Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2003

 

AuthorLibrary No.Thesis TitleSupervisor(s)Reader(s)
Emily Adkins
P931
The importance of motivations for and psychological commitment to exercise in the link between excessive exercise and eating disorders
P. Keel
S. Hermes,
D. Pizzagalli
Frances Chen
MBB/CBB
P932
The evolution of cooperation: Reciprocal altruism in the cottontop tamarin (Sanguinus oedipus)
M. Hauser
S. Carey,
E. Spelke
Melissa Chu
P933
The effects of information and rumination on accuracy of affective forecasts
E. Driver-Linn
D. Gilbert,
S. Golub
Abigail Garcia
P934
Perceived satisfaction within parent-child interactions:
Effects on adolescent disruptive behavior
N. Ambady, 
L. McCloseky
N. Ambady,
J. Steele
Anna Glezer
MBB/Psypathology
P935
Memory biases in depression: A slow-wave psychophysiological approach
P. Deldin
N. Ambady,
N. Snidman
Adam Grant
P936
Determinants of individual and group project success: Toward a social ecological model of group effectiveness
B. Little
R. Hackman,
T. Ben-Shachar
Alexander Jordan
P937
Practice effects of thought suppression
D. Wegner,
M. Kozak
R. McNally,
D. Wegner
Raymond Kim 
Psy/Ec
P938
Systematic psychological biases in asset pricing
N. Epley/Psy,
R. Neugeboren  /Ec
E. Langer /Psy,
P. Tetlock /Ec
Steve Kim
MBB/CBB
P939
Contributions of rat prefrontal cortex to behavioral flexibility during spatial navigation
M. Baxter
J. Rodefer,
H. Eichenbaum
Tiffany Lai
MBB/CBB
P940
Retrieval instructions and false recognition: Testing the limits of the distinctiveness heuristic
D. Schacter,
A. Wiseman
M. Leichtman,
D. Schacter
Carlene MacMillan
MBB/Psychopathology
P941
Can the MacArthury Story-Stem Battery identify "worrisome" aggression in preschool children?
P. Keel,
J. Gralinski-Bakker
S. Carson,
J. Steele
Dennis Mak
P942
Framing effects and tax credits
N. Epley
P. Stone,
D. Sorensen
Emily Murphy 
MBB/CBB
P943
The effect of PD010 inhibition on frontal and striatal behavioral performance in a subchronic PCP model of schizophrenia
M. Baxter
J. Rodefer,
C. Schmidt
Kristin Naragon
Music/Psych
P944
The perception of timbre as an organizational structure in nontonal 20th century music
E. Spelke/Psy, 
J. Fineberg/Mus
J. Snedeker/Psy
Veronica Rivera
P945
Gender differences in aging and how they affect health status in the elderly population
D. Powell
A. Hwang,
N. Ambady
Dina Roumiantseva
Psy/Bio
P946
Development of irony comprehension in 5-6 year old children
J. Snedeker
E. Spelke,
 L. Wagner
Matthew Tomey 
MBB/CBB
P947
Assessing basal cholinergic mediation of dentate gyrus plasticity via tandem lesions to the medial septum/vertical limb of the diagonal band and perforant path in rats
M. Baxter
J. Rodefer,
J. Morrison
Sarahn Wheeler
P948
Children's knowledge of cancer
G.  Solomon,
S. Carey
S. Carey,
R. Astuti
Joseph Whitchurch
P949
Guilty by association: Overly harsh predictions of observer evaluations for an associate's actions
N. Epley
D. Wegner,
M. Kozak