Senior Independent Study Theses from 2008
In Support of Natural Beauty: a Study of the Effects of Urban and National Parks on Conservation Attitudes and Mood, Natalie E. Gertz
Department: Psychology
Help, You Know I Need Somebody: An Analysis of Helping Behavior, Courtney Joliat
Department: Psychology
Examining the Effects of Realism and Perspective on Aggression in a Video Game, Eric W. Klingemier
Department: Psychology
Children of Divorce Versus Children of Intact Families: Does Parental Status Influence How One Evaluates Different Marital Situations?, Milena E. Mauric
Department: Psychology
Violent Video Games, Contact Sports, and Aggression: Application of the Feneral Aggression Model, Aaron Rezendes
Department: Psychology
Guns and Sexuality: Pulling the Trigger of Attractiveness, Daniel Keith Terlonge
Department: Psychology
Liberty and Justice For All? The Influence of Media Exposure and Socioeconomic Identity on Perception of Crime, Martina Ward
Department: Psychology
You (Don't) Sound Gay!: a Study on the Effects of Homosexual Speech and Expectancy Violation on Target Likeability, Emily E. Wilson
Department: Psychology
Diminishing the Other-Race Effect: An Investigation Into Creating Better Cross-Cultural Facial Recognition Using Social-Categorization, Stephen Zumbrun
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2007
Eicosapentaenoic Acid Does Not Reduce Immobility in the Mouse Forced Swim Test, Salim Elie Abboud
Department: Psychology
More Than Meets the Eye: the Use of Auditory Cues in Hitting a Pitched Baseball, Brandon L. Boesiger
Department: Psychology
Integrative Study of Hand Lateralization and Tool-Use in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella) and Their Effects on Human Observers' Environmental Attitudes, Christine M. Cassella
Department: Psychology
Effect of Questioning Style on Vocabulary Acquisition: Can Preschoolers Self-Reference?, Lauren Courtney Colapietro
Department: Psychology
False Testimony of Law & Order: Court Television Dramas and Their Influence on Juries, Emily A. Daubert
Department: Psychology
Perception of Point-Light Biological Motion in Athletes and Non-Athletes, Colin F. Fink
Department: Psychology
To Help or Not to Help, That is the Question: The Effects of Openness, Conscientiousness and Gender of Victim on the Bystander Effect, Kelly G. Fredrickson
Department: Psychology
Experiences and Thoughts: A Daily Diary Study of Psychological Well-Being, Maria P. Gonzalez
Department: Psychology
Put Yourself in Someone Else's Shoes: The Effect of Having a Social Identity on Empathizing with a Bully or Victim, Kelly Goss
Department: Psychology
Effect of the Y Chromosome on Spatial Learning and Synaptic Density in the Hippocampus, Emily Hansen
Department: Psychology
Effects of Endogenous Ovarian Estrogen on Fear Memory Consolidation in Female Rats Using a Pavlovian Fear Conditioning Paradigm, Ye-Hyun Kim
Department: Psychology
Birds of a Feather Flock Together: a Study of Ethnicity and Personality Value Similarities Concerning Interpersonal Attraction, Patrick Litam
Department: Psychology
Amount of Formal Care Prior to Kindergarten, Erin Lustic
Department: Psychology
Emotional Intelligence: Impact of Stress on Self-Regulation, Dia A. Mason
Department: Psychology
Effects of Depression on Explicit and Implicit Memory: Mood Congruent Biases and Decreased Performance, Taylor A. McKay
Department: Psychology
Influence of Politeness on Likeability: Using Grice's Maxims in Human-Computer Interaction, Krysta Niemczyk
Department: Psychology
Power of Persuasive Speech: the Interplay Between Ethnicity, the Speaker, His or Her Message, and the Audience, Michael Panfil
Department: Psychology; Political Science
Laundry Is the Only Thing That Should Be Sorted By Color: the Role of Anxiety in Deterring Interracial Interactions, Katherine E. Patton
Department: Psychology
Birth Order and Competition: the Effects of Family Dynamics, Gender, and the Developmental Nature of One's Ordinal Position, Amanda K. Popiel
Department: Psychology
The Influence of Religion on Environmental Attitudes and Conservation Behaviors, Crystal M. Riley
Department: Psychology; Religious Studies
Satisfied?: Examining Job Satisfaction and Marital Satisfaction of Professors at State Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States of America, Erica Marie Ropers
