t have general meetings.

For our committee members, we have a brief application process to ensure a higher level of commitment. Please note that committee members are expected to attend meetings more consistently and may have additional meetings beyond the general meetings.

Committee Projects' Description

Clinical Psych: an empirical project uncovering determinants of chronic mental health issues in Bay Area undergraduates.

Social Psych: This project focuses on conducting a literature review on the Moral Foundations Theory, measures of morality that have been found to differ across individuals, especially culture and political ideology. We will read about key frameworks, methodologies, and gaps in the literature to see future directions, especially towards an application of your interest with a small group. We will also work on research skills, communication, and collaboration with others through small workshops and debates throughout the semester. This project is just as much about psychology as it is social, so I hope that we build a strong community together!

Developmental Psych: Our project explores how early experiences and individual differences such as attachment, resilience, and coping shape adult well-being and relationships, with members voting on which research focus to pursue.

Biological Psych: Our goal is to immerse our team into scientific research regarding a neuropsychology topic focused on drawing connections between our behavior and physical neural mechanisms or activated brain regions. Our research will build students’ skills in computational biology and running statistical analyses on large scale data with the end goal of observing patterns that provide insight into brain function. The choice of topic is up to our team, but we will provide guidance or example ideas when necessary. One example topic would be using fMRI datasets to analyze networks in the brain related to physical vs. emotional pain processing.

Industrial Organizational Psych: Our objective is to research what qualities make up the "ideal resume" by curating multiple resumes and sending them to on-campus recruiters for review. 

We are a student group acting independently of the University of California. We take full responsibility for our organization and this web site.