Ryan Woodbury and Dr. Sam Hardy, Department of Psychology As mentioned in my proposal, we sought to understand adolescents’ and parents’ perceptions of religious norms and how those norms predicted adolescents’ positive and negative behaviors. We asked six questions to help guide our research: What do adolescents think their religions encourage and discourage? What behaviors do parents […]
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Examining the Relationship Between Graduation Rates and Minority Rates in Utah High School
Stephen Richards and Dr. Eric Eide, Department of Economics The humorist Dave Barry has said, “The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.” I think he’s right, but I presume to add […]
A Theory of Motivated Recall: Determinants of Recall of Political Information
Robert Richards and Dr. Christopher Karpowitz, Department of Political Science Background Research, Hypotheses A great deal of political research has analyzed how people form their opinions about candidates and issues. Two models, drawing heavily from cognitive psychology have emerged: the memory-based model (Zaller and Feldman 1992; Huckfeldt et al 1999) and the on-line model (Taber, […]
Do You Know How to Dance?: Mediating Identity Through Film and Dance in Visakhapatnam, India
Kaitlin Patterson and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Department of Anthropology I went to India to study gender relations in the family, but as I spent more time there I came to know a group of striking individuals and instead focused my research on a similar topic, film as a mediator of culture, but in this case […]
Extracurricular Associations: Does Participation in Extracurricular Activities with Advantaged Peers Increase College Enrollment
Aaron Miles and Dr. Benjamin Gibbs, Department of Sociology Our project has culminated with a presentation at the 2012 American Sociological Association conference in Denver, and is currently under review at the journal Social Science Research. We hope to heard back in the coming weeks in regarding its status, hopefully receiving a revise and resubmit. […]
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 […]
To Stand on Their Own Legs: Independence and Other Motivations for Women’s Pursuit of Post- Graduate Studies, and Their Parents’ Influence on Them, in Vishakhapatnam India
Colleen McDermott and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Department of Anthropology In recent years, there have been countless studies on the benefits of educating women. Though there is a general consensus on the positive results of women’s education, their access to education is still rather limited in many areas of the world. One such area is India, […]
Short-Distance Cultural Remittances of Shakti among Domestic Workers in Vizag, India
Kirk Hepburn and Dr. Charles Nuckolls, Department of Anthropology The project under question has taken turns dramatic enough to make it nearly unrecognizable and its title almost entirely inapplicable. Problems, faced early in research but insurmountable, make it necessary that the collected data be used for purposes beside my original intent. While I originally planned […]
Attitudes about Educating Girls and Internet Use in Southeast Asia
Hayley Heath and Dr. Renata Forste, Department of Sociology Based on survey data from seven countries in Southeast Asia, I examined the association between internet use and attitudes about the importance of educating girls. The sample is of 6,604 adults. Using logistic regression techniques, I found that the data supported my hypothesis; internet use is […]
Authoritarianism and Immigration Attitudes
Jessica Biggs and Dr. Christopher Karpowitz, Department of Political Science The purpose of this project was to study whether exposing survey participants to information about immigration change will affect participants with high levels of authoritarianism. This project focused on whether individuals with high levels of authoritarianism will have higher levels of cognitive dissonance when presented […]