Year

Student

Advisor

Thesis Title

2009

Emer Feighery

Stefani

The Effect of Allopregnanolone on Cognitive Flexibility in a Rat Model of Schizophrenia

2009

Jenny Kurland

Kimble

An Eye-Tracking Study of Attentional Biases in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

2009

Ashton Lehmann

Stefani

The Effects of Prefrontal Cannabinois Receptor Blockade on Cognitive Flexibility in a Rat Model for Schizophrenia

2009

Cordelia Ross

Kimble

PTSD and Semantic Expectancy: An N400 Study

2009

Ari Silverman

Velez

From First Base Around to Home: Relationship Outcomes as a Function of Hookup Intimacy Levels and Personality Dimensions

2009

Catherine Timmins

Hofer

Still Connected?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Emerging Adult-Parent Communication and Relationships after College

2009

Julia Tomasko

Arndt

Comparing Strategies to Reduce the Social Misinformation Effect

2009

Margaret Whitaker

Langrock

Mother-Child Reading of Emotion-Themed Picture Books: Age Differences and Associations with Emotion Understanding

2008

Yan Bababekov

Kimble

The P300 Event-Related Potential and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

2008

Alex DeLisi

Jordan

Changes in Understanding and Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory: A Two-Year Study

2008

Priyanjali Devan

Stefani

Sweet Memories: An enhancing effect of glucose on learning and cognition?

2008

Jessie Evangelista

Gurland

The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Teacher-Student Relationship Quality

2008

Katie Fisher

Velez

Describing Heterosexually-Identified Young Adults with Same-Sex Inclinations

2008

Amelia Goff

Langrock

Parent-Child Shared Book Reading: Differences in Discrete Emotion Discussions

2008

Mercedes Huff

Stefani

The Role of Insular Cortex in Cognitive Flexibility

2008

Libby Marks

Kimble

Examining semantic expectancy in trauma survivors using the N400

2008

Elise Tarbi

Collaer

Does the way you PAY ATTENTION influence your spatial abilities?

2008

Caitlin Taylor

McCauley

Adults’ Perceptions of a Child’s Recall: What Matters?

2007

Laura Batterink

Kimble

N400 ERP Response as a Measurement of Semantic Expectancy in Trauma Survivors

2007

Katherine Belon

Cho

How Much Do People Worry? Everyday Worry, Gender, and Perceptions of Worry in the Parent-Child Relationship

2007

Molly Bowman

Kimble

Symptomological Predictors of P300 Characteristics in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

2007

Alex Citrin

Langrock

Children’s Memory Project: The Effect of Time Segmentation Training on Children’s Recall

2007

Rachel Fong

Stefani

Neurochemical Mechanisms of Glucose-Induced Cognitive Enhancement: Interaction Between Glucose and Dopamine Receptor Subtypes

2007

Nancy Fullman

Hofer

Parents on Speed Dial: The Psychological Implications of Frequent Student-Parent Communication in Emerging Adulthood

2007

Laura Kwoh

Cho

It Comes with the Territory: Exploring Parental Worries of Mothers and Fathers of Kindergarten-aged Children

2007

Charlene Lam

Langrock

The Role of Hope in Coping with Collegiate Stress

2007

Jeff Lam

Gurland

An Examination of Self-Determination Theory in the Workplace

2007

Heather Viani

McCauley

The Effect of Question Phrasing and Associative Memory on Children’s Recall

2007

Ben Wiechman

Gurland

Assessing the Durability of the Undermining Effect: The Impact of Extrinsic Reqards on College Students’ Intrinsic Motivation

2006

Elizabeth Allen

Langrock

The Role of Individual Differences in Children's Recall of an Experienced Event

2006

Kelly Boyle

Langrock

The development of emotional literacy: Parent-child emotion discourse in the context of shared book reading

2006

Hannah Delong

McCauley

A Comparison of Interview Protocols on Children's Recall

2006

Katie Devine

Arndt

Are Two Heads Better Than One?: Collaborative Inhibition of Recall

2006

Ted Garber

Osborne

Do people exhibit environmental preferences: Testing whether environmental consequences alter risk preferences

2006

Victoria Glowacky

Gurland

Developing and Validating a Measure of Children's Lay Theories of Motivation

2006

Erika Gold

Hofer

A Cross-Cultural Study of US and Japanese Teachers' Beliefs about Students' Abilities: Innate or Learned?

