2016 - 2017

The Psychology Department help students perform research projects to their academic experience. Students are expected to design and carry out research that reflects independent thought and creativity.

Fall 2016 - Spring 2017

Carrie Pomainville - The Effect of Frustration on Children’s Food Selection in the Presence of Healthy Environmental Cues – Advisor: Helana Girgis
Alycia Nicholson, Elina Breton, and Sejla Palic - Characterization of Motor and Cognitive Deficits of the Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism – Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Sumra Sikandar, Meaghan Demers-Peel, and Brett Barnes - Assessing Temporal Processing and Impulsive Choice in an Animal Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder - Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Alea Robinson, Emma Morgan, and Cole Poulin - Assessment of Social and Anxiety Behaviors in the Valproic Acid Rat Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder - Advisors: Bill DeCoteau and Adam Fox
Hallie Young - Harnessing Jurors’ Good Intentions: Instructions to Disregard Inadmissible Evidence – Advisors: Cathy Crosby and Mark Oakes
Sarah Evarts - Erase It from Your Minds: Factors Affecting Jurors’ Ability to Follow a Judge’s Instruction to Disregard Evidence – Advisors: Cathy Crosby and Mark Oakes
Carlene Fontanez-Lutsky - Disentangling Motor-Induced Remembering: Approach/Avoidance or Self Referential Processing? – Advisors: Mark Oakes and Serge Onyper
Alexis Bruno - Memory Advantage Observed with Movement Towards One’s Selfie – Advisors: Mark Oakes and Serge Onyper
Michael Lengieza - On the Lookout for Negativity: Defensive Self‐Esteem and the Perception of Rejection – Advisor: Mark Oakes; Research Assistants: Nicole Syrotiak, Abigail Bourcy, Peter Suddaby, Justin Brackett, Meghan McKelvey
Sarah Heywood, Shayna Davner, Rachel Snitzer, Hunter Hitchman, Kaleb Faison, & Anna Carpenter - Defensive Self-Esteem and Victim Blaming – Advisor: Mark Oakes
Justina Bagger - 50 Shades of Trump: A correlational investigation of the effects of divisive political rhetoric on well-being and mood – Advisor: Serge Onyper
Nicholas Leach - 50 shades darker: Experimental study of the effects of divisive political rhetoric on well-being and mood – Advisor: Serge Onyper