Recent Theses

2008

Fox, Mark (under the direction of Dr. Charness) "Effects of Age and Concurrent Verbalization on Cognitive Task Performance"

Maffeo, Melissa (under the direction of Dr. Hyson) "Nicotine Exposure During Adolescence Regulates Behavioral Responsiveness to Mood-eliciting Stimuli in Adulthood"

Mallott, Michael (under the direction of Dr. Schmidt) "The Role of Self-Verification in Explaining Rejection-Related Behavior in Social Anxiety"

Masicampo, Emer James (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister) "Unfulfilled Goals Interfere with Other, Unrelated Pursuits"

Mead, Nicole (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister) "Does a Broken Heart Lead to an Empty Wallet? Socially Excluded People Use Spending as an Affiliation Tool"

Miller, Saul (under the direction of Dr. Maner) "Self-Protective Biases in Group Categorization: What Shapes the Psychological Boundary between "us" and "them"?"

Rouby, David (under the direction of Dr. Maner) "Romantic Love Modulates Attentional Attunement to Alternative Potential Mates"

Steele, Reed (under the direction of Dr. Taylor) "Substance Use Problems and Negative Life Events in College Students: An Examination of Individual Differences Variables as Potential Moderators and Mediators"

2007

Anestis, Joye (under the direction of Dr. Carbonell) "Antisocial and Histrionic Personality Traits: Searching for the Common Ground"

Anestis, Michael (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "The Role of Urgency in Maladaptive Coping Behaviors"

Baker, Michael (under the direction of Dr. Maner) "Risk Taking as a Mating Strategy: The Roles of Sexual Arousal, Motivation, and Situational Context in Risky Behavior"

Borreggine, Kristin (under the direction of Dr. Ward) "Where Action Meets Linguistic Meaning: Embodied Experience and Sentence Comprehension"

Braithwaite, Scott (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "An Analogue Test of Amato's "Good Enough" Marriage Hypothesis"

Buck, David (under the direction of Dr. Plant) "Forming Impressions about Homosexuals: Does Timing of Disclosure Matter?"

Doerr, Celeste (under the direction of Dr. Plant) "The Power to Help: The Effects of Gender and Social Power on Compliant Helping Behavior"

Dunkel, Stephanie (under the direction of Dr. Kistner) "Bias and Accuracy in Children's Perceived Acceptance: Sex and Cultural Differences"

Keough, Meghan (under the direction of Dr. Schmidt) "Ataques de Nervios: Culturally Bound and Distinct from Panic Attacks?"

Mitchum, Ainsley (under the direction of Dr. Kelley) "A Cue-Utilization Approach to Cognitive Monitoring and Performance: The Effect of Strategy Differences on Monitoring Accuracy"

North, Erika (under the direction of Dr. Carbonell) "Gender Role and Biological Sex Uniquely Relate to Disordered Eating Behavior"

Peruche, B. Michelle (under the direction of Dr. Plant) "The Implications of Internal and External Motivation to Respond without Prejudice for Interracial Interactions"

Purpura, David (under the direction of Dr. Lonigan) "Can Externalizing Behaviors be Altered by an Early Reading Intervention?"

Santollo, Jessica (under the direction of Dr. Eckel) "Estradiol's Modulation of Orexigenic Peptides"

Schlauch, Robert (under the direction of Dr. Lang) "The Effect of Alcohol on Race-Biased Responding: The Moderating Role of Internal and External Motivations to Inhibit Prejudice"

Schmeelk, Kelly (under the direction of Dr. Kistner) "Childhood Relational Aggression: A Female Variant of Overt Aggression?"

