Comps, honors papers, and prize-winning works of the Psychology Department are featured here. All works have been self-submitted by the student authors. Descriptive information about each work is available to search or browse. Access to the full text of the works is limited to current Carleton affiliates with faculty permission. Learn more about how to submit your work and how to request access to the full text of works.
In addition to this digital archive, physical copies of the Psychology comps from the past five years are available for browsing in Music Hall 313.
Submissions from 2025
Naema Abdi, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Spread and Acceptance of Misinformation: Why is it so Easy to Believe And Share Fake News?
Kara Achilles, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Susceptibility to Substance Use Disorder and Mood Disorders in Females with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia as a Result of Organizational Effects of Prenatal Androgens
Morgan Arnold, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Sex Differences in the HPA axis: A Cause of the Gender Depression Gap in Women
Laura J. Boyd and Lily M. Vargo, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Triple Threat: Introducing a Three-Pronged Interaction Between Hormones, the Gut Microbiome, and Postpartum Depression Pathogenesis
Shanti Chier, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Debate on Bilingualism and Executive Function: Is There a Cognitive Advantage?
Kyla Christie, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Methodological Practices in Perceptual Narrowing Research on Speech Perception and Facial Recognition
Ella Collins, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Mental Well-being of Adolescents
Aaliya Crews, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, A Literature Review of Loneliness in the Elderly
Eva Fischer, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Is ADHD a Universal Disorder or Culture-Bound Syndrome? A Cross Cultural Review
Claire Holmes, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Operational Definitions and Validity in Expert versus Novice Differences in Athlete Decision-Making
Echols Iyengunmwena, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Revolutionizing Opioid Addiction Treatment: Longitudinal Study Exploring the Promise of Ibogaine
Lily Johnston, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Cultural Foundations of Harmony: A Psychological Exploration of Authority, Conformity and Cooperation in China’s Collectivist Society
Hannah Knapp, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Demystifying PMS and Mood: A Systematic Review of Measurement Practices
Breanna A. Lefevers-Scott, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Mass Hysteria: A New Case?
Sophia Lenzer, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Adolescent Stress Influences Organization of Sex-Specific Neuroendocrine Mechanisms and Female Sexual Functioning in Adulthood
Malvika Malhotra and Sofia Santamaria Germani, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Sex Differences in Brain Activation Patterns and Strategies during Cognitive Tasks of Verbal Fluency and Spatial Rotation
Grace Malooly, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Head and the HRT: The Psychological Effects of Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Women
George McAdams, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Anxiety’s Influence on Persuasibility: An Integrative Review
Cristopher Melo Mejia and Nelson Hernan Serrano, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, From Misdiagnosis to Meaningful Care: Culture and Acculturation in Latino Mental Health
Ella Shriner, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Effect of Awe Experienced in Nature on Small-self and Prosocial Behavior
Miriam Shteyman, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: A Review of Methodological Approaches
Annanya Sinha, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Gender Affirmed: A Systematic Review of Gender Dysphoria & Mental Health in Transgender People
Isaac Smalley, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, A Systematic Review of Visual Competition Effects in the Visual World Paradigm
Keon Staples, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Offline and Online Racial Discrimination: State of the Research
Georgia Walker, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, Gender Identity and Gender Incongruence in Children: A Review of Measurement and Data Collection Practices
Emerald Wang, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Influence of Life Stressors on Cognitive Decline in a NW Monkey Model of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Nayeli Williams, Psychology (PSYC) 2025, The Psychology of the Polls: How Social Forces Shape Voting Behaviors
Submissions from 2024
Neenah Bosman, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Childhood Maltreatment: Outcomes and Measurement Variations
Huanchen Cai, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You: A Systematic Review of Perceived Discrimination and Intraminority Intergroup Relations
Benjamin Chamberlain, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Nurture and Neuroimaging: Integrating Neurodevelopmental Changes Associated with Childhood Trauma and Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Treatment
Nancy Cullen, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Dreaming Girl, Bouncing Boy: Sex Differences in Executive Functioning in ADHD
Skylar Duru, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Ketamine and Tetris: Combining PTSD Treatment Methods
Nyemade Fallah, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Measurement of Emotion Recognition in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Ian Ferrucci, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Considering Classical Psychedelics in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Isabel Folger and Yichen Zhang, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, The Effects of Immersiveness on the Restorative Impact of Nature Exposure
Emma Henry, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Are Addictive Behaviors Freely Chosen? Implications for Moral and Legal Responsibility
Adina Holloway, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, A Review of African Americans' Racial Appearance Bias
Liam Kennedy, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, The Viability of Classic Psychedelics as a Treatment for Substance Use Disorder: Emerging Evidence
Catherine Marvin, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Ketamine's Crossroads: A Neurological Journey Through Depression, PTSD, and Anxiety Disorders
Catherine Merchant, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Evaluating Measurement Practices in the Literature on Adverse Childhood Experiences
Kai Oishi, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Anticipating Regrets of Inaction to Promote Happiness and Social Interaction
Lindsay Okindo, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Should Medication-Assisted Treatment Be Integrated into Criminal Justice Systems for Opioid Use Disorder?
