Research Activities

Students have the opportunity to engage in research and have the opportunity to interact with professional psychologists through Psychology Department-sponsored presentations and guest lectors.
 

Psychology Presentations at Heidelberg’s Annual Student Research Conference

 

16th Annual - February 19, 2009
  • Jay Cross, Julius Higginbotham, Amanda Jasko, Kasey Teynor - "The Effect of Violent Movie Clips and Violent Commercials on Memory" (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Virginia Gregg)
  • Deanna Laubis - "A Developmental Study of Stanley Yelnats from the book Holes" (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Virginia Gregg)
  • Elizabeth Uther - "A Developmental Analysis of Adolescent Themes in the Film Thirteen" (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Virginia Gregg)

 

15th Annual - February 19, 2008
  • Leanne Huckaby and Denise Wallace – “The Effect of Photographic and Illustrated Food Pictures on Perceived Hunger” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Virginia Gregg)
  • Justin Toft – “Distractions and Learning: How Popular Modes of Entertainment Affect Testing Recall” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)
  • Stephanie Kayser – “The Effects of Humor on Students with Statistics Anxiety” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)
  • Stephanie Kayser, Jessica Monday, Kristen Horvath and Tiffany Shiebley – “The Effects of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Students with Speaking Phobias” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)

 

 
14th Annual – February 20, 2007
  • Renee Hires – “Exploring Memory for Own- and Other-Race Faces: A Study of the Own-Race Bias in Caucasians” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Virginia Gregg)
  • Erin E. Poffenbaugh – “The Effect of Advertisements on University Students’ Perceptions of Clinical Depression” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Virginia Gregg)
  • Nathaniel Ellis, Gary Gondeck and Katie George – “Losing Sight of the Holidays” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)
 
13th Annual – February 16, 2006
  • Experimental Psychology Students – “Results of Heidelberg University Community Attitudes Survey” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)
  • Kelly Davis and Kelly Schaffer – “The Effects of Gender and Culture on the Correlation between Self-Esteem and Alcohol Consumption” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)
  • Dana Carnes – “An Investigation of Self-Focused Attention, Self-Esteem, and Body Image” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)