This page contains honors theses produced by senior Psychology majors. For a list of all honors theses since 2011, click here.
Theses from 2024
The Effects of Post-Identification Feedback on Witness and Photospread Administrator Behavior, Abigail M. Harkness
Anti-Asian Racism, Model Minority Myth, and Their Psychological Impact on Asian Americans, Tamaki Hashiramoto
Beyond the Game: Assessing the IMPACT of a Collegiate Sports Mentorship Program on Psychosocial Development in Children With Disabilities and Serious Illnesses, Samantha Shapiro
Theses from 2023
Fulfillment Through Allegiance: Ingroup/Loyalty Indirectly Predicts Life Satisfaction, Nathaniel N. Berry
Strategies to Address Spiking Demand for Treatment in College Counseling Centers, Joanna G. Cloutier
The Alerting Congruency Interaction: A Window into the Dynamics of Attention and Response Selection, Maya Joy Golden
Theses from 2022
Dancing on the Precipice: How People Reason about Threshold Problems in a Socially-Rich Real World Context, Xavier Fallone
Theses from 2021
The Influence of Racial Bias on Jury Selection and Potential Consequences for Justice, Kate S. Abramowitz
“You don’t see yourself:” On the relationship between women’s body appreciation, self-objectification, and sexual agency, Shelby Elizabeth Cronkhite
Widespread Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Child and Parent Perspectives, Nicki S. Lane
Theses from 2020
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Auburn Public School District, Samantha Alexander
The Development of Meaning and Purpose in Life Among Adolescents in Germany and Maine, Janika Ho
Understanding the Alerting-Congruency Interaction in the Attention Network Test (ANT), Lily Ashare Patterson
Theses from 2019
Temporal Negative Priming: Visual and Auditory, Alexa C. M. Harrison
Effects of Videotaped Eyewitness Identifications of Eyewitnesses and Jurors, Dayna E. Vasconcelos
Theses from 2018
The Relationship Between Purpose in Life and Salivary Cortisol Reactivity to a Social Stressor, Zachary Eli Magin
Round and Round Like a Squirrel on a Wheel: Exploring the Role of Negative Affect and Rumination in Mood Changes During Pain, Olga Revzina
Depth of Processing in Object Substitution Masking, Gwen E. Savino
Theses from 2017
Theory of Mind Profile of School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Melody R. Altschuler
Predicting Emotional Responses to Social Exclusion: Immune Neglect, Emotion Regulation, and the Moderating Role of Dysphoria, Katherine Jaye Berger
Subclinical Depression, Anxiety, and Alexithymia: Implications for Implicit and Explicit Emotion Regulation, William N. Koller
Examining the Interpersonal Deficits in Borderline Personality Style: Comparing Attachment and Biosocial Models, Azure Reid-Russell
Theses from 2016
The Influence of Lineup Procedures on Eyewitness Decision Making, Julia B. Gordon
Conceptualizing Community: Older People's Experiences in Independent Living Facilities, Laurel E. Meyer
Theses from 2015
Hypocrisy Induction to Increase College Students’ Condom Use: A Dissonance-Based Safe Sex Intervention, Stephanie B. Benson
Numbers and Shapes: Is Math Learning Enhanced by a Fantastical Context?, Natasha Renee Kalra
Developing Leadership Skills in Adolescent Girls, Caroline Anne Kern
Peer and Self-Perceptions of Learning Differences, Megan Mariko Lapp
Theses from 2014
Do Reentrant Processes Facilitate Feature Binding?, Mariya E. Manahova
The More the Merrier: Exploring the Efficacy of Foreign Supernatural Agents as Mechanisms of Compensatory Control, Mary Alice Millard
Chilean University Students’ Understandings of Dating Violence: A Qualitative Study, Simone H. Schriger
Theses from 2013
Social Anxiety and Memory Conformity in Eyewitnesses, Alexandra Abry
Regulatory Focus Theory and Reactions to Anti-Egalitarian Humor, Stephanie Boyle
Fat Talk with Parents and Weight Bias in High School and Undergraduate Students, Stephanie Leigh Sprague
Theses from 2012
Perceptual Asymmetries and Lateralization in Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Kristen Jeanine Gavin