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Honors Projects

Undergrad Research

Many Psychology majors choose to complete an Honors project on a topic of their interest. Most or all of the work associated with an Honors project is done in the senior year, though it may be begun earlier, and culminates in a research or critical paper or its counterpart in the creative arts.

Here's a recent sampling of Honors projects completed by Psychology majors:

2008-09 (in progress):

  • Allison Art '09: Increasing Stamina to Combat Racial Anxiety in Interratial Interactions
    Prof. Jonathan Iuzzini, Adviser
  • Tara Gentile '09: Individual Differences in Empathic Accuracy: Personality and Romantic Relationships
    Prof. Jonathan Iuzzini, Adviser
  • Alexandra Haseotes '09: Effects of Single-sex Versus Co-ed Academic Environments on the Admired Qualities of High School Females
    Prof. Ronald Gerrard, Adviser
  • Katherine (Casey) Marshall: The Kindergarten Literacy Initiative Project: A Look into the Factors Associated With Early Literacy of Incoming Kindergarteners
    Prof. Julie Newman Kingery, Adviser
  • Tyson R. Reuter '09: Friendship Quality and Adjustment in College Students
    Prof. Julie Newman Kingery, Adviser

2007-08

  • Mark L. Abroms '08: Implications of Attachment Styles and Conflict Resolution Strategies on Relationship Satisfaction: Integration of Behavioral and Self-Report Measures
    Prof. Masataka Nunokawa, Adviser
  • Sadé M. Jones '08: A Social Psychological Examination of the Predictors of Positive and Negative Interracial Interactions on Predominantly White College Campuses
    Prof. Jonathan Iuzzini, Adviser
  • Shyamia A. Stone '08: A Social Psychological Examination of the Predictors of Positive and Negative Interracial Interactions on Predominantly White College Campuses
    Prof. Jonathan Iuzzini, Adviser
  • Rachel A.M. Sumner '08: Einstein and Me: Personality Moderators of Assimilation and Contrast Effects
    Prof. Ronald Friedman, Adviser

2006-07

  • Carrie E. Miller '07: Spontaneous Grouping of Words into Phrase-Like Units in an Artificial Language Learning Paradigm
    Prof. Susan P. Thompson, Adviser

2005-06

  • James C. Gray '06: Constraint Induced Learning: Conditioning, Compensation, and Metacognition in the Motor System
    Prof. Uta Wolfe, Adviser
  • Suprita Kudesia: Pet Facilitated Therapy: Exploring the Forgotten Perspectives of Pet Handlers
    Profs. Michelle L. Rizzella and Andrew S. Walters, Advisers

 

CLUBS

The Psychology Society and Active Minds are student-run organizations that may be of interest to students studying psychology.

For more information about these organizations or to learn about starting your own psychology-themed club, contact Cully Seamans (seamans@hws.edu) in the Office of Student Activities.