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How Can I Apply for Senior Honors Thesis?

Interested students should meet with their major advisors to discuss their desire to do a thesis. The department invites applicants for theses in the student's junior year. In order to be considered for departmental theses, a students must have an overall GPA of 3.3 and a psychology GPA of 3.3 and complete a two semester honors thesis with a grade of at least B+. If you are accepted to do an Honors Thesis, you would enroll for two semesters of Psychology 500 (Individual Research Thesis) beginning in either the second semester of junior year or the first semester of senior year.

At end of your project, a committee of three (advisor, another member of psychology department and a faculty member outside the psychology department) will read your written thesis and attend a presentation in which you will describe your thesis answer questions about your work.

The following are some examples of recent Honors Theses by Psychology students:

2007

Rusczek, Jacob R. The five-factor model of personality: A history and evaluation.

Peterson, Dana Nicole. Autism and social images in change blindness

Phinney, Rachael. Muslim Americans and their experiences.

Scrimgeour, Meghan. Empathy and aggression: A study of the interplay between empathy and aggression in preschoolers.

Wallace, Derron J. R. Dem a bleach out dem skin: An exploratory study of skin bleaching among urban Jamaican youth.

Akerman, Sean P. The tortured artist in the age of anxiety.

2006

Brais, Elizabeth. Preschoolersâ*˚ aggression: A study of gender schemas and gender-typed behaviors.

Maizner, Rose Neily. The female Muslim immigration experience in the United States: A qualitative study.

Ganley, Colleen. Student experience of the Math MCAS test: gender, achievement, and grade level.

2005

Bresler, Rebecca. Gender differences in the utilization of social support: The influence of social support in the development of depressive outcomes in first-year college students.

Harshbarger, Heather Ann. Breaking the silence: A review of the psychological literature on self-mutilation.

2004

Mahar, Taylor. Choice or la vida: A transatlantic study in abortion perceptions.

Oettinger, Catherine M. A bug crawled inΣ a bug flied out: An exploration of childrenâ*˚s concepts and scripts of illness.

Neale, Kelly Lynn. Assessing health-related quality of life of children treated for brain tumors.

Cristiano, Lauren. The effect of cognitive style on individualsâ*˚ responses to infants: Implication for non organic failure to thrive.

Gavett, Gretchen. There was nothing there. Nothing: An analysis of the female body, gender, and performance in the space of the prison.

2003

Smith, Devon E. Risk and resilience in college students: Different pathways to success in resilient and normative populations.

Jones, Jessica R. Gender differences in uses of support in at risk college students: How support influences resilient and vulnerable outcomes during the transition to college.

Hagan, Casey. Predictors of college athletesâ*˚ cognitive appraisals in challenging athletic situations.

Litner, Lisa. Teaching social skills to children: A proposed investigation of sharing.

2002

Gove, Jared Fiske. An exploration of pluralistic ignorance and a subsequent intervention to correct it: Implications for smoking on college campuses.

Barents, Jill M. Sex differences in predicting depression: life events and problem-solving skills.

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