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

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 College 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 College 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)