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	Student Editors for the 2007 – 2008 Academic Year - Clemson University - Psychology Andrew Alkis, Katrina Barnett, Erin Bourgeois, and Megan McConkey...
	The Long-term Effects of Daycare Attendance on Extraversion, Social Skills, and Adaptability Megan L. McConkey - Clemson University - Psychology The long-term effects of daycare attendance on extraversion, social skills, and adaptability were examined. It was hypothesized that individuals who attended daycare as children would exhibit higher levels of extraversion, social skills, and adaptability. Seventy-eight Clemson University students ...
	Applying the VIA-IS to Promote Flourishing Marriages Courtney Smith - Clemson University - Psychology Character strengths are positive forces and the use of these strengths has been shown to be profitable to individuals and their life satisfaction. …[C]haracter strengths can be further applied to the marriage setting. A wide array of studies could be conducted to understand the benefits of various s...
	Student Editors for the 2006 – 2007 Academic Year - Clemson University - Psychology Anderw Alkis, Will Andrews, Katrina Barnett, Erin Bourgeois, Ryan Chanko, Hallie Dempsey, Kathryn Hamilton, Megan McConkey, and Brandi Thompson...
	The Role of Sibling Relationships in the Development of Social Abilities Jackie Schneyer - Clemson University - Psychology Research on sibling relationships suggests that siblings are important in developing social abilities. The preset study hypothesizes that students who are close to their siblings will have closer friendships. Also, these friendships will be closer if the participants see and communicate less with ...
	Proceedings of the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson University August 1, 2007 - Clemson University - Psychology These abstracts summarize research presented at the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson, August 1, 2007. The presentations are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SES-0353698 (Clemson University’s NSF Summer Program in Applied Psychology), unless other...
	Effects of Altering Grammar and Spelling on Perceived Author Credibility Adam C. Stevens - Clemson University - Psychology This study aimed to examine the relationship between passage quality and perceived author credibility. Passage quality was defined as the number of mechanical errors in a text, whereas perceived author credibility was defined as the degree to which participants believed that the author was a reliabl...
	Student Editors for the 2005 – 2006 Academic Year - Clemson University - Psychology Will Andrews, Teresa Busha, Jenny Harmon, Courtney Patton, Jaclyn Rath, Lindsay Roether, Marquita Taylor, Brandi Thompson...
	Conscientiousness: Relationship to Performance and Performance Satisfaction on an Unprepared Measure of Logical Reasoning J. Adam Beeco - Clemson University - Psychology This study examined the relationships between conscientiousness, performance, and performance satisfaction. A logical reasoning task was used to assess performance, while surveys assessed the discrepancies between participants’ expectations of their task performance and their actual performance. The...
	Proceedings of the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson University August 2, 2006 - Clemson University - Psychology These abstracts summarize research presented at the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson, August 2, 2006. The presentations are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SES-0353698 (Clemson University’s NSF Summer Program in Applied Psychology), unless other...
	The Effect of Similar Physical Features on Perceived Levels of Attraction Jaclyn Rath - Clemson University - Psychology The repeated mere exposure hypothesis holds that individuals will view those who are genetically unrelated but have similar facial features as more attractive than those with dissimilar facial features. To investigate this hypothesis, the specific level of attraction that occurs between individuals ...
	Health Related v. Appearance Related Reasons for Exercise: Which Encourages People to Maintain an Exercise Program? Jenilee A. Hlavenka - Clemson University - Psychology What makes people sustain an exercise program? A large number of Americans are at an unhealthy weight, and are therefore at risk for serious health related problems (Flegal, Williamson, Pamuk, Rosenberg, 2004). The best way to maintain a healthy weight is to eat a balanced diet and exercise regularl...
	Aerobic Exercise and State Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Trait Anxiety Laura Cronin - Clemson University - Psychology Exercise is a beneficial and efficient way to improve one’s health status. Numerous studies have looked at both the physiological and psychological health benefits of physical exercise; however, studies that examine the relationship between exercise and psychological health, specifically anxiety, re...
	Student Editors for the 2004 - 2005 Academic Year - Clemson University - Psychology Jenilee Hlavenka, Jennifer Harmon, Katherine Hinds, Jaclyn Rath, Lindsay Roether, Marquita Taylor, and Brandi Thompson...
	Proceedings of the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson University - August 3, 2005 - Clemson University - Psychology These abstracts summarize research presented at the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson, August 3, 2005. The presentations are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SES-0353698 (Clemson University’s NSF Summer Program in Applied Psychology), unless otherw...
