Honors Theses from 2020
Attentional Bias to Low-Calorie Foods in Restrained Eaters, Yuxin (Vicky) Liu
Bilingualism and Emotion: How do Spanish-English Bilinguals Experience the Two Languages Differently?, Caitlyn Whitesell
Border Control: The Use of Language as it Relates to Compensatory Control Theory, Elizabeth Flatt
Effect of Spatial Surround and Sound on Individuals, Taylor Noem
Impact on Personality on Attitudes towards Diversity and Diversity Initiatives, Sana Lall-Trail
Meet Your Meat: Imagined Intergroup Contact on Implicit and Explicit Responses to Food, Stephanie Cerrato
Real is What You Make It: An Analysis of Authenticity and Inspiration in Daily Life, Cameron Shifflett
Synesthesia and its Cognitive Correlates, Bailey Hall
The Self-Reference Effect: How Elaborative Processing and Associability Function Through Self-schemas, Jennifer Fiedler
Honors Theses from 2019
Deconstructing Resilience: Running, Personality, and Psychopathology, Laila Drury
Effect of Descriptive Social Norms on Implicit and Explicit Responses to Foods, Giselle Ferguson
Food Neophobia in Children and the Role of Sensory Characteristics of Food, Elizabeth Gallary
Gender and the Connection between Distress Tolerance and Psychopathology, Megan Serody
Parental Incarceration as a Unique Risk Factor for Delinquency and Psychopathology: Examining Mentorship as a Buffer, Emma Preston
Peer Emotion Socialization and the Development of Aggressive Behavior in Adolescence, Sara Franklin-Gillette
Peer-Mediated Interventions for Middle School Students with High-Functioning Autism, Katelyn Birchfield
Reaching with Light: The Impact of Remote Tool Use on Size and Distance Perception, Sarah Grace Frary
The Impact of Guided Pretend Play on Preschool Children's Theory of Mind, Valerie P. Bambha
The Relationship Between Child and Mother-Reported Maternal Behaviors and Children’s Family Drawings: Impact of Child Gender and Age, Rita McInerny
The Social Ecology of Empathy and Helping: A Comparison of Chinese and American University Students, Zihan Yang
Using the Prisoner’s Dilemma to Evaluate Personality Indicators of Cooperation, Vansh Bansal
Honors Theses from 2018
A Flash of Creative Genius: The Effect of Implicit Motives on Inspiration, Xiaoqing Wan
Are Approach-Avoidance Emotions Represented in the Brain as Approach-Avoidance Actions?, Channing Everidge
From Bias to Behavior: Predicting Prejudice Towards Autistic Individuals, Caitlin Taylor
Police Officers and Personality Characteristics, Isabel Marcovici
The Effect of Appearance-Related Media on Cognitive Responses to Food, Rachel Plummer
The Relation Between Trustworthy Behavior and Facial Mimicry: An Examination of Behavior in a Trust Game, Sulleen V. Kauffman
Honors Theses from 2017
Building the Future from the Past: Evaluating the Relationship between Nostalgia and Imagination, Conor O. Smith
Can You See It? Facial Expression Leakage in Response to Emotional Intensity, Samuel Ault Jens
Cultural Variation in Causal Attribution as an Adaptive Strategy: the Role of Relational Mobility, Hannah L. Bunting
Language Patterns as Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictors of Depression in Adolescence, Connor W. Symons
Links Between Maternal Emotion Socialization and Adolescents' Social Outcomes: The Mediating Role of Peer Emotion Socialization, Natalee N. Price
Personality and Fear Conditioning: Effects of Neuroticism, Rachel Maku C. Orleans-Pobee
The Effect of Conformity to Feminine Norms on Women’s Food Consumption after a Sad Mood Induction, Thomas P. Le
The Role of Executive Control Deficits in Cognitive Correlates of Dysphoria, Christian A. L. Bean
Vicarious Fear Learning: The Role of Empathy, Alexander L. Williams
Honors Theses from 2016
Bittersweet Recollection: An Ecological Study of Nostalgia, Justin Leroy Thibault
Coming Home: Challenges Related to Reentry and Recidivism for Previously Incarcerated New Mothers, Sarah Ross Perry
Emotion Regulation and Friendship: The Shield and Sword against Adolescent Depression, Laurel Olivia Brockenberry
Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Four-Step Assessment Model in Structural Family Therapy, Edmund Maxwell Lichter
Fed Up: Do Diet Violations Affect Implicit and Explicit Wanting and Liking in Restrained Eaters?, Gabrielle Brett Mecca
Mirror Neuron Activation Priming in Novice Versus Expert Ballet Dancers, Vanessa Duffie
Political Attitudes and the Facial Feedback Hypothesis, Josh Albertson
The Effect of Diversity Ideology on the Perception of Political Candidates Varying By Race, Karyne Nichelle Williams
Unpacking the Psychosocial Effects of Institutional Racism, Ebony A. Lambert
Honors Theses from 2015
Creating Cooperation: The Effects of Synchrony in Group Formation Cross-Culturally, Aleeya L. Ensign
Does Entitativity Reduce Behavioral Attentional and Evaluative Biases Toward Homosexual Couples?, Nicholas M. Gupta
Effect of Exercise on Attentional Bias to Food in Restrained and Emotional Eaters, Emily Tyne O'Gorman
