Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017
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
Propelling Them to Greatness? Helicopter Parenting Effects on First Year College Students, Ann Berkow
Department: Psychology
Jury Perceptions of Neuroscience versus Psychological Explanations of the Other Race Effect, Christopher E. Bope
Department: Psychology; Neuroscience
Being Part of the Game: The Effects of Presence Inducing Stimuli in Video Games on Focused Attention, Connor Brown
Department: Psychology
Close to Home: How a Rural Community Relates to College Decisions in High School Students, Sara L. Carpenter
Department: Psychology
The Influence of Need for Cognition and Camera Angle, Emily B. Chormann
Department: Psychology
The Effect of Stress on Eating and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness, Chelsea Denlinger
Department: Psychology
Power Posing in Space: How Posture and Space Interact to Influence Power and Abstract Thinking, Adam Donnelly
Department: Psychology
Transmediation and Technology in an Urban Calssroom Setting, Alexander J. Dorman
Department: Psychology
Only YOU can Prevent Unsustainable Consumption: The Influence of Advertisement Appeals on Sustainable Consumerism, Erin F. Flannelly
Department: Psychology
Picture Books Worth a Thousand Words: A Narrative Analysis of Original and Re-Told Stories, Elise W. Gifford
Department: Psychology
Let the Outside In: A Case for Biophilic Architecture, Benjamin Glor
Department: Psychology
Empathy and Aggression: Exploring Cognitive and Emotional Empathy in Aggressive Video and Text, Christine E. Goglia
Department: Psychology
Nurturing a Love for Nature: An Investigation of Parental Influence on Children’s Environmental Concern, Emily R. Grover
Department: Psychology
The Effects of Exercise on Depression in Adolescents, Adam H. Hansell
Department: Psychology
Music Genres and Their Effects on Taste Perception, Brandon J. Henshaw
Department: Psychology
The Relationship Between Literacy Self-Efficacy of Parents and Children in Kindergarten through Third Grade, Catherine E. Herst
Department: Education; Psychology
Empathizing with The Shadows: How Empathy Attitudes and Race Affect Social Welfare, Tracy R. Jackson
Department: Psychology
Psychological Mechanisms of Risk Compensation in the Context of Physical Risk Taking Behaviors, Dylan C. Jurcik
Department: Psychology
Detecting Major and Minor Keys in the Faces of Singers: The Importance of Facial Expression in Communicating Emotion in Music, Adam Joseph Kropf
Department: Psychology
Why Should I Run to Prevent Cancer? The Contributions of Perceived Similarity, Empathic Concern, and Relevance of Effort to the Martyrdom Effect, Khoa D. Le Nguyen
Department: Psychology
Absentminded or Attentive: The Effect of Letter Case on Memory After an Interruption Applied to Patient Safety, Hannah I. Levin
Department: Psychology
Multicultural Attitudes towards People with Mental Disorders, Xin Lv
Department: Psychology
Personality and the Transformation of Motivation in the Context of P&P Games, Ian F. McCandliss
Department: Psychology
Differences in the Ways in Which Vogue Communicates Beauty Standards to American and French Women, Natalie D. Minklei
Department: French and Francophone Studies; Psychology
Reversing the Other Race Effect: The Influence of Emotional Facial Expression and Social Contact on Facial Recognition and Memory, Emily Neuhoff
Department: Psychology
Beauty is Experienced: Beautiful Objects and the Promise of Happiness, Phu Nguyen Thien
Department: Philosophy; Psychology
Validating Biomarkers for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Toward Improving Specificity and Selectivity of Cross-Cultural Diagnostics, Jonathan W. Reeves
Department: Neuroscience; Psychology
The Political Consequence and Psychological Mechanisms of Dictatorial Cults of Personality, Wyatt C. Smith
Department: Political Science; Psychology
"Hooked." An Analysis of the Sexual Double Standard and the Effects of Alcohol on College Campus Heterosexual Casual Sexual Relationships, Alexandria A. Stopka
Department: Psychology
The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and the Big Five Factors of Personality and Effects on Time-on-Task, Lauren M. Thompson
Department: Psychology
It’s Not What’s on the Outside that Counts: An Examination of the Effects of Media-Portrayed Thin Idealization on Women’s Mental Resources, Brittany L. Wilder
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2013
BIS/BAS, Need For Cognition, and the Framing Effect: Increasing Intentions to Read Before Class, Olivia Aspiras
Department: Psychology