Department: Psychology
Metacognitive Ability in Paired Associate and Text Comprehension Tasks: Comparisons and Attempts to Improve Metacognitive Accuracy, Stephanie Salisbury
Department: Psychology
Featural and Holistic Face Processing in Individuals With Autism, Ashley E. Zervos
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2006
Dynamic and Influential Relationship Between Attachments to Mother, Father, and God, Robert D. Adams
Department: Psychology
Relationship Between Working Memory and College Academic Performance, Aung Aung
Department: Psychology
Competition in Video Games: A Factor Other than Violence that May be Linked to Aggression, Matt Buzby
Department: Psychology
You Are What You Ate: A Retrospective Study of Early-Life Predictors of Dietary Restraint in Caucasian and African American College Women, Meredith H. Dykstra
Department: Psychology
Children's Attitudes and Behavior Intentions Toward Typical and Autistic Peers Who Are Aggressive and Non-Aggressive, Michelle L. Hall
Department: Psychology
Climbing the Social Ladder: The Effects of Social Skills Training on Children with Autism, Lindsey A. Headman
Department: Psychology
Teacher Support and Locus of Control As Protective Factors For Physically Abused Children, Carly C. Hofmann
Department: Psychology
Influence of Bilingual Experience on the Developing Brain: Dichotic Listening Differences Between Bilinguals and Monolinguals, Jung Kim
Department: Psychology
Relationship Between Codependency, Paternal Parenting Style and Intimate Opposite-Sex Mate Choice Among College Women, Amanda Kravochuk
Department: Psychology
Can Infant Vocalizations be Used as Audio Analgesia? The Effect of Listening to Infant Laughing and Crying on Pain Perception and Coping, Ashley L. Maciulaitis
Department: Psychology
Change Deafness: Allocating Attention to Auditory Changes and the Effects on Earwitness Testimony, Ellie A. Papke
Department: Psychology
Too Cool For School? The Relationship between High School Students' Self-Monitoring and Gender Identity to Academic Achievement and their Perception of Valuable Qualities in Peers, Alissa M. Schmidt
Department: Psychology
Comparison of Bully Prevention Programs in Middle Schools to the Number of Students Involved in Bullying Situations at Each Middle School, Collette R. Smith
Department: Psychology
Effect of Art Therapy on Self-Esteem and Short Term Memory Performance in the Elderly, Jessica L. Ward
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2005
Adult Attachment Style As a Predictor of Success and Exploration in First-Year College Students, Kathleen Fones-Wolf
Department: Psychology
Understanding Single-Sex Education: How Group Gender Composition Affects Predictions and Interpretations of Task Performance, Sarah M. Hamerstone
Department: Psychology
Friendship Structures: Motives in Forming and Managing Ideal and Actual Friendships, Tyler S. Heisterkemp
Department: Psychology
Perfectionism and Obsessive-Compulsive Tendencies: An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effects on Athletes and Non-Athletes, Erin N. Herl
Department: Psychology
Goodbye Sympathy? Goodbye Humanity: How Sympathy and Compassion Can Solve the Animal Rights Debate, Shane Ryan Hess
Department: Psychology
Adolescent Identity and Romantic Relationships, Rebecca Hicks
Department: Psychology
"A Rabbi, a Priest and a Terrorist Walk Into a Bar...": How An Adverse Experience Affects Views in Political Correctness, Brandon Holman
Department: Psychology
"Manly Man" and "Girly Girl": a Likely Couple, or Just Coincidence? a Study of Psychological Androgyny, Sex Roles and Their Effects on Partner Selection and Relationship Satisfaction in College, Courtney M. Holmes
Department: Psychology
Pet Dogs As Moderators of Physiological Responses to Stress in Learning Disabled and Normally Functioning College Students, Martha E. Huiskamp
Department: Psychology
Lifetime of Happiness: the Development of Levels and Elicitors of Happiness, a Cross-Sectional Study, Abigail Johnson
Department: Psychology
Gender Differences in Pre-School Aggression: Intrinsic Gender Differences, the School Setting, and Parental Discipline Techniques, Meaghin Kennedy
Department: Psychology
Consumer Decision Making: An Interactive Account Between Information Load and Presentation Format, Hyun Joon Lee
Department: Psychology