	Parent-Child Relationships and Honesty: Controlling for Social Desirability Kristen M. Zalusky - Clemson University - Psychology This study investigated the relationship between a child’s honesty and his or her openness with parents. Seventy-nine undergraduate students at Clemson University were surveyed to find if a reported high level of openness between the participant and his or her parents also revealed a high level of h...
	The Effects of Eating Small Snacks on Motion Sickness Amanda Elkins - Clemson University - Psychology There have been numerous studies done on the possible anti-emetic aspects of ginger; however, these studies have presented conflicting evidence of the effectiveness of ginger on motion sickness. There have also been studies to show that the cephalic vagal reflex may also inhibit motion sickness due ...
	Getting the User’s Attention: Comparing Two Mediums of Online Advertising Katherine Hinds - Clemson University - Psychology Two types of Internet banner advertisements were examined: banner advertisements that displayed a continuous image (static banner advertisements) and banner advertisements that alternated between two differently formatted images for the same product (alternating banner advertisements). The study was...
	The Thin Standard: Effects on Body Image Kendra Slatkavitz - Clemson University - Psychology Research by Thomeson (2002) supports the view that the media are reinforcing a cultural preference for thinness that is redefining the image of feminine attractiveness. Exposure to extremely thin media images leads many young women to internalize the images and place value on thinness. Adoption of...
	Student Editors for the 2003 – 2004 Academic Year - Clemson University - Psychology Katherine Hinds, Dabny Lynn, and Joseph Noto...
	Proceedings of the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson University - August 4, 2004 - Clemson University - Psychology These abstracts summarize research presented at the Conference on Applied Psychology, Clemson, August 4, 2004. The presentations are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SES-0353698 (Clemson University’s NSF Summer Program in Applied Psychology). Any opinions,...
	The Processes of Emotional Dampening as Related to Blood Pressure: A Pilot Study Leanne M. Whaley - Clemson University - Psychology Increased blood pressure has been found to be associated with emotional dampening, a reduction in both positive and negative emotional response. An endogenous opioid mechanism has been proposed as a mediator for this relationship. However, other mechanisms also could be working simultaneously with...
	Neurodevelopment and Autism Josh Plantz - Clemson University - Psychology Autism is a mental disorder that afflicts a multitude of patients, having lifetime effects on their cognitive and social abilities. This paper will describe in detail the process of neurodevelopment found in persons with properly formed nervous systems. This paper will also describe the different ...
	Student Editors for the 2002 – 2003 Academic Year - Clemson University - Psychology Anna Callicoat, Kia Douglas, Michelle English, Katherine Hinds, Scott Mirable, Joseph Noto, Hanan Trotman, and Azian Washington...
	The Effects of Regular Interaction with Pets and General Happiness Alicia Stribling - Clemson University - Psychology Pets are commonplace across all cultures, they are owned for a variety of reasons. This study look at whether people who have regular interactions with pets are happier with their lives than people who do not have regular interactions with pets. A correlational study was completed using 30 participa...
	Confidence and Work Team Performance: A Study of the Groupthink Phenomenon Hailey L. Ahlfinger - Clemson University - Psychology Janis’ Groupthink model was investigated with an experiment involving individual as well as group tasks along with a confidence measure. Twenty-one undergraduate students were instructed to complete a task involving trivia questions individually and then to complete the same task as a group. After e...
	The Effect of Personal Experience on Attitudes Towards the Mentally Ill Jessica McNab - Clemson University - Psychology It is often claimed that people who have had personal experience with a mentally ill person will have less bias towards the mentally ill than people who have not had such personal experience. This pilot study addressed this interesting issue. Forty participants were surveyed on various attitudes and...
	Peak-end Theory and Visual Stimuli of Mixed Valence Joseph Noto - Clemson University - Psychology Studies consistently show evaluations of past events that result in a unidirectional emotional response to be largely determined by the most intense and terminal ratings in real-time. The purpose of this study is to determine how these properties affect remembered quality ratings when assessed visua...
	The Development of Social Networks within Higher Education Learning Communities: Does Residential Living Have a Positive Impact? Camilla Jones - Clemson University - Psychology This study examines the influence residential living has on a student’s development of social networks within a learning community. Clemson University students within an on-campus residential learning community (First CLASS) and a learning community of on-campus students who did not all live togethe...
	Finding Your Way Around: Investigating the Navigational Structure of Websites Katherine Hinds - Clemson University - Psychology Thirty students at a mid-sized southeastern university were divided into two groups of 15. These groups were stratified according to the participants’ responses on a pre-experiment Computer Use Questionnaire. One group was asked to answer six questions of varying complexity, all of which could be fo...