Craig Palsson and Dr. Joseph Price, Department of Economics For a long time, there has been a significant gap between the standards of movie goers and the standards of Hollywood. Walsh and Gentile (2001) show that though parents usually agree with Hollywood when it says something is inappropriate for children, they often disagree with Hollywood […]
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A Modern Ethnohistorical Understanding of Ancient Plant Use, Emphasis on the Fremont Near Goshen, Utah, Insight into Diet and Medicine
Madison Mercer and Dr. Michael Searcy, Department of Anthropology The research for this project began in August 2011 and finished in April 2012. The goal was to understand how plants were anciently used for food or medicine. To determine this, archaeological data would have to be coupled with more modern ethnographic data of living peoples. […]
Religious Influence on Adolescents and Their Parents Faculty Mentor: Sam Hardy, Psychological Sciences
Carrolyn McMurdie and Dr. Sam Hardy, Department of Psychology For decades, research has shown religious involvement and religious belief to predict positive outcomes for adolescents and adults, including better physical and mental health, fewer risk-taking behaviors, and greater involvement in moral or pro-social and helping behaviors (Hood, Hill, & Spilka, 2009). However, the current body […]
Positional Segregation in Sport: How Rugby Introduces New Ethnicities to Research
Dylan Lubbe and Dr. Mikaela Dufur, Department of Sociology Modern scientists continue to argue over an issue that has existed since the first time a person realized that his or her skin was a slightly different shade or tint than someone else’s: Does skin color serve as an indicator for something deeper? The conversation about […]
A Little Help for My Friends: Do Foreign Aid Donors Reject NGOs in Favor of their Blatantly Corrupt Allies?
Nicholas Jones and Dr. Darren Hawkins, Department of Political Science Our research examines whether donor countries care about the quality of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) when giving foreign aid to poor countries. When donor states give foreign aid to recipient states, such the US giving foreign aid to Uganda, the donor states must choose what is […]
Faith-related Prejudice in Admission to Clinical Psychology Graduate School Programs
Elizabeth Hoose and Dr. Jeffrey Reber, Department of Psychology Little research has been done on prejudice against people of faith. Several studies indicate that fundamental or evangelical Christians face the effects of prejudice especially in educational settings (Ressler & Hodge, 2006). In particular, two surveys of Christian social workers inquiring about their professional experience in […]
Rethinking FDI: China’s Geopolitical Move into Europe
John Harris and Dr. Wade Jacoby, Department of Political Science The magnitude of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (FDI) flows has skyrocketed in the past decade. In the wake of the Chinese “Going Out” policy, many high profile Chinese firms are buying up companies in all regions of the world. It is curious that Chinese […]
Youth Self-Efficacy As A Predictor of Youth Symptoms and Psychotherapy Outcomes
Brooke Daniels-Brown and Dr. Jared Warren, Department of Psychology The purpose of the project was to examine youth self-efficacy as it relates to youth symptoms and treatment outcomes in a community mental health setting. From analyzing the collected data, results suggest that youth self-efficacy may act as a moderator and potential mediator in youth mental […]
Faithism in the Classroom
Frank Bright and Dr. Jeffrey Reber, Department of Psychology The purpose of my study was to see if there was any connection between a professor’s openness about his or her faith and the view formed of that professor by his or her students. One recent study (Reber & Slife, In Press) has shown that new […]
Gender and the Hindsight Bias: An Economic Experiment
Jacqueline Andros and Dr. Joseph Price, Department of Economics Hindsight bias, or the psychological tendency to think that we “knew it all along,” has been studied for over fifty years but no study has yet thoroughly documented the specific role that gender plays in an individual’s susceptibility to this effect. This is somewhat surprising, since […]