Selected titles of Undergraduate honors thesis written prior to 2012 can be found in Special Collections.
Theses from 2025
Do Readers Keep Track of Protagonist Identity in Narratives?, Sophia Skrivanos
Theses from 2024
Examining the Effects of Menstrual Cycle Phase and Hormonal Contraceptive Use on Women's Sleep, Charles Ethan Coombs
Heuristic Expectations of the Cinderella Effect as a Function of Sexual Dimorphism in Men's Facial Structures, Lindsey Eagan
Investigating the Relation Between Family Income and Barriers for Black Caregivers of Autistic Children, Leah Gelfand
An Experimental Test of Mental Health Help-Seeking Intentions as a Function of Demographics and Disorder Type, Alyssa Hartley
Functional Stereotyping of Women’s Self-Objectification as a Function of Life History and Body Fat, Vienne Howay
Enhancing Memory Through Literary Features, Sarah Naylor
Functional Biases Toward Formidable Men in Legal Domains, Bridget O'Neil and Mitch Brown
How Others Influence Our Identity: The Effects of Closeness, Self-Verification, Need Fulfillment, and Self-Disclosure, Lucie G. Taylor
The Cognitive Implications of Literary Devices and Perspective-Taking on Reading Time, Amelia Ward
How Many Parents Regret Having Children?, Payton M. Wooster
Theses from 2023
Longevity Bias, Ingroup Bias, and Culture: A Study in Modern Japan, Sophia Chier
College success 101: Resilience and mental health mediate the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and college functioning, Mackenzie Crook
Examining Fear of Negative Evaluation in Oral Contraceptive Users and Naturally Cycling Women, Emily Furlow
Does Family Size Moderate the Relation between Resource Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence Rates?, Paul Gramling
Updating of Protagonist Information in Narratives, Luke McClanahan
Problematic Phone Use as an Emerging Risk to the Comorbidity of Social Anxiety and Depression, Haley O'Dwyer
Examining the Effects of a Zoom Interview on Cortisol, Bennett Perkins
Trend of Women's Romantic and Platonic Sociality Across the Ovulatory and Luteal Phases of the Menstrual Cycle, Kaylee Phimmasene
The Connections among Worry, Sleep Hygiene, and Sleep Quality, Anna Quesada
Can Affective Symptomology Predict Somatic Complaints in Symptom Checklists?, Catherine E. Scales
The Effect of Uncertainty on Explanatory Preference, Eli Schwartz-Yermack
Memory for Metaphors: Verbatim memory held for literal sentences vs. metaphors, Taylor Suneson
Does a Single Night of Mindfulness Meditation Improve Sleep and Stress in Female College Students?, Koushik Thudi
The Association between Mobile Phone Use and Suicidal Ideation, Brendan Wolf
Psychopathy in Society: Understanding the Neural Mechanisms that Give Rise to Psychopathic Traits, Phoebe Zalenski
Theses from 2022
Prospective Person Memory in the Case of Missing Persons: A Coffee Shop Study, Cara Bascom
Differential Neural Correlates Underlying Different Cognitive Control Strategies and their Relationship with the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Carroll Bentley
The Association between Adolescent Dating Violence and Internalizing Symptoms: Insecure Attachment as a Moderator, Jasmine Blake
The Influence of Facial Exposure on Confidence in Eyewitness Identification, Madelynn Fancher
Effectiveness of Affective based Intervention depending on Personal Relevance to a Conspiracy Belief, Mallory MacDonald
The Effect of Pet Ownership and Interaction on Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Lucinda Prettyman
Relationship Between Pet and Human Separation Anxiety on Owners’ Anxiety and Physical Health, Noah Ross
Diagnostic Featural Detection or Filler Siphoning: A Red Box Study, Brynn Schuetter
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Relationship Conflict, Self-Criticism, and Emotion Regulation, Danielle Shaver
The Effects of Endogenous and Exogenous Progesterone on Ingroup Affiliative Bias, Abby Sibson
Examining the Effects of Different Coping Styles on Dependent Stress Generation, Whitney Skaggs
Adolescent Dating Violence: Attachment Style and Parents' Unhealthy Marital Relationship as Possible Predictors, Karli Spann
Assessing Treatment Access, Medication Use, Caregiver Strain and Emergency Service Use in Families of Youth with Autism, Emmaline Thorpe
Theses from 2021
Negative Urgency Predicts Maladaptive Coping Strategies, Alec Martin
The Effects of Interactivity on Memory Relating to Presence in Virtual Environments, Jenny Wong
Theses from 2020
Relationships Among Specific Types of Trait Mindfulness, Need for Cognitive Closure, and Affect, Kelly Parker
Emotion Regulation and N2 Amplitude During a Go/Nogo Task: an ERP Study, Emily Tolar
Theses from 2018
Why we Ask Why: The Ways in Which Control and Stereotyping Biases Affect Internal Attributions, Tia Francis
Theses from 2017
Humor in Medicine: A Literature Review of Humor’s Potential Therapeutic Value in Health Care, Weston Michael Grant
Theses from 2016
Building Object Representations: Mechanisms of Perceptual Learning in Human Visual Cortex, Stephanie M. Long
The Effect of Spoiler Types on Enjoyment, Sussana Oad
Theses from 2015
Social network site usage, privacy concerns, and disclosure of autobiographical memories, Zachary L. Mensch
How threats to masculinity affect social drinking in men, John Joseph Molinaro
Understanding adolescent posttraumatic stress: The roles of biological sex and anxiety sensitivity, Sophia K. Pawlewicz
Rescuing the Missing: A Study of Prospective Person Memory on Missing Persons, Brandon Spillar
Music, emotion regulation, & distress tolerance: Investigating how music may influence distress tolerance in college students, Marie JaeDee Wood
Posttraumatic Stress and Emotion Recognition, Rachel Woody
Theses from 2012
Cultural Bias during Word Learning, Akihiro Eguchi
Cell Phones and Couple Communication: The Impact of Mobile Device Distractions during a Dyadic Interaction, Alyssa Servies
