#  Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2008 

 



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SortAuthorTitleAdvisor(s)Reader(s)**Angela Antony**

Luck of the draw: The phenomenon of serial order effects on evaluation of competitions

D. Gilbert,  
D. Carney

D. Gilbert

**Margaret Arnold**

Trait-face linkage in four-year-olds as related to threat and social relevance

E. Spelke,  
K. Kinzler

S. Carey

**Konika Banerjee**   
PSY/HEB

Evidence for a general intelligence factor (g) in a non-human primate species

M. Hauser /Psy/HEB

S. Pinker /Psy,  
R. Wrangham /HEB

**Isabelle Berner**  
MBB/PN

The influence of foreignness and ethnicity on hiring preferences

E. Spelke,  
K. Kinzler

S. Pinker

**Erin Blackstock**  
MBB/PN

Leveling the playing field: Examining the relationship between performance goals, stress responses, and stress appraisal on standardized exams

W. Mendes,  
M. Akinola

J. Mitchell

**Theresa Cheng**  
MBB/PN

The neural correlates of prospection within the right hippocampus

D. Schacter,  
D. Addis

R. Buckner

**Marvin Cine**  
(Gov/Psy)

The philosophical notion of desert and its application in social science research and beyond

J. Sidanius/Psy,  
Eric Beerbohm /Gov

W. Mendes/Psy

**Jordan Ford**

The doctor is in, but are they listening? The effects of priming agency or experience empathy on the recall of patient information

A. Heberlein

C. Hooker

**Kyle Foreman**  
MBB/PN

Perceiving inequities: Primates’ expectations of fairness

M. Hauser

A. Caramazza

**Harrison Greenbaum**

“Did you hear the one about the…?”: The effect of racial humor on prejudice

J. Sidanius,  
L. Thomsen

J. Mitchell

**Sarah Gross**

An examination of the subordinate male target hypothesis among an Ashkenazi population in Israel

J. Sidanius /Psy,  
A. Ho /Psy

J. Mitchell /Psy

**Amit Kumar**

The impact of outcome valence on perceived duration

D. Gilbert,  
K. Kassam

M. Bazerman /HBS

**Matthew Lebowitz**  
MBB/PN

Consumption of science and its effects on attitudes

C. Hooven,  
S. Pinker

S. Pinker

**Alex Levin**   
MBB/PN

Indirect speech in bribery

S. Pinker

D. Gilbert

**Lirui Li**   
MBB/PN

How to tell right from wrong: The role of personal force in moral judgments

J. Greene,  
F. Cushman

J. Greene

**Robert Luedeman**   
MBB/PN

Transferring localized facial learning across face-space

K. Nakayama

J. Wolfe

**Carina Martin**  
Life Science

Evidence for vagal regulation as an index of endocrine sensitivity to social feedback

W. Mendes,  
K. Koslov

M. Nock

**Morgan McLean**  
Life Science

Socialization and vocalization in mutant mouse models of Rett Syndrome

T. Hensch /MCB,  
K. Nakayama

K. Nakayama

**Rachel Montana**

Is spatial reasoning different for speakers of different languages? A cross-linguistic look at egocentric and geocentric frames of reference in memorizing

S. Carey,  
P. Li

J. Snedeker

**Evan O'Donnell**

Geometric core knowledge: Partial maps, length and angle

E. Spelke,  
V. Izard

S. Carey

**Meghan Pasricha**

Self-efficacy and age as predictors of cognitive performance under stress

W. Mendes,  
K. Koslov

J. Greene

**Eric Reavis**

High-level stimulus characteristics affect the stability but not the initiation of binocular rivalry

K. Nakayama,   
S. Afraz

R. Buckner

**Caroline Silva**

How does deliberate self-harm block empathy in observers? The role of goal appreciation in empathy blocking

A. Heberlein,   
W. Mendes,   
B. Sparrow

W. Mendes

**Jillian Swencionis**  
SocSt/Psy

Perception of defendant memory and its societal implications

T. Aladjem /SocSt,  
D. Gilbert /Psy,  
K. Kassam

____ /SocSt  
M. Norton /Psy

**Max Warren**  
MBB/PN

Are self-injurers violent? A study of the rate and correlates of violent behavior among adolescent self-injurers

M. Nock

J. Hooley

**Amanda Willis**

Joint-separate preference reversals: Applications to gender biases in hiring

M. Bazerman,  
M. Akinola

J. Mitchell

**Ashley Witt**

Attitudes toward the body in non-suicidal self-injury and eating disorders

M. Nock,  
M. Wedig

J. Hooley

**Rocksheng Zhong**

The trouble with trolleys: Intention and causation in moral dilemmas

J. Greene,  
F. Cushman

S. Carey