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

 
Psychology 315: Independent Research
Semester Research Topic Experimenter  
Spring 2001 Effects of modality priming and reaction time: Different levels of processing Emily Harris '02  
Spring 2001 Human gestures:Do they convey meaning? Nicole Redwine '01  
Fall 2000 Mother/daughter relationships and the role of perceived physical attractiveness Vanessa Corry '01  
Fall 2000 Influential factors on female college students' mathematical abilities Kim Schmidt '01  
Spring 2000 Regulating mood with the use of music Angela Aiken '01  
Spring 2000 Absenteeism within the classroom Sarah Patterson '01  
Spring 2000 Type I Diabetes Mellitus, depression, and disordered eating in an adult population Meredith Taylor '01  
Fall 1999 The effects of confiding on stress Allison Clark '01  
       
Psychology 310: Experimental Psychology
Semester Research Topic Experimenters  
Spring 2001 Academic success and self-schema Affleck, Curling, & Follin  
Spring 2001 Preference for authority between empowered and non-empowered groups in same sex environments Barbour, Canovaca, Davis, & Liddell  
Spring 2001 The effect of optimism and state/trait anxiety on mathematics anxiety Fronk, Smith, & Yavari  
Spring 2001 The effects of strength and connection type on recall and recognition: A comparative study Long, Roddy, Swisher, & Williamson  
Spring 2000 A test of the rural-urban hypothesis Adair, Campos, Eubanks, Lind, & Pannell  
Spring 2000 The Chameleon Effect Burley & Harris  
Spring 2000 Physical attractiveness and same-sex friendships Corry, Hatter, Quortrup, & Tinnell  
Spring 2000 Examining physiological responses during movie viewing Heller, McDougal, Moon, & Robertson