Honors Project History
| Undergraduate Special Honors in Psychology Name | Year | Topic |
| Blanchard, Donnamarie | 1995 | The Effect of Knowledge of the Americans with Disabilities Act Upon Attitudes Toward Hiring Individuals with a Physical Disability |
| Bolivar, Blanca | 2001 | Why do children play Pokeman? The influences of Gender and Social Status |
| Borstein, Sheila | 1989 | A Survey of Perceived Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with Sexuality in the Older Adult |
| Boswell, Germayne | 1976 | The Influence of One's Personality Upon Dormitory Selection |
| Bowen, Michelle | 1989 | The Cognitive Interview: Refined to Include Random Sequential Ordering of Questions and Misleading Post Event Information |
| Brennan, Amanda | 2007 | Social and Informational Uses of the Internet: A Gender and Generational Comparison |
| Buchanan, Jessica | 2003 | Effects of background music on word list recall |
| Clever, Stacy | 2004 | The Effect of Induced Stress Level on Performance Among Those High and Low in Neuroticism |
| Coppa, Stephanie | 2009 | When Azul is Yellow and Madre is Green: Using the Stroop Task to Explore Language Organization in Bilinguals |
| Cristo, Katherine | 2007 | The Psychology of Tipping |
| Cunningham, Julie | 2008 | An Investigation of Gender Differences in the Experience of Flow among Runners |
| DeJulio, Colette | 2005 | Matching of Therapist to Client Characteristics: Increasing Therapeutic Success |
| Dellow, Susan | 1987 | Metamemory in the Institutionalized and the Nonininstitutionalized Elderly |
| Elacqua, Tina | 1992 | Factors Affecting the Adjustment Among First Year Students At a Women's College |
| Eldred, Darnae | 1993 | Children's Creative Writing: A Content Analysis for Gender, Age and Cohort Differences |
| Fisher, Mary | 1988 | The Relationship Between Religiosity and Alcohol Consumption of College Women |
| Flannery, Elizabeth | 1977 | Expectancies of Success and Causal Attributions in Relation to Sex, Task and Outcome |
| Fleischman, Beth | 1976 | A Correlation Study Between Personality Traits of College Students and Major Fields of Study |
| Fosmire, Amanda | 2002 | Eating Habits of College Students and How They Differ Across Residency, Ethnicity, Gender and Age |
| Fosmire, Eldora | 1991 | Perceptions of Family Cohesion and Power in Traditional Aged College Women During Typical and Conflictual Times |
| Fullum, Lori | 1991 | When do children become aware of their body image and when do children form negative attitudes toward obesity? |
| Gilman, Debra | 1987 | A Needs Assessment of the Counseling Center at RSC |
| Gladstone-Strobel, Abby | 1999 | The Effect of Inclusion on the Peer Perceptions of Efficacy, Academic Success, and Sociometric Choice, of Students with Disabilities |
| Glowatsky, Phyllis | 1980 | The Effect of Father Presence vs. Father Absence on Varieties of Achievement Motivation |
| Guay, Jennifer | 2007 | Self-disclosure and Risk Perception: Adolescents' use of social networking sites on the Internet |
| Herbert, Leslie | 1993 | Connoted Meaning of Descriptive Terms Across Food Nutrients |
| Hood, Teresa | 1987 | The Effect of "However" on Comprehension of Expository Text by College Students |
| Izzo, Jane | 2000 | Transfer Student Adjustment at a Four-Year, Liberal Arts, Women's College |
| Johnson, Karin | 1982 | College Women's Performance Self-Esteem As a Function of Choices of Professional or Liberal Arts Major and Class |
| Jones, Terry | 1990 | An Application of Bandura's Self-Efficacy Theory in a Field Study to Determine the Conversational Antecedents of Yelling Behavior of People Who Have Schizophrenia, Disordered Eating, and Body Dissatisfaction |
| Khan, Samira | 2005 | Modulation of crayfish behavior by means of altering light and dark cycles |
| Knighton, Lili | 1997 | College Women's Experiences of Empowerment |
| Kwiatkowski, Katherine | 2000 | Russell Sage Students' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness: A Comparison with a National Sample |
| Lattimore, Alison | 1993 | Beliefs of Adult Children of Alcoholics: Spirituality and World Assumptions |
| LeGrys, Wendy | 1978 | A Comparison of Nursing Majors and Physical Education Majors With Respect to Their Career Influences, Perceived Sex Role and the Stereotypes of the Careers |
| Lemery, Robin | 1992 | The Effects of Abstinence in Recovering Alcoholics on Suicide Attempts |
| Lineberry, Lisa |
1989 |
The Effects of Locus of Control, Assertiveness and Social Support on Stress in Female College Students |
| Luciano, Sarah | 2005 | Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Students' Perception of Classroom Climate |
| Lyford, Michele | 1989 |
Families' Suggestions for Improvement of the Type of Respite Care They Utilize |
| Lyman, Kathy | 1980 | The Effects of Stress on Eating Behavior |
| Lyons, Heather Bea | 1996 | Evaluating Menstruation: Preparation, Practice and Affect |
| Magee, Diana | 1984 | Day Care: The Working Mother's Perspective and Other Related Issues |
