Psychology Research Accepted for Regional Conference
Nearly 30 Truman undergraduates and seven faculty of the Psychology department have had their research accepted for presentation at the 2010 annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA) in Chicago this April.
The following will be presented during the Psi Chi poster sessions of MPA:
Title: Personality, Mood, and Life Events
Students: Jordan Constance & Paul Witte
Mentor: Jeffrey Vittengl
Title: The Testing Effect and Transfer Appropriate Processing
Students: Matthew Carlson & Sara Uhlenbrock
Mentor: Karen Smith
Title: The Humor Effect and Mood Congruence
Students: Anh Nguyen, Leah Kern, Lathe Mayfield, Dwuana Bradley & Lu Lu
Mentor: Karen Smith
Title: Odor as Mental Cues: Product Branding
Students: Tracy Mulderig & Yajie Yu
Mentor: Mark Hatala
Title: Friends and Lovers - How Relationships Affect Subjective Wellbeing
Students: Elizabeth Necka, Melinda Gross, Michaela Hoffman & Kristine Kastenbaum
Mentor: Michele Breault
Title: Eliminating the Attentional Blink Through Effective Cuing*
Students: Elizabeth Necka, David Carrell, Frankie Bruning & Joy Bulen
Mentor: Robert Tigner
Title: Ace your next test: The effect of post-hypnotic suggestion on academic performance
Students: Nick Jacobson, Sam Kramer & Amanda Tharp
Mentor: Sal Costa
Title: Personality’s Relationship with Involvement Among Students and Faculty
Student: Jennifer LaChapell
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
*Project was awarded a Regional Research Award by Psi Chi.
The following will be presented during the regular sessions of MPA:
Title: Job Burnout among Educators at Various Levels
Students: Tracy Muldering, Jennifer Schwend & Jennifer LaChapell
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
Title: Number of Response Options, Scale Length, and Score Reliability
Students: Jennifer LaChapell, Kyle Vanlttersum, Valerie Moody, Katherine Judd, Amelia Bobzien, Jennifer Schmidt, Taelor Cash & Tracy Muldering
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
Research to be presented during the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Program at MPA:
Title: Comparing Service Learning to Traditional Experience Learning:Is Service to the Community Really Necessary?
Students: Amelia Bobzien & Katherine Judd
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
The following will be presented during the Psi Chi poster sessions of MPA:
Title: Personality, Mood, and Life Events
Students: Jordan Constance & Paul Witte
Mentor: Jeffrey Vittengl
Title: The Testing Effect and Transfer Appropriate Processing
Students: Matthew Carlson & Sara Uhlenbrock
Mentor: Karen Smith
Title: The Humor Effect and Mood Congruence
Students: Anh Nguyen, Leah Kern, Lathe Mayfield, Dwuana Bradley & Lu Lu
Mentor: Karen Smith
Title: Odor as Mental Cues: Product Branding
Students: Tracy Mulderig & Yajie Yu
Mentor: Mark Hatala
Title: Friends and Lovers - How Relationships Affect Subjective Wellbeing
Students: Elizabeth Necka, Melinda Gross, Michaela Hoffman & Kristine Kastenbaum
Mentor: Michele Breault
Title: Eliminating the Attentional Blink Through Effective Cuing*
Students: Elizabeth Necka, David Carrell, Frankie Bruning & Joy Bulen
Mentor: Robert Tigner
Title: Ace your next test: The effect of post-hypnotic suggestion on academic performance
Students: Nick Jacobson, Sam Kramer & Amanda Tharp
Mentor: Sal Costa
Title: Personality’s Relationship with Involvement Among Students and Faculty
Student: Jennifer LaChapell
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
*Project was awarded a Regional Research Award by Psi Chi.
The following will be presented during the regular sessions of MPA:
Title: Job Burnout among Educators at Various Levels
Students: Tracy Muldering, Jennifer Schwend & Jennifer LaChapell
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
Title: Number of Response Options, Scale Length, and Score Reliability
Students: Jennifer LaChapell, Kyle Vanlttersum, Valerie Moody, Katherine Judd, Amelia Bobzien, Jennifer Schmidt, Taelor Cash & Tracy Muldering
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
Research to be presented during the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Program at MPA:
Title: Comparing Service Learning to Traditional Experience Learning:Is Service to the Community Really Necessary?
Students: Amelia Bobzien & Katherine Judd
Mentor: Teresa Heckert
