2019-2020 Psychology Senior Project Theses
Elise Butler: The People vs. Addiction: How Pathway to Addiction and Ecology Stereotypes Shape Culpability and Punishment
Evan F. Dodes: The Glass Cliff: Promoting Women or Protecting Men?
Angelica M. Coutinho: Effects of Non-Native Accent Strength, Speaker Ethnicity, and Comprehensibility on Perceptions of College Applicants
Gianna Davino: Protective Equipment for Staff Working with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Strategy to Reduce Burnout
Campbell Dorsett: The Implications of Psychological Phenomena for User Experience and Interface Design
Haley Hassell: The Effects of Political Messaging on Identity Fusion
Ian Hohm: The Relationship Between Disgust and Attitudes Toward Prostitution
Penelope C. Hoopes: Driving Us Apart or Bringing Us Together? Moral Values, Politics, and Outgroup Acceptance
Jessica L. Jogodnik: Burnt-Out but Not Beaten Down: Promoting Resilience in Psychology Graduate Students
Claudia Karademas: Parenting Style, Joint-Reading Behavior, and Children's Reading Comprehension
Emmaline Keene: Comparing Social Support Outcomes Across Orientation Trips at Hamilton College
Ben Keller: Active Engagement: Pretense Play Beyond Childhood
Laura E. Korkeakivi: The Effect of Self-Affirmation on Reducing College Students’ Anxiety Regarding Post-Graduation Plans
Amanda Leonhard: When It’s Time to Throw in the Towel: Goal Pursuit and Depression
Bryce Murdick: The Effects of Executive Function Training on Second Language Acquisition in College Students
Alessandra Nocco: Are Siblings as Important as Parents? Sibling Relationship Quality as a Moderator of Parenting Style and Social Competence
Julian Perricone: Flirting with Danger: Do Self-Protection and Mate Acquisition Motives Affect Cooperation?
Maddie G. Pumphrey: Motivated Perception of Oneself and One’s Role Models
Ruthie Schmidt: High Peaks and Social Feats: Observing the Relationship Between First-Year Orientation and Upper-Class Satisfaction
Sarah Swinson: Improving the Academic Functioning of a Student Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Multi-Component School-Based Intervention
Aoífe F. Thomas: Does Self-Compassion Moderate the Relation Between Internal Self-Esteem Contingency Threat and Moral Condemnation of Others?
Lauren M. Troy: But He is a Good Person: Perpetrator Personality, Moral Judgments, and Victim Blaming
Leah Westfall: The Complex Relation between Maternal Depression and Child Internalizing Behaviors
Ellie Williams: Children’s Technology Use, Executive Function, and Parent Behavior
Sarah L. Young: Meaning-Making and the Correspondence Between Implicit and Explicit Self-Esteem
Anna X. Zhang: Allies in Racial Microaggression Intervention: An Examination of Contact Theory and Implicit Bias
Zixin Zhu: Tech-Savvy Kids: Drawing Attention to Educational Technology