2006

Megan Guffin

Velez

Predicting Hookup Behaviors: The Relative Role of Social Norm Misperception in the Decision to Hookup

2006

Rebecca Guillet

Arndt

Taboo Words: The Effect of Emotion on Memory for Peripheral Details

2006

Virginia Harr

Coleman

Effects of tereotype threat on group disidentification for women and math

2006

Sheena James

Cho

Mothers' and Fathers' Beliefs about and Affective Experiences with Discipline

2006

Rebecca Kaufman

Root

The Role of Anxiety and Physiological Arousal in Advantageous Decision-Making

2006

Elena Kennedy

Hofer

The 'Electronic Tether': The Influence of Frequent Parental Contact on the Development of Autonomy and Self-Regulation in Emerging Adulthood

2006

Christopher King

McCauley

Child Eyewitness Identification Accuracy from Simultaneous, Sequential, and Elimination Lineups

2006

Andrada Neacsiu

Kimble

Alcohol, Hooking Up and Sex: What can go wrong?

2006

Morgan Prust

Kimble

The Purely Emotional Iowa Gambling Task: The Effects of Fear on Unconscious Decision-Making

2006

Siobhan Redmond

Langrock

Children's Memory Project: The Nature of Rapport-Building and Its Effect on Recall

2006

Jessica Ross

Collaer

How the Association Between an Ambient Odor and Failure Influences Performance of Rats on a Discrimination Task

2006

Elizabeth Schaumberg

Osborne

A Green Class?: Socioeconomic class differences in environmental attitudes and behaviors

2006

Connor Sindel

Cronise

Sensitization to the locomotor stimulating effects of ethanol can be altered by contextually conditioned in DBA/2J mice

2006

John Stewart

Collaer

Sex Differences in Visuospatial Tasks: Effect of Reference Cues on Line Judgment

2006

Molly Vaughn

Velez

A Cross-cultural Examination of the Role of Social Norms in College Students' Casual Sexual Experiences: Spain and the US

2006

Leah Wildenger

Hofer

Theory of Mind and Domain Specificity of Epistemological Thought in 3- to 5-Year-Old Children

2005

Allison Bell

Hofer

Choice or No Choice? Investigating the Cross-Cultural Differences in Educational Motivation

2005

Cortney Fritz

Langrock

Motivational Orientation and Perceived Control in Students with Learning Disabilities

2005

Katherine Hicks

McCauley

Investigating the Role of Alcohol on Perceptions of Domestic Violence

2005

Catherine Hileman

Campbell

Ambivalence About Sexual Behavior Among College Students: Correlates with Relationship Status, Gender, and Attachment Style

2005

Jessica Horner

McCauley

The Moderating Effects of Age, Verbal Ability, and Interview Type on the Accuracy of Children's Memory Retrieval

2005

Amy Josephson

McCauley

Need for Cognition and Issue Involvement as Moderators of Framing Effects in Social Workers' Decisions about Child Welfare

2005

Lauren King

Gurland

Getting the Creative Juices Flowing: The Influence of Personality and Environment on Creativity

2005

Susanna Preziosi

Langrock

Pushing and Name-Calling: A Developmental Comparison of Child and Parental Perceptions of Hurtfulness in Aggressive Behaviors

2004




Allison DiBianca




Jordan




Psychotherapy, the Self, and Morality: Recognizing Psychotherapy's Role in American Society as Moral Discourse and Re-envisioning its Future

