Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017
The Modulatory Influence of Interventions on Empathic Neural Responses to Pain for Christian and Muslim Faces, Makenzie Adkins
Department: Psychology
Empathy and Similarity-Attraction Within a Group Setting, Sarah C. Bacon Ehlers
Department: Psychology
Food, Media and Body Image: On how food and body type influences internalization and resulting viewer Body Dissatisfaction, Nichapar Boonparlit
Department: Psychology
The Efficacy of a Reading Pull-out Intervention on Student’s Rate of Improvement and Positive Reading Attitude, Rylee R. Bouillion
Department: Education; Psychology
Effects of Video Games on Group Perception and Prejudice Reduction, Linea K. Brouse
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Performers' Facial Expressions on Emotion Perception in Music, Rachel Castle
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Parental Conflict and Divorce on Attachment Security and Perception of Couples on College Students, Elizabeth Clark
Department: Psychology
Coercive Sexual Encounters: Adult Attachment as a Predictor of Emotional Response, Olivia Cretella
Department: Psychology
The Relationship Between Dark Triad Scores and Drinking Behaviors, Drug Use, Sexual Activity, and Co-Curricular Involvement in College Students, Kathleen C. Gale
Department: Psychology
Video Games, Starting Age, and Executive Function, Aubrey A. Gealy
Department: Psychology
Scarcity and Decision Making: The Cognitive Effects Poverty has on Food Choice Behavior, Irene M. Goldsmith
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Treadmill Running on ADHD-like Behaviors in Adolescent Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats, Jamie Hibbs
Department: Psychology
Inquiries into the Psychological Mechanisms of Small Money Political Donations, Ben Hopper
Department: Psychology
Can Burnout, Conservation of Resources Theory, and Basic Psychological Needs Theory predict Academic Success?, James J. Kocab
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Adolescent Bullying on Adult Mental Health, Stephenie N. Little
Department: Psychology
Rethinking Recovery: Women’s Experiences of Self-Efficacy in Court-Sanctioned Chemical Dependency Treatment, Sarah Onyx E. Marosi
Department: Psychology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Keeping Your Head in the Game: Examining Cognitive Recovery from the Effects of Physical and Mental Fatigue in Athletes, Zachary H. Mastrich
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Income on American MTURK Workers Consumer Styles Inventory Orientations, Andrew R. Merriam
Department: Psychology
Competitive Victimhood in an Academic Setting, Eli Millette
Department: Psychology
Let’s Talk About Sex: Sex Positivity and Message Framing Among Young Women, Sophie Nathanson
Department: Psychology
The Mentality of Strength: A Study on the Effects of Grit, Self-Control, and Conscientiousness on Rate of Progress in Powerlifting, Robert L. Park
Department: Psychology
Effects of Mental Contrasting and Implementation Intentions on Life Skills Performance in the Context of Poverty, Phuong Nhu Pham
Department: Psychology
The Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Ambivalence, and Relationship Outcomes within Romantic Partnerships, Victoria J. Schriber
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Teaching Methods on Children’s Concept of Living Things, Lydia E. Schwartz
Department: Psychology
The Impact of Confidence and Doubt on The Effect of Social Pressure, Larissa Severns
Department: Psychology
It Is Not About How Much You Pay, But How You Pay It: The Motivational Effects of Compensation on Worker Effort Using Self-Determination Theory, Unnati Singhania
Department: Business Economics; Psychology
Attitudes Toward the Police, Danielle Marie Slichenmyer
Department: Psychology
Stereotype Threat as a Mechanism by Which Intelligence-Based Tasks Impair Black Children’s Performance, Jason E. Solinsky
Department: Psychology
Passion or Fashion? The Exploration of Social Activist Tendencies on College Campuses Through Self Determination Theory, Robert J. Tudisco
Department: Psychology
Classroom Anxiety and Academic Achievement in Immigrant and International Students, Nancy C. Valverde
Department: Psychology
Language, Age, and Problem Solving, Savanah R. White
Department: Psychology
The Effect of Functionality and Appearance Focused Images of Thin and Fuller-Figure Models on State Body Appreciation, Gina B. Williamson
Department: Psychology
Persuasion by Racial Minority Sources: The Role of Gendered Stereotypes, Siyan Zhou
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016
Just Keep Moving: Examining the Relationship Between the Self-Determination Theory and Transtheoretical Model in Relation to Exercise Behavior, Masha M. Berman
