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)
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Stephanie Kayser – “The Effects of Humor on Students with Statistics Anxiety” (Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Traci Stark)
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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)
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Comm. & Theatre Arts Computer Information Systems
Computer Science Criminal Justice
Economics
Education
English
Environmental Science
Forensic Science
German
Health and Physical Education
HELI
History
Honors Program
International Studies
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Relations
Religion
Spanish
Sport Management
