Recent Dissertations

2008

Bailey, Dawn (under the direction of Dr. Bailey) "Analysis of a Social Story Intervention to Increase Appropriate Social Interactions in Children with Autism"

Dietz, David (under the direction of Dr. Contreras) "Individual Differences in Behavioral Sensitization to Amphetamine"

2007

Aveyard, Mark (under the direction of Dr. Zwaan) "The Effect of Recent Visual Experience on Later Reading"

Bennett Day, L. Brooke (under the direction of Dr. Plant) "The Role of Processing Strategy in the Cross-Race Effect"

Brown, Jessica (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "Diagnostic Agreement: Respective Contributions of Method-, Client-, and Clinician-, Specific Variables"

Bush, Angela (under the direction of Dr. Hyson) "The Neuroprotective Effects of Lithium on Chick Cochlear Nucleus (Nucleus Magnocellularis)"

Butz, David (under the direction of Dr. Plant) "Implications of National Symbols for Majority and Minority Group Members' Academic Performance: Examining Potential Mediators"

Cokely, Edward (under the direction of Dr. Kelley) "Adaptive Mechanisms of Superior Judgement Under Uncertainty: Rational Choices from Simple Heuristics and Elaborative Strategies"

Cross, Scott (under the direction of Dr. Bailey) "Serial and Concurrent Intra-program Objective Sequences for Children with Autism"

DeWall, C. Nathan (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister) "If I Can't Feel Your Pain, then I Inflict Pain on You: Emotional Insensitivity as a Mechanism Underlying Aggressive Responses to Rejection"

Gailliot, Matthew (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister) "Energy in the Air and Psychological Work: Examining the Relationship Between Oxygen and Self-Regulation"

Hill, Leonard (under the direction of Dr. Ericsson) "Mental Representations in Expert Golf Putting"

Holm-Denoma, Jillian (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "The Latent Structure of Restrictive Eating Behaviors: Taxometric Investigation and Construct Validation using Genetic and Personality Indicators"

Lewis, Sandi (under the direction of Dr. Berler) "The Relationship Between Anxiety and Premature Termination from Psychotherapy at a University Clinic"

Lima , Elizabeth (under the direction of Dr. Loney) "The Association Between Narcissism and Implicit Self-Esteem: A Test of the Fragile Self-Esteem Hypothesis"

Misirlisoy, Mine (under the direction of Dr. Dijkstra) "Suggestibility to False Memories: Contributing and Attenuating Factors"

Muschamp, John (under the direction of Dr. Hull) "Hypocretin (Orexin), Dopamine, and Goal-Directed Behavior"

Reeves, Mark (under the direction of Dr. Taylor) "The Effect of Invalidation on Emotion Regulation: An Empirical Investigation of Linehan's Biosocial Theory"

Tomasi, Marco (under the direction of Dr. Bailey) "Human Performance in an Advanced Security System Environment:

Vogel, Jennifer (under the direction of Dr. Schatschneider) "Social-Emotional Assessment of Deaf Children"

Zell, Anne (under the direction of Dr. Tice) "Pride & Humility: Possible Mediators of the Motivating Effect of Praise"

2006

Atchley, Deann (under the direction of Dr. Eckel) "Activity-Based Anorexia in Rats: Role of the Serotonergic System"

Blackhart, Ginette (under the direction of Dr. Tice) "Neuroendocrine & Affective Responses to Social Rejection & Acceptance by Peers"

Breiner, Mary Jo (under the direction of Dr. Lang) "Women Inmate Substance Abusers' Reactivity to Visual Alcohol, Cigarette, Marijuana, and Crack Cocaine Cues: Approach and Avoidance as Separate Reacitivity Dimensions?"

Burns, Andrea (under the direction of Dr. Sachs-Ericsson) "Gender Differences in the Association between a Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism and Psychopathology"

Colon, Marilin (under the direction of Dr. Bailey) "Improving the Reliability and Validity of Visual Inspection of Data by Behavior Analysts: An Empirical Comparison of Two Training Methods to Improve Visual Inspection and Interpretation, the Job Aid and the Conservative Dual-Crtiteria"

Jackson, Austin (under the direction of Dr. Bailey) "The Effects of Reduced Duration In-School Suspension on the Classroom Behavior of Elementary School Students"

Jastrzembski, Tiffany (under the direction of Dr. Charness) "The Model Human Processor and the Older Adult: Validation and Error Extension to GOMS in a Mobile Phone Task"

Kemper, Therese (under the direction of Dr. Kistner) "Juvenile Sex Offenders: Comparison of Victim Age Based Subgroups & Prediction of Treatment Completion & Recidivism"

Petscher, Erin (under the direction of Dr. Bailey) "Comparing Main and Collateral Effects of Extinction and Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior"

Repper, Karla (under the direction of Dr. Kistner) "The Relationship between Anger Rumination and Aggression in Childhood"

Samwel, Corine (under the direction of Dr. Wagner) "Rate and Accuracy in Reading and Rapid Naming"

Williams, Foluso (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "The Relationship Between Linguistic Patterns, Thwarted Belongingness, Perceived Burdensomeness, and Suicidality: A Test of Joiner's Interpersonal Theory of Attempted and Completed Suicide"

Wingate, LaRicka (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "Stress Generation and Its Relationship with Coping Style"

Yaxley, Richard (under the direction of Dr. Zwaan) "Investigating the Simulation of Event Locus during Online Comprehension"

2005

Barker, Mae (under the direction of D. Bailey). "Expanding the Tact Repertoire of Preschool Students with Developmental Disabilities by Embedding Direct Instruction into Everyday Classroom Activities"

DeGraff, Amanda (under the direction of Dr. Torgesen). "A Validation of the Computerized Monitoring of Early Reading Skills Test"

Gerhardstein, Rebecca (under the direction of Dr. Kistner). "The Creation and Validation of an Early Identification Measure of Children's Social Dysfunction"

Krause, Eric (under the direction of Dr. Contreras) "Estrogen, Fluid Balance, and Cardiovascular Regulation: An Estrogen Angiotensin Interaction?"

Lyons Johnson, Orenda (under the direction of Dr. Ouimet). "Regulation of Dendritic Spine Proliferation"

Muse, Andrea (under the direction of Dr. Wagner). "The Nature of Morphological Knowledge"

Nicholas, Alexander (under the direction of Dr. Hyson). "Afferent Regulation of Neuronal Survival in the Chick Cochlear Nucleus"

Plowman, Jeanine (under the direction of Dr. Bailey). "Measuring and Changing Employee Work Behavior: AnApplication of the Performance Matrix"

Reitzel, Lorraine (under the direction of Dr. Carbonell). "The Effectiveness of Sexual Offender Treatment for Juveniles as Measured by Recidivism: A Meta Analysis"

Schmeichel, Brandon (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister). "Ego Depletion, Working Memory, and the Executive Function of Self"

White, Brad (under the direction of Dr. Kistner). "The Role of Selective Attention in Illusions of Social Acceptance and Aggression in Children"

Wright, Cecil Baker (under the direction of Dr. Bailey). "The Efficacy of Brief Functional Analysis Procedures in the Assessment of ADHD Behavior and the Effect of Stimulant Medication"