Seminars & Events
Fri., Feb 24- Dr. Laraine Glidden will present research as part of Psi Chi's Discovering Psychology Lecture Series. 3pm in Goodpaster Hall 195. Other Details TBA.
Fri., Mar 23 - Dr. Rebecca Ryan will present "Nonmarital Childbirth and Child Development: The Relevance of Marriage Propensity and Family Change" as part of the Psychology Lecture Series: Populations in Need. 3pm in Goodpaster Hall 195.
Fri., Apr 6 - Dr. Noemi Enchautegui-de-Jesus will present research as part of the Psychology Lecture Series: Populations in Need. 3pm in Goodpaster Hall 195. Other Details TBA.
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Students can visit the College Archives (Calvert 009-ground floor) to read or view past St. Mary's Projects Mondays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (appointments recommended).
Access to a full SMP can depend on how a student completed a release form, but most SMPs can be read or viewed in the College Archives without restriction.
Electronic copies of SMPs are usually provided to faculty and staff upon request, but students are provided electronic copies of SMPs only with the permission of a faculty member.
SMP Spotlight
43 students completed an SMP in psychology in AY10-11. Congratulations to them all!
At the end of each year, mentors select particularly outstanding SMPs to be featured in our PsycSMP Showcase. 10-11 Showcase projects were written by Erin Cammarata, Kaitlin Gaylor, David Johnson, Ryan Miller, and Allison Teta.
Recent PsycSMPs
Fall 2010 Completion
- Brown, Le' Jenn: Exploring the Efficacy of Bibliotherapy and Its Application to Learning Disabilities (Kosarych-Coy)
- Harvey, Jessica: The Effects of Interrogation on Creating False Memories: An Investigation of Eyewitness Identification and False Confessions (Stanton)
- Swanson, Thomas: Popular Antipsychotics/Antidepressants Induce Neurodevelopmental Changes in the Prefrontal Cortex (Bailey)
Spring 2011 Completion
- Bernstein, Julie: Effects of Perinatal Exposure to Bisphenol-A on Adult Offspring Behavior and Dopaminergic Functioning (Brady)
- Cammarata, Erin: Temporoammonic Excitation of CA1 Cells in an Animal Model of Depression (Bailey)
- Casasa-Blouin, Nicole: The Gender Wage Gap and the Motherhood Penalty: Costs, Causes, and Suggestions for the Future (Han)
- Colonna, Taylor: A Qualitative Exploration of Bullying: Retrospective Accounts of Victimization and Coping (Dennison)
- Dantrassy, Lela: How Does Sound Influence the Perceived Gender of Biological Motion? (Hiris)
- David, Karuna: Racial Differences in Attitudes toward Mental Illness and Mental Health Services (Finkelman)
- Ezekwenna, Mmaolisa: Can Arts Help Children Learn? The Role of Arts Integration in Education (Mirabile)
- Fary, Rachel: Impact of Gender and Sexual Minority Status on Perceptions of Rape Victims (Tickle)
- Flerlage, Jesse: Role of ΔFosB in Enhanced Incubation of Cocaine Craving in the Neonatal Ventral Hippocampal Lesion Model of Schizophrenia (Brady)
- Gayor, Kaitlin: Neuroimaging Correlates of IQ (Kosarych-Coy)
- Holmes, Ashley: The Effects of Orexin A in the Nucleus Basalis Magnocellularis (nBM) on Olfactory Discrimination Acquisition and Reversal (Bailey)
- Johnson, David: Thinking Without Thinking? Stereotype Use and Unconscious Thought Theory (Han)
- Kallas, Christopher: Characteristics of Emerging Adulthood and Physical Activity (Koenig)
- Kallevang, Jonathan: Performance on Hippocampal Dependent Tasks in the Cycad Model of Parkinson's Disease in Rats (Bailey)
- Knipp, Megan: Normative Influence on Conservation Behavior (Platt)
- Larrimore, Arianna: Birth Order and Romantic Relationship Quality (Mirabile)
- Mathews, Teresa: The Relationship Between the Quality of Family Meal Times and the Self-Esteem of Elementary and Middle School Students (Dennison)
- Mikael, Makeda: Maternal Separation as an Animal Model of Depression (Bailey)
- Miller, Bryan: The Effect of Concealable Stigma and Disclosure on Self-Presentation: How "Coming Out of the Closet" Effects Self-Presentation (Tickle)
- Miller, Ryan: Stereotyping as a Response to Unusual Stimuli (Stanton)
- Mirenzi, Aaron: Analyzing the Gender Aftereffect in the Perception of Biological Motion: The Effects of Adaptation to Static and Dynamic Stimuli (Hiris)
- Nesmith, Charise: Past and Present Adjustment of College Students with Learning Disabilities: A Qualitative Study (Kosarych-Coy)
- Painter, Katherine: An Examination of the Interaction Between Media and Gender Socialization on College Women’s Self-Concept (Dennison)
- Parr, Christina: Odor and Spatial Working Memory in an Environmentally-induced Animal Model of Parkinsonism (Bailey)
- Redding, Mary: The Effect of Stress and Glucose on Self-control (Han)
- Schiller, Kristina: How Are You Persuaded? The Roles of Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion in Different Types of Advertising (Mathews)
- Shapiro-Davis, Allison: The Effect of Relocation on Adult Children in Military Families (Koenig)
- Sherwood, Devin: Does Deodorant Influence Attraction? Female Perceptions of Male Body Odor (Hiris)
- Skinner, Catherine : Assisting Offenders, Improving Society: An Examination of the Benefits of Offender Re-entry Programs (Finkelman)
- Sokolove, Sofia: Memoir & Me: Understanding American Females' Consumption of Memoirs Through Psychology and Literature (Tickle)
- Sparklin, Peter: Support, Role, and Experience of Social Supporters Helping Individuals with Depression (Kosarych-Coy)
- Steinbach, Kathryn: The Mass Media and Young Adults: Differences in Ethnicity and Media Forms (Tickle)
- Teta, Allison: How Much Loss is Too Much Loss? The Effect of Temporal Separation on Sunk Cost Attenuation in Investment Scenarios (Platt)
- Thomas, Christine: Pretty or Powerful: A Content Analysis of Gender Stereotyped Messages in Disney Animated Films (Mirabile)
- Tracy, Megan: Investigating the Efficacy of Antipsychotic Drug Treatment on an Animal Model of Schizophrenia (Bailey)
- Tsereteli, George: Perceptions of Political Polarization in the United States (Tickle)
- Turner, Linda: Generation Kill: An Analysis of Violence and Realism in Teen and Mature Rated Games (Tickle)
- Vamvas, Melina: Attitudes Towards Foster Parenting (Glidden)
- Williams, Brandi: Parenting Styles and their Effects on Risk-Taking Behaviors among Emerging Adults (Glidden)
- Woodburn, Michael: The Effects of Alcohol on Visual Perception of Facial Attractiveness (Finkelman)
