Psychology students, faculty present research
Psychology Department faculty and students recently presented research at the 79th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association on March 13 to 16, in Boston. The following posters were presented:
- Kaitlin Sherman Megan Pfleegor presented "Parenting styles and parental illness predict psychological adjustment in college students." Faculty mentors were Eileen Astor-Stetson and Brett Beck.
- Isaac Mailleue presented "The ability of parenting variables to predict aggression in college students." Faculty mentors were Eileen Astor-Stetson and Brett Beck.
- Kimberly Juliano presented "The Effects of Using a Quantitative Task on Performance Ratings of College Students." Faculty mentor was Winona Cochran.
- Tarah Henrie presented "Competence Recognition on a Cognitive-Motor Task." Faculty mentor was Winona Cochran.
- Daria Larned presented "Post-Modern Paradox: Relationships Among Digital Communication, Social Alienation, and Loneliness." Faculty mentor was Winona Cochran.
- Michael Resh presented "Creating an Academic Studying Paradigm: Relationships between Personality Characteristics, Study Habits, Study Environments, and Motivation of College Students." Faculty mentor was Jeffrey Leitzel.
- Laura Hafner presented "Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Religiosity Among College Students and Elders." Faculty mentor was Marion Mason.
- Michael DeWald presented "Relationship of Faith Maturity to Certainty of Belief and Receptiveness to Alternatives." Faculty mentor was Marion Mason.
- Faculty members John Waggoner and Amy Covill presented "Students' Names Influence Future Teachers' Expectations for Academic Success."
- Faculty member Amy Covill presented "Using Formal Peer Review of Student Writing in College Psychology Classes Versus Formal and Informal Self-Review."
Shown from left are students Lindsay Huff, Christopher Hampton (partly blocked), Leann Richards, Kimberly Juliano, faculty member Jeffrey Leitzel, and students Michael Resh, Amanda Miller and Tarah Henrie.
Covill's research won a best poster in session award from The Society for the Teaching of Psychology. The award includes an invitation to present this research at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in 2009. Thanks to the Special Initiatives Fund at BU, English major Andrew Stout, is currently assisting Covill with additional analyses for this project.