2004

Jen Eggebroten

Osborne

Who Put a Soda Can in the Trash? Predicting Environmental Behavior in Addison County

2004

Christine Gould

Arndt

The Effects of Repetition and Retrieval Speed on False Memory

2004

Melissa Maxwell

Jordan

The Communication of Support in Romantic Relationships: Effects of Gender and Power

2004



Laura Reid



Arndt



Using a Bilingual Stroop Task to Investigate Intra- and Interlingual Interference in Novice Children and Novice Adult Bilinguals

2004




Larissa Robtoy




Langrock




A Comparison of Adolescent Girls' and their Mothers' Perceptions of Parental Control at the Transitions to Middle and High School

2004

Jenelle Slavin

McCauley

The Effects of Skin Color and Accent on Hispanic Witnesses' Credibility

2004

Ben Spitz

Hofer

Language as a Cultural Prime: Differing Self-Construals among Bicultural Puerto Ricans

2004

Julie Stevens

Campbell

The Role of Gender in Same-Sex and Platonic Opposite-Sex Friendships

2004

Claire Studwell

Collaer

Maze Madness: Sex Differences in Spatial Ability and Navigation

2003

Margaret Aleks

McCauley

Effects of socioeconomic status on child placement assignments in a case involving domestic violence

2003

Blake Barkin

Riess

Type of secondary school and disordered eating in first-year female undergraduates: Boarding versus Day, Co-educational versus Single-Sex, Public versus Private

2003

Sonali Desai

Riess

Idealized cartoon characters' effects on children's body image

2003

Gillian Finocan

Campbell & Jordan

Who do you turn to in times of trouble? Preferences for men or women as sources of empathy and advice.

2003

Jamie Hess

Neuroscience

Unpacking 'Theory of Mind' : The interface of Philosophy, Psychology, psychiatry and Neuroscience

2003

Sarah Ohle

Langrock

Early adolescents coping with academic stress and the D.C. sniper shootings: The role of stress responses in mediating the association between stress and adjustment.

2003

Jess Salerno

McCauley

The effect of cross-examination, deliberation and need for cognition of jurors' ability to distinguish between good and bad scientific expert testimony

2003

Katie Ziemba

Langrock

Can we work together? Associations between friendship qualities and cooperative problem solving in elementary school-aged girls.

2002

Lisa Bennett

Velez

Alcohol Expectancies and Attributions: What We Think When Other People Drink.

2002

Patricia Biggins

Jordan

The Effects of Experimenter versus Participant Control on the Completion of a Therapy-Like Task

2002

Lynette Cassidy

Helreich

Animal Models of Human Depression: The Effects of Imipramine on the Porsolt Swim Test and the Effects of Dexamethasone on Corticosterone Secretion

2002

Jamie Cedergreen

Campbell

Attachment Style as a Predictor of Ideal Standards in Romantic Relationships

2002

Tasha Eurich

Campbell

Self-Esteem, Attachment Style, and Conflict as Predictors of Social Comparison in Relationship Evaluation

2002

Jennifer Goralnick

Collaer

Do Differences in Hemispheric Lateralization Explain Sex Differences in Line Judgment?

2002

Kimberly Guion

McCauley

When do We Remove a Child from an Abusive Home? The Effects of Outcome Framing on Decision-Making?

2002

MarYam Hamedani

Hofer

Delineating the Dialectic: A Cultural and Developmental Perspective on Personal Epistemology

2002

Emily Kerner

Langrock

Coping With Collegiate Stress: A Proposed Model of Stress Responses as Mediators of the Association Between Stress and Adjustment Problems

2002

Jessica Monroe

Hofer

Competitive and Noncompetitive Performance Goals: Effects on Performance and Intrinsic Motivation

2002

Jessica St. John

Campbell

Gay Men, Sexual Exclusivity, and Commitment: An Investment Model Approach to Assessing Civil Unions in Vermont