| Maher, Marie | 1995 | The Effect of Visual Perception on Mental Imagery Processes Used in Working Spatial Problems |
| Malone, Kelly | 2007 | Effect of light on Aggressive Motivation in Crayfish |
| Marcil, Ellen | 1983 | The Feminine Sex-Role and Style of Influence |
| Mazzota, Amy | 1992 | Effect of Film Induced Positive Mood on the Eating Behavior of Emotional and Restrained Eaters |
| McCarthy, Margaret | 1993 | The Psychosocial Effects of Parental Alcoholism on Children |
| McGarry, Joseph | 1996 | Correlation of PK Scale Scores to Dissociative Experiences Scale Scores in a Substance Abuse Population |
| Melton, Jennifer | 2007 | Undergraduate Identity Development: A New Measure of Marriage and Family Identity Status |
| Mesch, Andrew | 1995 | Adults with Asthma: The Relationship Between Asthma and Medication Use, Anxiety Sensitivity and Coping Strategies |
| Michelson, Kara | 1995 | What is Beautiful is Worth Helping |
| Miller, Christine | 1984 | The Personality Between the Artwork: Case Studies of Three Artists |
| Monroe, Amanda | 2007 | Procrastinate your way to the top: A closer look at active versus passive procrastination |
| Morris, Karen | 1989 | Do Major and Class Year in College Influence Test Anxiety? |
| Mulqueen, Maryellen | 1977 | Are There Sex Differences In Mythical and Factual Knowledge of Rape? |
| Murray, Kerry | 1995 | Women's Body Image Perceptions and the Effect on Food Selection/Consumption |
| Jeanne Mrozinski | 2003 | Womens Satisfaction with College: Different for Single-Sex and Coeducational students? |
| O'Donnell, Eileen | 1987 | The Occipital Cortical Thickness of Male Rats, 54 Days Apart in Age, Housed Together: Age Specific and Mixed |
| Ouellette, Amy | 2001 | Health Risk Behavior in the College Population, the Treatment and Perception in College Health Centers, and the Coverage in Campus Newspapers |
| Palmer, Denise | 1993 | The Relationship of Mothers' and Fathers' to the Self-Esteem Development of Daughters |
| Porter, Angela | 1998 | Alcohol Use in a College Setting: Comparing Traditional Age Female Students, Returning Women, and Female College Employees |
| Pulver, Marby | 1977 | The Investigation of Selected Psychological Aspects Which Influences a Woman High School Gymnast Competitor |
| Qualtere, Camille | 1978 | The Influence of Bilingualism on Performance In Three WISC Subtests |
| Reles, Lisa | 2007 | The effect of light and shaking stress on agonistic interactions in crayfish |
| Sacco, Catherine | 1984 | Drinking Patterns and Practices of Students at RSC |
| Sargent, Mary | 1980 | The Effect of a Left-Handed Drawing Task on the Creative Functioning of Right-Handed RSC Women |
| Schoonbeck, Lucinda | 1997 | Body Dissatisfaction and Attitudes towards Liposuction, The Effects of Expectancy Disconfirmation and Similarity upon Persuasion |
| Schubmehl, Amelia | 2008 | A Comparison of T-Regulatory cells in a subpopulation of mice with Lupus erythematosus |
| Scull, Lianna | 2004 | The Effect of Intimate Romantic Relationships in Adolescence on Self-Esteem among Emerging Adults |
| Shinkle, Sarah | 2009 | The Effect of Work and School Congruence on Job Satisfaction among College Students |
| Siegmann, Sara | 1992 |
Asking Questions in Math: the Influences of Gender, Goal, Orientation and Perceived Math Ability |
| Slatcher, Ruth Anne | 1987 | Personal Factors Differentiating Compatible and Incompatible Roommates |
| Sullivan, Elizabeth | 1996 | Women's Choice of College Major: An Investigation of Personality Variables |
| Szary, Jane | 1979 | Acknowledged Jealousy vs. Jealousy Manifested on the 16PF |
| Tassone, Annette | 1987 | The Effects of Dimensional Preferences and Experimenter's Stimulus Demonstration on the Concepts Area Sorting Task on the DIAL-R |
| Thav, Rebecca | 1987 | The Susceptibility Of Children Of Alcoholics To Eating Disorders And/Or Alcoholism |
| Tracy, Katharine | 2005 | Effects of photoperiod on crayfish aggressive behavior and gender differences |
| Vadnais, Krista | 1997 | College Women's Perceptions of High School and College Friends |
| VanAlstyne, Ruth | 1987 | The Influence of Self Esteem, Interest Compatibility, Sexual Exclusiveness, and Degrees of Commitment on the Experience of Jealousy Feelings and Behaviors |
| Warshaw, Diane | 1986 | Teachers' Perceptions of Undergraduate College Students |
| Watrous, Lorena | 1983 | Early Peer Interactions: A Comparison of Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors |
| Weber, Katrina | 1998 | Self-Esteem, Intimacy, and Coping within the Mother-Daughter Relationship |
| Werlin, Barbara | 1976 | Differences in Dormitory Environments at RSC as Assessed By The University Residence Environment Scale |
| Wyczawski, Windy | 2005 | Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Derogation and the Perception of Threat among Women |
| Zajesky, Virginia | 1998 | How Returning Women Cope With Multiple Roles |
| Ziegler, Christina | 1989 | Personal and Situational Influences On Attributions of Blame Made to Spinal Cord Injured Persons |