Sonia Shah, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Estrogen as a Treatment for Positive, Negative, and General Symptoms Experienced in Women with Schizophrenia
Juanita Silva, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Substance Use Disorders Among College Students: Risk Factors and Interventions
Alyssa Soma, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Psilocybin and MDMA on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anna Weller, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, An Exploration of Risk Factors for Alcohol Use Disorder Among Sexual Minority Communities
Xingyi Zhang, Psychology (PSYC) 2024, Rates of Statistically Significant Findings among Traditionally Published Articles, Preregistered Articles, and Registered Reports
Submissions from 2023
Laurie Avila, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Tangles, Trips, and Treatment: An Overview and Analysis of the Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
Jalen Causey, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Love, Truth, and Healing: An Integrative Discussion of Childhood and Generational Trauma
Charles Davison, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, A Cross Cultural Comparison of Trauma Symptoms
Helen Desta, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Evaluating the Measurement of Sense of Belonging in Schools
Keaton J. Hall, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Has Swiping Become Too Casual? Relationship Between Dating App Usage & High-Risk Behaviors
Emily Hirshman, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Canine Aggression & the Brain: How Neuroplasticity Could Be Used to Understand & Treat Aggressive Dogs
Naomi Hochman, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Comparing the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Interventions on Juvenile Offenders
Kristin Hultgren, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Evaluating Prosocial Behaviors: Outcomes, Measurements, & Future Directions
Amanda Lilienfeld, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Psychedelics as Rapid Relief for Psychiatric Symptoms in Terminal Palliative Care Patients
Walt Li, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Measuring Multidimensional Meaning in Life
Maddy LoRusso, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Do dogs have an evolved and inherent advantage for social thinking? A test of cooperation between dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and humans (Homo sapiens)
Aliza Louis, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Bringing The Support Where it is Needed: Generalizability of the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools for Minority Youth
Kelly Lyons, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Efficacy of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy as Treatment for Children with Social Anxiety Disorder
Rehana Naik Olson, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Neuroplasticity, Sleep, and Recovery in the Adult Visual Cortex
Georgia Paulig, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale: Literature Review and Analysis of Psychometric Properties
Gabrielle Lindy Reynaga, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Novel Pharmacotherapies for Female Sexual Assault Survivors with PTSD Could Aid Research on Female Sexual Dysfunction
Kailey Smith, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, The Consequences of the Unchanged Economic Inequality in America
Suhani Thandi, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, The Effects of Parenting Styles on Academic Achievement: A Systematic Review
Submissions from 2022
Luis Alvarez, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Serotonergic Psychedelics: An Emerging Mode of Treatment for Substance Addiction
Yaidelice Antunez, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Does Race Matter? The Role of Patient-Provider Ethnic and Racial Concordance on the Working Alliance, Patient-Centered Communication, and Perceived Interpersonal Sensitivity
Rachel Block, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Beyond Clinical Orientation and Between Cultures: Factors That Affect the Therapeutic Alliance
Jakob Boeye, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Letting their Voices Flow: Creating Enhanced Therapeutic Dialogue in BIPOC Adolescents through Hip Hop Therapy
Caitlin Chu, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, The Effects of Exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences on the Development of Sleep Disorders
Rebecca Fox, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, “My Achy Breaky Heart”: The Impact of Culture on Somatization
Paula Frankl, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, An Unstable Foundation: The Difficulties of Measuring the Predictive Value of Child Adversity Assessments
Julia Johnston, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Chatting with Lucidity: The Connection Between Sleep Talking and Dream Disorders
Jamie Kortanek, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Vaginal Epithelial Thickness and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase in Sexually Naïve and Experienced Female Rats
Kate Lanier, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Climate Change and the Framing Effect
Bethany Lazo, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Mind the Gender Gap: Examining Measurement of Violence Risk in Women
Elizabeth McCrea, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Debiasing the Influence of the Hindsight Bias and Anchoring Effect on Juror Decision Making
Sarah Nakamoto, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, The Immunological Effects of Music Therapy
Clara Posner, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Therapeutic Trips: Efficacy of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
Shaw Qin, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, What Makes Bilinguals Different from Monolinguals? A Systematic Review of Language Background Measurement in the Bilingual Cognitive Advantage Literature
Javier Ramirez, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Quantifying Interpretation Bias in Social Anxiety Research
Bridger Rives, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Measurement, Manipulation, and Reclassification of the Anchoring Effect
Maya Rogers, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Understanding the Role of Anticipated Regret and Risk Perception in Vaccine Decision Making
Madi Smith, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Ayahuasca: Is It More than Just a Trip?
Minneh Song, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Moving Away from Psychiatric Misdiagnosis in Immigrants and Refugees: An Exploration of Risk Factors and Solutions
Hisui Takeda, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, The Effects of Cultural Differences Between East Asia and the West on Social Anxiety
Madeline Thall, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Measuring Resilience in Cotton Top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)
Zichen Tian, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Chronic Lead (Pb) Exposure Increased Dura Mater Meningeal Macrophages in C57BL/6j Young Mice
Trinh Tieu, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Measurement in the Language Attitudes Literature
McKenna Wirth, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Horses and Hospitals: A Systematic Review of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy as Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans
Charlotte Zinda, Psychology (PSYC) 2022, Where Words Fail, Music Speaks: Improvisational Music Therapy as a Social Skills Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorder
Submissions from 2021
Will Altaweel, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, How Should We Practice Gratitude?: A Systematic Review of Variability among Gratitude Interventions
Allison Corlett, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Firing and Wiring: Neural Mechanisms of Long-Term Memory are Supported by BDNF via Microbiota Supplementation
Elizabeth Franchot, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Influence of Dark Personalities on Interpersonal Relationships: A Systematic Review
Claire Guang, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, What Is It about the Sound of Music?: Experimental Variability in Music and Cognition Research
Anna Li, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, On the Development of Implicit Racial Bias: Measurement Variation and Empirical Inconsistencies
Emery Louie and Aubrey Rawles, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Rising to the Occasion: Group Identity and Helping Behavior in a Natural Disaster Context
Ellie Mamantov, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, How Trusting Should We Be of Trust Measurements?
Lauren Pak, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Active Bystander Intervention in Adolescent Bullying: A Defending Model
Anna Schumacher, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Identity and Social Change: Connecting and Expanding Identity-Based Models of Collective Action
