Psychology at Sweet Briar

 

Student Research

As part of the Psych major curricula, students will engage in a variety of research endeavors.  Listed below are some of the recent projects undertaken by our majors.

Psychology 205:  Independent Research

Psych 205 (F 1999) The Effects of Confiding on Stress Allison Clark '01
Psych 205 (S 2000) Regulating Mood with the use of Music Angela Aiken '01
Psych 205 (S 2000) Absenteeism Within the Classroom Sarah Patterson '01
Psych 205 (S 2000) Type I Diabetes Mellitus, depression and  disordered eating in an adult population Meredith Taylor '01
Psych 205 (F 2000) Mother/Daughter relationships and the role of perceived physical attractiveness Vanessa Corry '01
Psych 205 (F 2000) Influential factors on female college student's mathematical abilities Kim Schmidt '01
Psych 205 (S 2001) Effects of Modality Priming and Reaction Time:  Different levels of processing. Emily Harris '02
Psych 205 (S 2001) Human Gestures:  Do they convey meaning? Nicole Redwine '01

Psychology 210:  Experimental Psychology

Psych 210 (S 2000) A test of the Rural-Urban Hypothesis Adair, Campos, Eubanks, Lind, & Pannell
Psych 210 (S 2000) The Chameleon Effect Burley & Harris
Psych 210 (S 2000) Physical Attractiveness and Same-sexed Friendships Corry, Hatter, Quortrup, & Tinnell
Psych 210 (S 2000) Examining Physiological Responses during Movie Viewing Heller, McDougal, Moon, & Robertson
Psych 210 (S 2001) Academic Success and Self-schema Affleck, Curling, & Follin
Psych 210 (S 2001) Preference for authority between empowered and non-empowered groups in same sex environments Barbour, Canovaca, Davis, & Liddell
Psych 210 (S 2001) The effects of different factors on Math Anxiety Fronk, Smith, & Yavari
Psych 210 (S 2001) The effects of strength and connection type on recall and recognition:  A comparative study Long, Roddy, Swisher, & Williamson