Department: Psychology
Faulty Product Predictions: Exploring Affective Misforecasting in Relation to Future versus Current Advertising, Daniel K. Boyce
Department: Psychology
The Influence of Peers Regarding Gender Stereotyped Toys and Behavior In Nursery School Children, Sarah Cali
Department: Psychology
The Moderating Effect of Anxiety on Grit Predicting Performance, Sharmeen Chinoy
Department: Psychology
The Efficacy of the Stepping Stones Social Skills Development Program, Dov M. Cohen
Department: Psychology
I've Earned It: An Attentional Shift to Rewards Following Self-Regulation, Jennifer Filak
Department: Psychology
Mental Toughness in the Workplace: An Examination of Athletes and Performers, Nicholas M. Flannery
Department: Psychology
The Happiness Regime: A Feminist Critique of Positive Psychology, Sarah R. Freeman
Department: Psychology; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Improving Oral Health Behaviors: Effects of Personality, Message Framing, and Self-Regulating Strategies, Samantha J. Gaeta
Department: Psychology
Learned Resilience: A Cognitive Attribution Approach to the Development of Resilience, Anjela J. Galimberti
Department: Psychology
We are PBS Kids: Influence of Educational Programming and Parental Involvement on Children's Desire to Learn, Julia A. Garcia
Department: Psychology
Examining the Role of Personality and Parenting Styles on Risky Sexual Behavior, Rozalyn C. Gordon
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Voluntary Exercise and Omega-3 Supplementation on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats, Haylie M. Honn
Department: Psychology
Who is the Head Teacher? A Study of Social Influence Among Authority Figures and Peers Across Development, Carly A. Joliat
Department: Psychology
Attachment, Trust, and Satisfaction: A Study of the Physical Therapist-Patient Relationship and Adherence to Rehabilitation Exercises, Isata M. Kamara
Department: Psychology
All is Fair in Love and Work: A Comparison of Job Search and Dating Websites, Jonathan R. Katz
Department: Psychology
The Psychology of Eating Meat: The Influence of Values and Cognitive Dissonance on Attitudes Towards Eating Animals, Anna Kruse
Department: Psychology
Face Perception in Art, Breanna H. Labos
Department: Psychology
Digit ratio (2D:4D) as an Indicator of Physical Fitness and Athletic Ability, Allan Latsch
Department: Psychology
The Role of TREM2 on Microglial Morphology and Synaptic Pruning in the Developing Brain of TREM2 Deficient Mice, William Walker V. Maghie
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Testosterone and Sport Participation On Aggression in Daily Life, Matthew E. Margida
Department: Psychology
Families That Eat Together: An Examination of Factors Influencing Parents’ Family Meal Behaviors, Emma W. Nathanson
Department: Psychology
Bullying: Predicting, Intervening, and Educating, Hannah K C Niedermaier
Department: Education; Psychology
Zero-tolerance or Intolerance: A Critical Examination of the Influence of School Policies on Student Perceptions and Aspirations in Public Schools, Hunter E. Ramsay-Smith
Department: Psychology
But You're So Americanized!: Remote Acculturation and its Psychosocial Effects on International Students in the U.S., Ananya Shrestha
Department: Psychology
Acoustic Quieting Provided by Plants and its Effect on Stress, Bryan Smith
Department: Psychology
The Investigation of Concurrent Validity of the Baby SPEAK Measure and Parental Knowledge of Early Language Development, Lena Grace Smith
Department: Communication Studies; Psychology
Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Prejudice and Perceptual Face Processing, Gillian Spangler
Department: Psychology
The Influence of Self-Concept Clarity and Empathy on Social Justice Concern, Grace Sparks
Department: Psychology
The Effect of Attachment Style on Auditory Looming Perception, Kristyn M. Swanson
Department: Psychology
Drama in the Work Place: Examining Predictors of Behavioral Work Outcomes Among College Level Student Employees, Julio A. Torres
Department: Psychology
The Effect of Relationship Length on Empathy toward a Victim of Sexual Assault Using Benevolent Sexist Ideology as an Explanatory Variable, Darleny Urena
Department: Psychology
Parent Role Construction, Stress, and Support in Children’s Standardized Testing, Heather M. Whitlock-Williams
Department: Psychology
The Dispositional and Situational Influences of Empathy, Anger and Aggression, Tawanna Williams
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2015
Smelling Personalities: Preferential Personality Traits Associated With Body Odor, Emily S. Alltop
Department: Psychology
