Honors Theses from 2023
Cognitive Decline and Contact Sports: The Relationship Between P3 Amplitude and Sub-concussive Head Impact, Elizabeth Kerman
College Adjustment, Substance Use Beliefs, Coping Motivations, and Problematic Use: A Moderated-Mediation Model among First Year College Students, Rebecca Dunaief
Effects of Open and Enclosed Space on Brain Activity (EEG): Brain Imaging in Surrounding Space, Elizabeth Moser
Examining Measures of EEG as Biomarkers for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Shuhan Liang
Investigating the Relationship Between N2pc and Rapid Saccadic Eye Movements, Kezhen Qi
Investigating the Stereotype Threat and its Influence on Test Performance and Anxiety, Maheen Saeed
Longitudinal Relations Between Emotion Regulation and Friendship Quality: A Matter of Type and Time, Rachel Li
Mental Health Stigmatization: How Imagined Contact Affects In-group & Out-group Bias, Yvette Bivins-Sanchez
Perceived Descriptive Norms, Academic Stress, and College Students' Sleep Habits, Elizabeth Germain
Sleep and Early Childhood Stressors in College Students: Examining Alcohol Use as a Moderator, Sylvain N. Chassagneux
Stress and Animal Therapy Rewards: The Impacts of Animal Interaction on Neurological Markers of Stress in College Students, Grace Phillips
The Superpower of Sleep: Poor Sleep Quality Predicts Worse Executive Control Under Conditions of Stress, Lilly M. McClendon
Training Theory of Mind: The Impact of Discourse and False Belief Experience, Alaina Collings
Honors Theses from 2022
An Investigation of Self-Regulation as a Mediator Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Future Addictive Behaviors, Marina Pantner
Between the Gay-Straight Binary: Gender and Sexual Identities as Peripheral Cues in Advertising, Matthew Wright
Bias in Artificial Intelligence: The Morality and Motivation Behind the Algorithm, Avery Freeman
Connecting Moral Injury and PTSD among Military Veterans: The Role of Problem-Focused Thought Rumination & Social Support, Emma Ackerman
Cultural Variations in Experiences of Stress in a Diverse Sample of Adults, Anisha Vanka
Do You Salt Your Soup: Investigating the Effect of Interference Control on the Cognitive Reflection Test, Matthew Lowrie
Friendship Formation Across Cultures: How Do People Meet Their Friends?, Jacqueline Smith
Imagined Contact with Autism: The Effects of Labeling and Behaviors on Attitudes Toward Autistic Adults, Annika Allen
Intergroup Trust: An Examination of Expectations of Ingroup Favoritism in a Trust Game, Zhiwen Yu
Honors Theses from 2021
Attentional Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: The Effects of Dual Orexin Receptor Blockade on an NMDA Receptor Hypofunction Model, Paige Little
Children’s Approach-Avoidance Biases to Alcohol: The Role of Gender and Early Exposure, Maddie Moore
How Differences in Political Ideology Impact Close Relationships, Erin Murray
Message Reframing & COVID-19 Safety Precautions, Elise Coberly
The Effect of Adolescent Nicotine Exposure on Sociability in Adult Rats, Ian Cropley
The Moderating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty on the Relationship Between Health Anxiety and COVID-related Stress and Precautions, Samantha Sorid
Understanding Ideal Social Networking Strategies Based on Relational Mobility and Environmental Stability, Angela Vasishta
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 Relation of Parental Incarceration to Child Self-Perception and School Programming Impacts, Sierra Walters
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
