2020-2021 Psychology Senior Project Theses
 

Carlie Abraham: Reducing Racism in the Police Force: Testing the Effectiveness of Empirically-Based Implicit Bias Training Among Three US Police Departments

Kalea Blaustein: “Talking About Feelings”: Linking Parental Emotion Socialization to Emotional Competence and Conflict Management

Maggie Carmen: Staying Socially Connected with Just One Click: Fulfilling Our Need to Belong on Social Media During a Pandemic

Amelia Casparian: Police Are Biased, But I’m Not: The Racial Bias Blindspot in Stop and Search Decisions

Katherine Cronin: “The Verdict Is In”: The Effect of Legal Insanity and Mental Health Knowledge on Guilt Perceptions

Emily Cutajar: Does Social Anxiety Moderate the Relationship Between Self-Awareness and Social Conformity in an Online Setting?

Kelly Elugardo: “Are You Okay?” Examining Links Between Early Parent-Child Relationships, Stress, and Empathy

Gustavo Gonzalez: Turn On, Tune In, Take a Deep Breath: The Effects of Psilocybin on Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Jessica Haviland: Predicting Child Emotion Dysregulation and Anxiety from Emotion Dismissing Parenting: The Role of Physical Activity

Amanda Johnson: Does Generalized Trust Predict Delay of Gratification After a Violation of Trust?

Ben Keller: Active Engagement: Pretense Play Beyond Childhood
Amanda Kim: Waste Not, Cheat Not: The Effects of Resource Availability on Cheater Detection

Krissi Kim: Who Gets the Toilet Paper? The Effect of Perceived Vulnerability on Inequity Aversion

Kate Labosky: The Effect of Situational Cues on Experiences of SES-Based Stereotype Threat

Anne Larkin: Won’t Sad Music Make You Sadder? Analyzing Music Listening Choices
Karen Lin: The Roles of Health Literacy and Anxiety on Health Behaviors During COVID-19

Brian Lynch: Unmasking Humanity: The Impact of Face Masks on Dehumanization
Max Mayer: Why Did She Struggle? Gender Salience and Stereotypicality in the Ultimate Attribution Error

Elle McCusker: Who Wears Fashionable Face Masks During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Why: The Moderating Role of Social Comparison Orientation, Public Self-
Consciousness, and Status Consumption

Noemi Meli: Can We Just Talk? Longitudinal Associations between Parent-Child Conversations about Mental Health and Child Emotion Regulation

Jonina Mignon: “Just Doing Their Jobs”: Police Defendants and the Influence of Training on Jury Verdicts

Duc Pham: “Are You a Homophobic Racist?”: Applying the Theory of Generalized Prejudice in the Discrimination-Distress Link

Kate Piacenza: Athletes’ Use of Cognitive Reappraisal and Expressive Suppression in Relation to Performance

Iftikhar Ramnandan: Does Self-Compassion Reduce Self-Handicapping Following a Threat to Academic Competence in People with Contingent Self-Esteem?
Erin Rosen: The Impact of Choice and Contingent Self-Esteem on Post-Failure Well- Being and Intrinsic Motivation

Sophie Ruzecki: False Confessions: The Effects of Jury Instructions and Group Deliberation on Verdict and Perceived Coercion

Perrin Salewood: The Association Between Coaching Style and Student Athlete Well-being and Mental Health

Maximilian Scheidl: Generalized Improvements in Performance: The Influence of Extended Practice and Varied Environment

Andrew Schultheiss: Send Them to Jail or Talk it Out? A Look into Willingness to Engage in Restorative Justice

Montana Sprague: The Impact of Pandemic Isolation and Parent Fear Behavior on Social Anxiety in Children

Michelle Sun: Teaching Children (Book) Shelf-Control: Priming Children to Delay Gratification through Storytelling

Anna Tinker: Combating the Harmful Effects of Concealing Mental Health Status on Management of Mental Illness

Amalia Tobias: The Struggles of Social Distancing and Zoom Classes: ADHD Symptomatology and College Adjustment During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Christine Tomasi: I Won’t Buy It! Connecting Consumer Anger and Moral Licensing to Boycott Decisions

Erin Urbaniak: Dissociative Identity Disorder: The Effect of the Mass Media on Public Perception