Sexism, Masculinity, and Entitlement as Predictors of Rape Culture Support, and the Role of Empathy as a Possible Explanation, Michelle L. Baker
Department: Psychology
And How Does That Make You Feel?: Moderating Effects of Personality on Auditory Dissonance and Emotional Reaction, Charlotte Baxter
Department: Psychology
Attachment and Emotions in Relation to Ideas and Concepts: A Psychological Study and Philosophical Inquiry, Bryce C. Benefield
Department: Philosophy; Psychology
An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Sleep Behavior: Exploring Personality as a Moderator, Alisha R. Bhatia
Department: Psychology
Objectification vs. Subjectification: Effects of Priming Sexual Objectification, Body Competence, or Social Competence on Cognitive Function in Women, Fiona J. Brown
Department: Psychology
Persuasiveness of Typefaces: How Non-Verbal Factors Impact the Effectiveness of Emotional and Rational Advertisements, Arielle Nicole Cerini
Department: Psychology
Latino Students: The Relationship between Ethnic Identity and Attachment with Peers, Self-Efficacy, and Purpose in Life, Crystal Chavez
Department: Psychology
Can Social Media Patterns be used as a Clinical Predictor of Social Anxiety, Luke J. Collier
Department: Psychology
The Personality of a Drug User: Personality's Effect on Perception of Anti-Drug Campaigns, Colleen P. Compliment
Department: Psychology
An Analysis of the Effects of Father Attachment on Sex, Love, Adult Attachment, and Hostility, Mitchell Czerniak
Department: Psychology
Should I Gamble in my Foreign Language? An Investigation of Language Effect on Decision Making Process, Dang Khoa Ngoc Dao
Department: International Relations; Psychology
Influence of Main Caregiver-Child Attachment, Perceived Teacher Acceptance, and School Attitude on the Academic Performance of Middle-Childhood Children in Southwest China, Kuo Deng
Department: Psychology
Cultural and Communicative Competency in a Second Language, Rachel A. Dietz
Department: Psychology; Spanish
Enclothed Cognition and the Auditory Looming Bias: Connecting and Expanding Upon Research Within Two Branches of Psychology, Corwin D. Ensz
Department: Psychology
Freedom isn’t Free: The Role of Political Orientation and Authoritarianism in Predicting Citizen’s Vaccination Attitudes, Michael E. Evans
Department: Psychology
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Art Therapy for Patients with Cancer: Review of Art Therapy, Jessica D. Friesen
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Victim Attributes on Adolescents' Attitudes Towards Bullying, Gretchen Heideloff
Department: Psychology
Women’s Menstrual Cycle, Buying Behaviours and Personality, Kanika Issar
Department: Psychology
"Black is Beautiful": The Effect of Skin Color Bias on Perceptions of Attractiveness and Likability for African Americans, Maya C. Jones
Department: Psychology
The Influence of News on Implicit Racial Prejudice, Gabriel M. Joseph
Department: Psychology
Designing Messages to Promote Belief Change: Dispelling Myths in Human Trafficking, Rachel M. Korest
Department: Psychology
Color Exposure and its Effects on the Human Visual System, Draye Luton
Department: Psychology
Muttiple Shelter Enrichment Methods: a Study of the Effect of Petting or Walking on the Canine Stress Response, Lauren MacDonald
Department: Biology; Psychology
Selling the Pill: Elaboration Likelihood Model and Hormonal Birth Control Messages, Sasha D. Maharaj
Department: Communication Studies; Psychology
"My Own Kind of Beautiful": The Influence of Media, Beauty Ideals, and Ethnic Identity on Body Image, Allison M. Nickert
Department: Psychology
Donate, Everybody's Doing It: Social Influences on Charitable Giving, Anne Partika
Department: Psychology
Thrills and Chills: Studying the Emotional and Physiological Responses of Listening to Pleasant and Unpleasant Music, Christopher Scimecca
Department: Psychology
An Exploration of the Relationship between Personality and Play Behaviors in Captive Red Ruffed Lemurs (Varecia variegata rubra), McKenzie G. Witzke
Department: Biology; Psychology
The Therapeutic Effects of Environmental and Physical Enrichment on Motor Behavior Function in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease, Rachel A. Wortman
Department: Neuroscience; Psychology; Biology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2014
Relationship Status, 2D: 4D Ratio and the Prediction of Risky Behavior Among College Students, Mariah N. Alderman
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Human Facial Expression on Task Performance, Aurielle Baker-Coleman
Department: Psychology
Beauty is in the "I" of the Beholder: An Analysis of the Effects of the Internalization of Media's Ideals on Body Image, Catherine A. Benton
Department: Psychology