Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2013

AuthorTitleSupervisor(s)Reader(s)
Margaret Barrow
Towards a Strategic Model of Executive Function Depletion
S. Carey,
L. Powell
J. Snedeker
Miranda Beltzer
Rethinking Butterflies: The Public Speaking Effects of Arousal Reappraisal and Social Anxiety
M. Nock
N. Noll
Haley Bennett
Fearing and Forgetting: The Effects of Anxiety on Age-Related Cognitive Decline
D. Powell
G. Alvarez
Jocelyn Blier
Harm Me and I’ll Punish Instinctively, Harm a Stranger and I’ll Punish Deliberately: Examining the Cognitive Processes Underlying Second Party and Third Party Punishment
J. Greene
M. Bazerman
Ann Carroll
In the Blink of an Eye: Rewards Magnify Attentional Capacity Limits in Impulsive Individuals
J. Buckholtz
G. Alvarez
Cole Chokran
Not Their Fault: Free Will Beliefs and Perceptions of Mental Illness
F. Gino,
J. Greene
J. Greene
Meghan Ferriera
Ingroup Love Versus Outgroup Hate: Attitudes Among Members of Competitive Intergroup Rivalries
M. Banaji
J. Sidanius
Alexa Fishman
Epic Fail? The Influence of Star Player Underperformance on Teammate Performance
J. Richard Hackman,
S. Jang
N. Aramovich
Andrew Hellman
Warmth or Competence First? Gender and First Impressions in Job Interviews
A. Cuddy,
M. Banaji
M. Banaji
Jillian Jordan
The Development of Third-Party Punishment of Cooperative Norm Violations
F. Warneken,
K. McAuliffe
S. Pinker
Kristiana Laugen
The Virtual Self: Exploring Identity through Online Role-Playing Games
J. Sidanius,
A. Ward
J. Hooley
Elizabeth Letvin
Need Considerations in Young Children’s Distributive Justice
F. Warneken
P. Harris
Bay McCulloch
Taking One For the Team: Changing Group Membership Decreases Intertemporal Altruism
D. Gilbert,
B. Burum 
J. Greene
Vaida Rimeikyte
Affect Unbound: The Dissociability of Arousal and Valence in Early Emotion Processing
J. Greene,
A. Jenkins
L. Somerville
Emily Rutter
The Exaggeration Effect of Power on Perceived Similarity and Social Distance
A. Cuddy,
M. Banaji
M. Banaji
Emma Templeton
Enough About Me: The effect of self-disclosure on liking and mentalizing
J. Mitchell,
D. Tamir
L. Somerville
Cynthia Tsai
Emotionally Valenced Working Memory Taxation: Effects upon the Reactivation of Negative Memories
R. McNally
D. Schacter
Matthew Yung
Theory-of-Mind and Relationship Satisfaction in Romantic Partners: An fMRI Investigation
C. Hooker,
D. Dodell-Feder
J. Buckholtz