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Theses and independent-study projects offer students valuable first-hand experience with almost every aspect of the research process, from hypothesis development through final manuscript writeup.

 

 

’07 – ’08 Lab Group

 

Allison Lacoff

Valence framing and cognitive load

 

Jackie Raftery

Emotional Regulation and frustration

 

Jenn Gabrielski  (Psy./Econ.)

Individual differences in support for U.S. foreign aid

 

Sam Posnock

Personality and impression formation

 

Michelle Koo

Adding a control condition to the valence-framing effect

 

Lara Levine

Social dominance orientation and social status

 

Jessica Goldberg (Psy./Pol.Sci.)

Personality and U.S. Supreme Court Judges’ rulings

 

 

’06 – ’07 Lab Group

 

Kara Huston

Effect of plastic surgery on males’ perceptions of women with the hourglass figure

 

Jimmy Shand

Osama Obama and the Gravity of Motivation: The Innuendo Effect Revisited

 

Shirel Kozak

Effects of Straw Man Arguments on Persuasion: The Moderating Role of Personality

 

Mike Epstein

Moderating Attitude Resilience under Valence Framing Effects using a Relevance Manipulation

 

Leigh Ann Holterman

The Effect of Ease of Retrieval on Resistance to Persuasion and Attitude Certainty

 

 

’05 – ’06 Lab Group

 

Dana Smullyan

'I Approved this Message:'  The Effects of Personal Support Messages on Perceptions of Political Candidates

 

Andrew Mason

The Negative Valence Framing Effect:  Expansion Beyond Dichotomies

 

Liz Kovach

The Effects of Socially Perceived Norms on the Occurrence of Academic Cheating