Senior Projects

The Department of Psychology Senior Class of 2008 presented the following projects during on-campus poster sessions,  December 5th and 6th, 2007.

• The Relationship of Gender Roles on Self Report and Physiological Measures of Fear
• Engagement, Anxiety, and Eating Behavior
• Eating Habits of Disordered Eaters in Bored and Engaged Situations
• Understanding Verbal, Non-Verbal Language and Conversational Styles of Women
• Gender Dominance in Verbal and Nonverbal Communication During Discussions of Gender - Linked Topics
• Emotionality and Recall:  Applying the Attentional Narrowing Hypothesis to Spider Fearful and Non-Fearful Individuals
• Fifth Graders Perceptions of Teachers with a Visible Tattoo
• The Effect of Eyebrow Piercings on Attractiveness
• The Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations for Getting Tattoos: Is Gender a Variable?
• High Risk Behavior in College Students with Body Piercings
• Risk Taking Behavior in Individuals with Multiple Tattoos
• The Effects of a Live Stimulus on the Distractibility of Individuals
• Undergraduate Student’s Personality Perceptions  of Males with Tattoos
• Visible vs. Non Visible Cutting:  Cry for Help or Emotional Catharsis?
• The Differences in the Efficacy of Positive, Neutral, and Negative Portrayals of a Feared Stimulus for Single Session Exposure Therapy
• The Role of Disgust in Spider Fear:  Distinguishing Between General Insect-Related and Spider Specific Disgust
• Assessing the Construct of ADHD
• Effect of Depression and Level of Stimulation on Eating Behaviors
• Does Having a Tattoo Increase Positive Self Image? The Relationship Between Tattoos and Self Esteem
• Religiosity and Television:  Their Influence on Sexual Behavior and Attitudes

The Department of Psychology Senior Class of 2007 presented the following projects during on-campus poster sessions,  December 6th and 7th, 2006.

• The CSI Effect
• Physical Attractiveness of Defendants and Jury Decisions
• Family Structure Predicts Sexual Behaviors
• Childhood Asperger’s Syndrome and Gender Identity Disorder
• The Inefficiency of Caffeine as a Treatment of ADHD Symptoms
• How Students’ Relationships with their Parents
  Affects Their Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors
• Anxiety Level’s Effect on Questionnaire Consistency
• The Effects of Deception on Attitudes Towards Psychologists:
• The Effects of Deception on Public and Private Aspects of Self-Perception
• The Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults and Suggestibility
• The Relationship Between the Remote Associates Test and Suggestibility
• Self-Reported Creativity Does Not Predict Suggestibility
• The Effects of Arousal on Attention
• Does Private or Public High School Affect Body Image
  and Self-Esteem in Post Adolescent Girls
• Effect of Color Intensity on Perceived Flavor
• Effects of Vision on Flavor Perception
• The Impact of Texture on Preference for Familiar and Unfamiliar Foods