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Approved Honors Proposals: Class of 2005

Author

Thesis Title

Supervisors

Readers

Ricardo ALANIS

Psychological effects of relinquishing control

J. Preston
D. Wegner

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
_____ /Wom St

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
_____ /Ec

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
_____ /Ec

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
_____ /WomSt

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

_____ /Ec
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
_____ RomL

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

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