Approved Thesis Proposals - Class of 2005

 

Author


Ricardo ALANIS

Thesis Title


Psychological effects of relinquishing control

Supervisors


J. Preston,
D. Wegner

Readers


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