Selby, Edward (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "Understanding the Relationship Between Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation: A Cascade of Emotions"

Stillman, Tyler (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister) "The Psychological Presence of Family Improves Self Control"

Taylor, Lawrence (under the direction of Dr. Zwaan) "Motor Resonance and Linguistic Focus"

Tomasi, Marco (under the direction of Dr. Bailey) "An Analysis of Safe Driving Behaviors: Before, During, and After two Click It or Ticket Model Interventions"

Wilson, Shauna (under the direction of Dr. Lonigan) "Emegent Literacy Screeners for Preschool Children: An Evaluation of Get Ready to Read! and Individual Growth and Development Indicators"

2006

DeWall, C. Nathan (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister) "Alone but Feeling No Pain: Effects of Social Exclusion on Physical Pain Tolerance and Pain Threshold, Affective Forecasting, and Interpersonal Empathy"

Garcia, Joanne (under the direction of Dr. Contreras) "Behavioral and Electrophysiological Taste Responses Change Fiollowing Brief and Prolonged Dietary Sodium Deprivation"

Harrell, Erin (under the direction of Dr. Schatschneider) "The Ability of Fourth Grade Students to Make Inferences When Reading Passages Containing Incongruent Text"

Hollar, Daniel (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "How Interacial Contact, Racial Attitudes and Acculturative Stress Influence Suicide and Eating Disorders in African Americans"

Lopez, Cristina (under the direction of Dr. Kistner) "Assessment of Children's Response Styles: An Examination of Sex Differences, Stress Interactions, and Depressive Symptoms"

Nandagopal, Kiruthiga (under the direction of Dr. Ericsson) "An Expert Performance Approach to the Examination of Individual Differences in Study Strategies"

Phythian, Caroline (under the direction of Dr. Wagner) "What do Children Know, When they Know a Word?"

Piasta, Shayne (under the direction of Dr. Wagner) "Acquisition of Alphabetic Knowledge: Examining Letter - and Child - Level Factors in a Single, Comprehensive Model"

Priya, Kanu (under the direction of Dr. Wagner) "Comparing Generic and Passage-Specific Assessments of Vocabulary and Fluency as Predictors of Reading Comprehension in Narrative and Exploritory Passages"

Rivera, Heidi (under the direction of Dr. Eckel) "Estradiol Increases Fenfluramine-Induced Anorexia"

Teale, Nadia (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "The Role of Pain and Provocation in Impulsivity and Suicide"

Timmons, Katherine (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "Self-Esteem Variability and Vulnerability to Depression: Understanding the Role of Interpersonal Information-Seeking Processes"

Witte, Tracy (under the direction of Dr. Joiner) "A Test of Joiner's Theory: The Relationship Between Pain Exposure, Thwarted Belongingness, and Suicide Completion"

2005

Bailey, Dawn (under the direction of Dr. Bailey). "The Use of Collaborative Goal Setting to Impact Instructional Aide Implementation of a School-Wide Behavior Management System"

Bernert, Rebecca (under the direction of Dr. Joiner). "A Circadian Vulnerability for Depression: Eveningness & Sleep Variability"

Counts, Carla (under the direction of Dr. Loney). "Impulse Control Impairments and Non-Referred Conduct Problems"

Cromer, Kiara (under the direction of Dr. Schmidt). "A Pathoplastic Vulnerability Model: A Potential Association between Traumatic Stressful Life Events and OCD"

Gailliot, Matthew (under the direction of Dr. Baumeister). "Self Regulation and Sexual Restraint: Dispositionally and Temporarily Poor Self Regulatory Abilities Contribute to Failures at Restraining Sexual Behavior"

Jakobsons, Lara (under the direction of Dr. Torgesen) "Child, Teacher, and Parent Reports of Motivation and Their Predictive Relations to Reading Achievement and Reading Quantity"

James, Lisa (under the direction of Dr. Taylor). "The Comorbidity of Cluster B Personality and Substance Use Disorders: The Role of Higher-order Personality Traits"

Messina , Michelina (under the direction of Dr. Contreras) "Physiological Effects of Acute and Chronic Administration of Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (MCH)"

Roring, Roy (under the direction of Dr. Charness) "Age Related Changes in Information Processing on Tasks of Perceptual Speed"

Smith, Julia (under the direction of Dr. Schmidt). "Social Anxiety and Selective Attention: A Test of the Vigilance-Avoidance Model"

Stratford, Jennifer (under the direction of Dr. Contreras). "Sex Differences in Behavioral Taste Responses to Linoleic Acid by Male and Female Rats"

Van Orden, Kimberly (under the direction of Dr. Joiner). "Testing the Effectiveness of a List of Suicide Warning Signs for the Public"

Zimmerman, Carissa (under the direction of Dr. Kelley) "An Item-Specific and Relational Processing Account of Emotional Memory Enhancement"