2001

Jean Burr

Hofer

Personal Epistemology and Theory of Mind: Disentangling Young Children’s Beliefs About Knowledge and Knowing

2001

Leslie Fox

Campbell

Self-Disclosure in Internet Interactions: The Impactof Gender, Anonymity, and Future Interactions

2001

Jeremy Fried

Campbell

Motivations and Emotional Responses of Casual Sexual Behavior as Related to Sex and Sociosexuality

2001

Celeste Gauthier

McCauley

Assessing Rapport Building Techniques as a Way to Enhance Preschoolers' Recall Memory

2001

Kate Griffiths

Riess

Social Physique Anxiety and Eating Attitudes in College Females: The Influence of Sex Role and College Dormitory Settings

2001

Kelly Knapp

Smith

Self-Assessed Friendship Quality of Early Adolescents with and without Learning Disabilities

2001

Meredith Livoti

McCauley

Effects of Moral Culpability and Alcohol Expectancies on the Decisions of Guilt in a Domestic Violence Case

2001

Yasmin Mahal

Osborne

Alterations in Nesting Behaviors of Rats After Fornix Transection and Administration of ACTH(4-9)

2001

Courtney Quish

McCauley

Using the Cognitive Interview as a Source Monitoring Interview for Child Eyewitnesses

2001

Rachel Rackow

Campbell

Socialization and Social Identity: An Integrative Approach to the Study of Racism in German Fraternities

2001

Jessica Stahl

Jordan

Getting By With a Little Help from Friends: College Students and Counseling Skill Use in Same-Sex Best Friend Pairs

2000

Colleen Bramhall

Campbell

Predictors of Recall Discrepancies Elicited by the Masculine Generic Pronoun: The Role of Self-Reference and Attitudes Toward Women

2000

Dana Dunleavy

Collaer

The Effects of Music Exposure on Spatial-Temporal Reasoning: A Comparison of Musicians and Non-Musicians

2000

Jennifer Kendrew

Riess

Faulty Thinking, Faulty Eating? Cognitive Biases in Disordered Eating among Female Undergraduates

2000

Lisa Labonte

Hofer

The Brother of the Box: The Effects of Disrupting the Flow of Expository Text

2000

Jme McLean

Collaer

Hemispheric Lateralization and Chinese Character Perception: A Cross Fluency Study

2000

Alina Wojnar

Velez

Consumer-Decision Making as a Function of Risk, Involvement, and Frame

2000

Michelle Young

McCauley

The Relation among Environmental Attitudes and Presentation of Outcome on Legal Decision Making

1999

Jessica Blake

Smith

How Affect and Frame Influence Decisions Involving Risk

1999

Elizabeth Burns

Smith

Factors Influencing Children's Choices: Frame, Age, and Situation

1999

Elizabeth Huffman

Collaeer

Category Specific fMRI Respnonse During the Visual Processing of Sad and Neutral Facial Expressions

1999

Julianne Krulewitz

McCauley

Assessing how Jurors' Environmental Attitudes are Related to Decision Making

1999

Elizabeth Mann

Jordan

The Effect of Parental Attachments on College Students' Sexual Behavior

1999

Angenie McCleary

Riess

Reactions of Loved Ones to Traumatic Loss

1999

Larry McDermott

Collaer

Differential Effects of Pubertal Alcohol Exposure on Male and Female Rats

1999

Johannah Nikula

Smith

The Influence of Non-diagnostic Information in Children's Decision Making

1999

Christina Norris-Watts

Campbell

The Role of the Self-Schema in Interpersonal Judgements

1999

Leah Schaeffer

Jordan

The Impact of Parental-Adolescent Conflict on College Adjustment

1999

Amy Simpson

McCauley

The Effects of High Rape Myth Acceptance on Jury Decision Making

1999

Jessica Wrightsman

Campbell

Home Versus Hospital Birth: Predictors of College Women's Birth Setting Preference