Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2005
| Author | Thesis Title | Supervisor(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 |