Michael Zhang and Dr. Harold Miller, Psychology To begin, I believe that the process of grant proposal writing was very important to both formulating my research idea and design as well as requesting the necessary assistance for the realization of this project. The idea which was developed has its origins with prominent psychologist, George Ainslie—personal […]
Infant Habituation: 5 – and 7 – month year olds
Nichole Wojciechowski and Dr. Ross Flom, Psychology Department Infant habituation is a common method for assessing infant cognition. Habituation means becoming accustomed to any given stimuli leading to the participant becoming bored with the given stimuli. By becoming habituated to a certain stimuli, the person or animal is then able to show discrimination, meaning they […]
Using Behavioral and Physiological Measures of Anxiety in Autism
Katherine Taylor and Dr. Mikle South Main Text The purpose of my study was to examine behavioral and physiological measures of anxiety in an effort to understand the appearance of anxiousness in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). With the help of my mentor, Dr Mikle South, and his other research assistants, I modified Ned […]
After-School Violence in Samoa
Devan Stevens Introduction In the Polynesian Islands of Samoa, there is a prevalence of after-school violence associated with school rivalries that is of serious concern to the local governments and community members. There is a paucity of research done in Samoa concerning adolescent aggression. Thus, the need for research is great. Samoan newspapers frequently report […]
Effects of Chronic Ethanol on VTA GABA Neuron Synaptic Activity
Stephanie Sandoval and Dr. Scott Steffesen, Psychology The mesocortico limbic system is implicated in drug reward. An important substrate underlying chronic effects of ethanol on Dopamine (DA) neurotransmission in the mesolimbic pathway is gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA)(Ludlow et al. 2009). VTA GABAergic interneurons are the primary inhibitory regulator […]
Exploring a Potential Prejudice against Theism in Social Psychology
Allen Sabey and Dr. Brent D. Slife, Psychology Main Text In the world of psychological thought and theory, psychologists attempt to explain human behavior. In this attempt, biases and prejudices are crucial to identify and discuss. Prejudices and biases tend to distort or exclude interpretations or explanations that could be meaningful for certain people or […]
The Mediated Effects of Moral Identity on Religiosity and Prosocial Behaviors
David Rackham and Dr. Sam Hardy, Psychology Proposed Project The proposed project sought to examine moral identity as a mediation of relations between religiosity and positive and negative behaviors among emerging adults. Upon receipt of the ORCA grant in February 2010, Dr. Hardy and I began the data analysis. The analysis was performed on a […]
The Absent God: Do Implicit Biases Influence Current Prayer Research?
Chase O’Gwin and Dr. Brent Slife, Psychology Department Main Text In a recent article Dr. Slife and Reber (2009) make an argument that there is a pervasive bias against theism in psychological research. They state that in the effort to remain neutral towards religious thinking, including Christian theism, the science of psychology has become implicitly […]
The Efficacy of Using Animal-Assisted Therapy to Decrease Maladaptive Behaviors in Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Trisha Markle and Dr. Gary Burlingame, Psychology This study is currently still in progress. We are in the final stages of a pilot study that was supported by this ORCA grant. A new and funded version of the study will begin in January based upon the findings of the pilot. As noted in our IRB, […]
Infants’ Intermodal Perception of Canine (Canis familairis) Facial Expressions and Vocalizations
Jacob Jones and Dr. Ross Flom, Department of Psychology Several studies have shown that in the first months of life, infants discriminate faces and speech sounds under a diverse range of conditions. These results suggest that infants’ capacity to discriminate faces and speech sounds changes over the course of development: Younger, but not older, infants […]
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