Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2014

 

AuthorTitleSupervisor(s)Reader(s)
Aida Rocci Ruiz
(March 2014)
Co-experience as the base of interpersonal attraction.
D. Gilbert,
B. Burum 
J. Greene
Shuai Chang
The Effect of Competition on Intragroup Dynamics and Creativity in Diverse Groups
F. Gino,
D. Gilbert
D. Gilbert
Cherish Connelly
The Bully and the Bullied: A study of the persistence and influence of the winner and loser effects
C. Dulac,
J. Bergan
J. Buckholtz
Trevor Coyle
The Pathway to LGBT Suicide: Integrating the Minority Stress Model and the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in Gender Minorities
J. Lehmiller
M. Nock
Margaret Crane
Modifying Working Memory Bias in Adults with Repetitive Negative Thoughts
R. McNally
J. Buckholtz
Alexander Diaz
Variations In The Memory Accuracy-Confidence Relationship:The Effects Of Thematic Similarity, Amount, Modality, And Complexity Of Information
M. Banaji,
C. Wilmuth
L. Somerville
Lauren DiNicola
Exploring the Role of Self-Control in Human Cooperation
J. Buckholtz
F. Warneken
Tatiana Dubose-Butler
Accent Beads: Effects of Linguistic Accent on Child Helping
P. Harris
F. Warneken
Francesca Fulciniti
Expectations about Emotional Congruency among Group Members: An Investigation of the Development of Reasoning about Groups, Emotions, and Empathy
E. Spelke,
A. Skerry 
 
S. Carey
Jennifer Hatfield
Representing Communicative Intent: Investigations of Early Sensitivity to Pedagogical Communication
E. Spelke,
A. Skerry
S. Carey
Cheng Li
Effects of First And Third Person Verbs On Primary Motor Cortex Activity: A TMS Investigation
A. Caramazza
Y. Xu
Anne McKenna
The Effects of Primary and Secondary Emotions on Moral Decision-Making
J. Greene,
E. Amit
L. Somerville
Arielle Rabinowitz
The Impact of Childhood Stress on Emotional Response in Early Adulthood
L. Somerville
M. Sheridan
Avia Tadmor
Reducing Memory Reconsolidation through Emotionally-Valenced, Modality-Specific Tasks
R. McNally
C. Hooker
Valeriya Tsitron
Learned Reward Context Modulates Self-Control: Effects of Impulsivity
J. Buckholtz
K. Nakayama
Rena Wang
The Progression of Conflict: Threat and Trust in Intergroup Relations
J, Sidanius,
M. Kappmeier
M. Krasnow
Xin Xiang
Would the Buddha Push the Man off the Footbridge?: Systematic Variations in the Moral Judgment and Punishment Tendencies of Han Chinese, Tibetans and Americans
J. Greene
F. Warneken
Xiaojing Yang
Birds of a Feather Learn Together: The Effect of Teacher-Student Similarity on Learning and Motivation
T. Rogers,
D. Gilbert
D. Gilbert