Effect of Parental Dependence and Escape Drinking on Affect and Attentional Bias to Alcohol-Related cues in Pre-Adolescents, Lauren Collier
Effects of Current Mood State on the Time-Frame Orientation of Mind-Wandering, William D. Gooding
Somatization in the Social Environment: Relations to Victimization and Friendship Processes Among Middle School Students, Naomi J. Parr
The association between 5-HTTLPR and spontaneous facial mimicry: An investigation using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), Addie N. Merians
The Effects of Race and Stereotypes in the Advertisement of Beverages, Dahanah Josias Sejour
Honors Theses from 2014
Emotional Priming and Spontaneous Facial Mimicry of Asian and Caucasian Faces: An Investigation Using the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), Katie Mitchell
I’ll Drink to That: Differential Effect of Fat Labeling, Weight Salience and Dietary Restraint on Consumption, Blina Kruja
Investigating Facial Mimicry Responses to Emotional Stimuli in Spanish-English Bilinguals, Benjamin D. Thomas
Racial Expectancy Violations in Mixed-Race Minimal Groups, Matthew Schafer
The Effect of Gender, Type of Statement, and Individual Differences on Perceptions of Individuals who Make and Confront Sexist Remarks, Danielle M. Weber
The Skinny on Regulating Media Images to Prevent Eating Disorders, Anna K. Hochgraf
Unravelling the Consumer Brain: The Role of Emotion in Purchase Behavior, Enrique Bello
Honors Theses from 2013
An Investigation of the Autobiographical Memory Biases of Socially Anxious Individuals, Rose K. St. Clair
Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors: A Cross-Cultural Analysis in France and the United States, Alix G. Kashdan
Parent-Child Emotion Talk in Relation to Parental Socialization and Emotion Regulation: The Role of Parent and Child Gender, Laura M. Crespo
Perceptions of Alleged Criminals as a Function of Target Race, Media Presentation, and Prejudice Level, Aylin Kaya
Surmounting Solo Status: Beliefs and Previous Experience Buffer Solo Women's Learning, Kimberly E. Chaney
Honors Theses from 2012
An Experimental Analysis of Power and Aggression in Close Relationships, Jennifer Leigh Mills
A Victim Who Hasn't Been Wronged Yet: Can Events in the Future Make Us Selfish in the Present?, Dolores A. Gano
Children with Incarcerated Mothers: Relations among Risk Factors, Child Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Adjustment, Rachel L. Miller
Color Blindness and Perceptions of Ambiguous Racial Confrontation, Linda Zou
Effects of Self-Other Distinctions on Attributes of Anxiety Symptoms, Nicole Scott
Examining the Effect of a Body Image Cognitive Dissonance Prevention Program on Disordered Eating, Risky Alcohol Use, and Sexual Risk Taking, Meghan Kelsey Brown
Maternal Incarceration: Effects on Caregivers' Mental Health, Adrian Bravo
Role of Maternal Messages on Girls' Body Image and their Approach and Avoidance of Foods, Maegan Elizabeth Jones
The Role of Affect in the Control of Attention to Monoracial and Racially Ambiguous Faces, Alice Grace Proia
Visual Mismatch Negativity as an Indicator of Emotion Processing in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Personality Traits, Leigh Catherine Gayle
Honors Theses from 2011
ERP and Behavioral Correlates of Temporal Processing Dysfunction in Schizotypy, Jamie Hershaw
Honors Theses from 2010
A Behavioral Examination of Complementarity and Specialization, Laura Virginia Nelson
Can We Predict and Manipulate Memory Intrusions in a Laboratory Setting?, Adah Murray
Emotion Regulation in Ghanaian and American Children: Associations with Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors, Ellen Claire Anderson
Implicit and Explicit Perceptions of Biracial Targets, Virginia Ann Newton
Increasing Fathers' Involvement in Family Therapy: A Discovery-Oriented Process Study, Lisa Risely
Peer Victimization, Internalizing Symptoms, and Aggression among High-Risk Youth: The Mediating Role of Emotion Dysregulation, John L. Cooley
Reactions to Daily Events as a Function of Emotionality, Social Support, and Familiarity with the Environment, Samuel S. Monfort
Social and Physiological Cognates of Looming Vulnerability to Anxiety, Kathleen T. Rhyner
The Dissociation Approach and Associations to Visual Stimuli and Their Impact on Information Processing, Virginia Burk
The Effect of Nutrition Education on Children's Healthy Food Choices, Jennifer Schindler
The Effects of Attention on Consumption in Restrained and Non-Restrained Eaters, William Benjamin Schreiber
Honors Theses from 2009
Attitudes Toward Mental Disorders, Meghan Marie Posey
Children's Emotional Expression within a Close Friendship Dyad, Lisa Paige Bateman
Eye Movements While Zoning Out During Reading: Implications for Mind Wandering and Metaconsciousness, Kurt Andrew DeSoto
Increasing Knowledge and Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables in Children: Does the Type of Exposure Matter?, Chelsea Osborne
Mood Manipulation Effects on the Characteristics and Retrieval of Involuntary and Voluntary Autobiographical Memories, Jennifer Gimbert
