Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2005

 

AuthorThesis TitleSupervisor(s)Reader(s)
Ricardo ALANIS
Psychological effects of relinquishing control
J. Preston,
D. Wegner
D. Gilbert
Vasilios ALEXIOU
Revisiting the overjustification effect: Reducing intrinsic motivation for detrimental behaviors through external rewards
S. Carson
W. Mendes
Michael BERKOVITS
The benefits of segmenting utility, the costs of segregating gains
C. Morewedge,
D. Gilbert
D. Wegner
Maura BOYCE
Psy/WomSt
Internalizing ideals: The influence of advertising on implicit attitudes and behaviors
M. Banaji /Psy,
K. Lane /Psy,
J. Gerhard/WomSt
D. Gilbert /Psy
Bethany BURUM
Remind me who I am: The effects of priming academic vs. intellectual identity
E. Driver-Linn
K. Nakayama
Lucas BUTLER
Investigating shift in 15-18 month-old's understanding of symbolic representation
S. Carey
J. Snedeker
Louise CHIM
The difference in perceptions of acquired versus innate ability in experts and laypeople
M. Banaji
W. Mendes
Michael CLEAR
The influence of God concepts on intuitive moral judgement
C. Morewedge,
D. Wegner
D. Gilbert
Melissa CONWAY
Utilitarianism in toddlers: A study on moral development
K. Condry 
E. Spelke
J. Snedeker
Erika COWMAN
MBB/PP
Effects of D2-receptor agonist on reward responsivity
D. Pizzagalli,
A. Eden-Evins
J. Hooley
Alia CRUM
Healthy, wealthy, happy, and wise: Investigating mindfulness (Kabat-Zinn and Langer) and flow as moderators in well being and achievement
P. Stone,
T. Ben-Shachar
E. Langer
Kerry DINGLE
MBB/Cog Neuro
A holistic face perception test for prosopagnosia
K. Nakayama
Y. Jiang
Jon DOOCHIN  
Psy/Ec
The Duchenne smile
P. Stone /Psy,
D. Laibson /Ec
E. Langer /Psy
Tiffany EGNACZYK
Perfectionism, performance, and well-being
T. Ben-Shachar
P. Stone
Crystal FARH
China suicide and reference groups
P. Stone,
M. Nock
M. Nock
Jeff FERNANDEZ
Behavioral (athletic performance) effects of different coaching motivation techniques and approaches
S. Carson
D. Wegner
Kaitlin GALLO
The effects of arousal on emotional disclosure
M. Nock
R. McNally
Julie GOLDMAN
The cognitive origins of the space-time metaphor
S. Carey
J. Snedeker
Kim GOULD 
Soc/Psy
The media, body image, and female participation in sports
J. Gabler /Soc,
T. Ben-Shachar /Psy
P. Stone /Psy
Luke HEDRICK
CS/Psy
Integrating a neural-associative model of affect into a computational unified theory of cognition
D. Parkes /CS,
D. Gilbert /Psy,
N. Etcoff /Psy
A. Pfeffer /CS,
D. Gilbert /Psy
Leif HOLTZMAN
Psy/Ec
Framing and mental accounting
N. Epley /Psy,
A. Roth /Ec
D. Gilbert /Psy
Melina HSU
Children's number words
S. Carey,
M. Le Corre
E. Spelke
Carmen IGUINA
MBB/CBB
Primate vocal production and perception
M. Hauser,
R. Egnor
E. Spelke
Miriam LENSE
MBB/Cog Neuro
The effects of music and environmental sounds on physiological measures of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
J. Kagan,
M. Tramo
J. Kagan
Ran LI
Effects of different music styles on measures of creativity
S. Carson
D. Wegner
Sara LUCHIAN
Affective attachment to worthless objects and under-inclusion in categorization tasks among sub-clinical obsessive-compulsive hoarders
R. McNally
J. Hooley
Karina MANGU-WARD
Psy/WomSt
The relationship between beliefs about the course of sexual orientation and attitudes in relation to self-esteem and reactions to American policy change
M. Banaji /Psy,
K. Olsen /WomSt
R. Hackman /Psy
Jessica MASSA
Power and automatic attitudes
M. Banaji,
K. Lane
E. Langer
Cameron MOCCARI
MBB/PP
Seeing the self: An application of mindfulness theory to perceived body image
P. Stone
E. Langer
Carrie MORRIS
An examination of differences in reward pathway function between obese persons and normal-weight persons before and after meal consumption: Evidence for a biological contribution to obesity?
C. Chabris
S. Hyman
Lindsey POWELL
MBB/CBB
An fMRI investigation of the attribution of different mental states
S. Carey,
R. Saxe
Y. Jiang
Amanda RIGAS
MBB/Cog Neuro
Three truths and a lie: Testing placebo effects on pain tolerance
M. Nock
Y. Jiang
Caitlin RILEY
MBB/PP
Attachment disorder the Strange Situation Test
M. Nock, 
K. Lyons-Ruth
M. Nock
Alexandra ROSATI
MBB/CBB
Context-sensitive discounting in two non-human primates, the cotton-top tamarin (Sanguinis oedipus) and the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
M. Hauser,
J. Stevens 
S. Pinker
Sutharsan
SATKUNARAJAH
MBB/Cog Neuro
Differences in thought patterns between waking and dreaming states
R. Stickgold
D. Schacter
Lina SESTOKAS
MBB/CBB
The effect of priming on motor and non-motor mental transformation
S. Kosslyn
P. Cavanagh
Catherine SPROUL
MBB/CBB
Predator-prey interaction: Predator response in captive-bred cotton-top tamarins
M. Hauser
S. Pinker
Albert STRICKLAND
Ec/Psy
The effects of racial identity on time preference
D. Laibson /Ec, 
W. Mendes /Psy
 D. Gilbert /Psy
Nellwyn THOMAS
MBB/Cog Neuro
Single-sex and co-ed schools: Differences in gender stereotyping
M. Banaji
E. Langer
Joan TOM
Emotion and memory distortion
E. Kensinger,
D. Schacter
R. McNally
Caitlin VAN NESS
The effect of acoustic environment on behavioral and physiological measures of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit
M. Tramo,
J. Kagan
J. Kagan
Katherine WARD
Self and ambiguous other: Implicitly separating the self and God
E. Driver-Linn
M. Banaji
Callie WATKINS
Psy/RomL
Temporal language and temporal thinking in speakers of Spanish and English
L. Boroditsky /Psy,
E. Spelke /Psy,
L. Fernandez-
Cifuentes /RomL
S. Carey /Psy
Jonathan WEISS
MBB/CBB
Neural archaeology: A new way of knowing
D. Schacter
S. Kosslyn
Tiona ZUZUL
Defensive pessimism in romantic relationships
P. Stone,
T. Ben-Shachar
P. Stone