2022 Best Honors Thesis Finalists
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Lauren Paxton
Between-Family and Within Family Predictors of Educational Attainment
Faculty Mentor: Laurie Chassin -
Ashley Rivard
Effects of Comorbid Anxiety on Working Memory, Behavioral Inhibition, and Sustained Attention Performance among Children Diagnosed with ADHD
Faculty Mentor: Lauren Friedman -
Tatum Zapp
Extending the Wham-Womb Effect: Mapping Vowel Phonemes onto the Emotional Dimension of Arousal using Cartoon Illustrations
Faculty Mentor: Mike McBeath
External Examiners:
- Kevin King, PhD Professor of Psychology University of Washington
- Mark Rapport, PhD Professor of Psychology and Director of the Clinical Training Program University of Central Florida
- Lawrence Rosenblum, PhD Professor of Psychology University of California, Riverside
Schedule
10:40 a.m. - Lauren Paxton Thesis defense
11:25 a.m. - Lunch
11:55 a.m. - Tatum Zapp Thesis defense
12:40 a.m. - Ashley Rivard Thesis defense
3:00 p.m. - Thesis Poster Session
4:00 p.m. - Awards Ceremony
Completed Thesis Posters From 2021-22 Cohort:
Cora Baron
Exploring how Relationship Difficulties and Conflicts might Build Character
Faculty Mentor: Doug Kenrick
Brent Brown
Dynamical Analysis of Heart Rate Variability and Personality
Faculty Mentor: Nia Amazeen
Gregory Carnesi
Mental Health Status and History of Suicidality as Predictors of Suicide Note Leaving Behavior
Faculty Mentors: Holly O’Rourke and Gene Brewer
Isobel Conroy
COVID-19 Related Stress, Mental Health, and Alcohol Use Outcomes among College Students: Examining the Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation
Faculty Mentor: Jinni Su
Ashton Flake
Activity Level as a Mechanism in the Relation Between Neighborhood Danger and Children’s Sleep
Faculty Mentor: Kathy Lemery Chalfant
Emily Goblirsch
A Comparison of Self-Explanation and Note-Taking for Improving Scientific Text Comprehension
Faculty Mentor: Danielle McNamara
Megan Hall
Effects of a Brief Exposure to Nature or Social Media on Psychological Well-Being
Faculty Mentor: Virginia Kwan
Briggs Kellogg
Evaluating Social Intelligence Training: Personality as a Predictor
Faculty Mentor: Frank Infurna
Anya Kolodisner
Coding Dogs' Behavior to Determine their Preferences in Interactions to Improve Their Welfare in Animal Shelters
Faculty Mentor: Clive Wynne
Kaitlyn Ligas
Humor Based Coping: For Which Negative Emotions do we Use Humor?
Faculty Mentor: Lani Shiota
Annie Ong
The Direct and Indirect Links from Facets of Childhood Trauma to Arousability, Impaired Control, Alcohol Use, & Alcohol-related Problems
Faculty Mentor: Julie Patock-Peckham
Lauren Paxton
Between-Family and Within Family Predictors of Educational Attainment
Faculty Mentor: Laurie Chassin
Ashley Rivard
Effects of Comorbid Anxiety on Working Memory, Behavioral Inhibition, and Sustained Attention Performance among Children Diagnosed with ADHD
Faculty Mentor: Lauren Friedman
Salma Salem
Age of Divorce, Parenting Time, and Later Relationships
Faculty Mentor: Bill Fabricius
Nadeen Salti
The Exploration of Neuroticism as a Mediating Mechanism between Trauma and Alcohol-related Problems
Faculty Mentor: Julie Patock-Peckham
Maitreya Thomas
Uncertainty, Anxiety, and the Future Self: A Normalization Manipulation
Faculty Mentor: Virginia Kwan
Kaitlin Van Houghton
Full Attention Location Biases in Image Processing in Young Children
Faculty Mentor: Kelsey Lucca
Tatum Zapp
Extending the Wham-Womb Effect: Mapping Vowel Phonemes onto the Emotional Dimension of Arousal using Cartoon Illustrations
Faculty Mentor: Mike McBeath