Effects of Accutane on the Development of Depressive-Like Symptoms in Rats, Susan McDowell
Department: Psychology
Virtual Environments: Gender in Spatial Learning Ability in a Virtual Morris Water Maze, Nicholas Ryan Novak
Department: Psychology
Sex Differences Reflect Evolutionary Significance of Auditory Looming, Rianna L. Planisek
Department: Psychology
Effectiveness of Approach and Avoidance Coping Strategies on Performance in Golf Putting, Joseph P. Punturi
Department: Psychology
Can a Woman Deliver a Sports Report As Well As a Man? Differences in Male and Female Viewers' Perceptions of the Credibility of Sports Reporters, Benjamin A. Schafir
Department: Psychology
"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Do I See That Treat at All? Well...Maybe?": An Examination of the Concept of Theory of Mind and Dominance Competition in Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus Apella) Through Their Ability to Use a Mirror to Locate Hidden Food Rewards, Courtney M. Segovis
Department: Psychology
"He Lives in a Pineapple Under the Sea," But Can Spongebob Be Influencing Children's Body Image Development?: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of "Spongebob, Squarepants" and Other Popular Television Programming on a Child's Development of Body Build Stereotypes, Bethany B. Skelton
Department: Psychology
Effect of Live Versus Videotaped Testimony on Juror Perceptions of Recall, Confidence, and Nonverbal Cues of An Adult Female Eyewitness, Meghan Grant Slipka
Department: Psychology
Use of Nicotine For Treatment of Schizophrenic Behavior: An Examination of Calcineurim Knockout Mice, Lakshman Swamy
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2004
Effects of Homelessness on the Development of Peer Relationships in Children, Michael M. Nienaber
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2001
Reflectiveness, Creativity, and Spirituality: Can Reflectiveness and Imagination Revitalize Spirituality and Religious Belief?, Stephen B. Baughman
Department: Religious Studies; Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1994
The Spirituality and Death Anxiety of Hospice Volunteers and Trainees: a Qualitative Research Study, Laura B. Abernethy
Department: Psychology; Religious Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1990
The Characteristics of Human Learned Helplesness, Heidi A. Huneke
Department: Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1988
Reading Comprehension and Preferences of Seventh Grade Students: An Analysis of the Fry Readability Formula and Children's Literature, Rebecca L. DeNelsky
Department: English; Psychology
Senior Independent Study Theses from 1981
The Effect of Traditional vs. Non-Traditional Family Styles on Sex-Role Preference and Parental Imitation in Preschool Children, Barbara Schutte
Department: Psychology
A Study of the Influence of Women's Age on the Employment Decision, Elizabeth Ann Van Cleef
Department: Psychology
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Reinforcing Effects of Weak-Light Onset and Offset as a Function of Pre-Exposure to the Weak-Light Stimulus, Greg Pepper
Theses/Dissertations from 1950
A Socioeconomic Study of Boys and Girls in a Children's Home, Cheryl S. Campbell
The Relationship Between Attitude Toward the Church and Religious Activities Among Students of a Small Liberal Arts College, Christine Dever
The Construction and Application of a Thurstone-type Attitude Scale Toward Compulsory Chapel on the Wooster campus, Tom Dickson
Musical Capacity Among the Feebleminded, Jane Goldsword
A Case Study of A Paranoid Schizophrenic, Jean Kennedy
An Introduction to General Semantics, David LaBerge
A Study of the Social Behavior of First Grade Children, Virginia Lautenschlager
An Experiemental Study of the Relationship Between Achievement, Measured by Grades, and Stanford-Binet IQ's of Thirty-One Second Graders, Evelyn McConnell
Predicting College Acheivement, Marietta Newton
The Relationship Between Personality Characteristics and an Attitude Toward Labor, John E. Nygaard
Senior Independent Study, Ann K. Reid
Retention of the Parts Versus Retention of the Whole and the Influence of the Ground in the Recall of the Figure, Ruth Sheppard
Communications: A New Field in Social Psychology, Janne Staller
How Constant Is Intelligence As Measured?, Mary VanKirk