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.

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Submissions from 2023

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

Nariah-Belle Ulep Sims, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Educational Relationship Reform: Teacher-Student Relationships in a Self-Determination Theory Perspective

 

Shealuck Vang, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Examining Food Motivations in the US: Cross-Cultural Comparisons Between Comfort Food Preferences

 

Changlan Wang, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Individualistic-Collectivistic Values and Personality as Mediators of Cultural Differences in Emotional Response

 

Elliot Yim, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Construct Validity of Measures of Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation

 

Skylar Yu, Psychology (PSYC) 2021, Reward Processing and Eating Highly Palatable Foods Under Stress

Submissions from 2020

 

Alex Cardenas, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Mood Induction Procedures: Extreme Variability and Recommendations

 

Quincy D'Alessio, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Sugar High: An Analysis of Excessive Sugar Intake in an Addiction Framework

 

Naseem Dillman, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, The Nature Buffer: The Missing Link in Climate Change and Mental Health Research

 

Naseem Dillman, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, When the Nature of 'Nature' Is Inconsistent: Evaluating the Natural Environment in Attention Restoration Theory

 

River Fiocco, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Measurement of the Gender Minority Stress Model in Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth

 

Alexander Frieden, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Abstract Visual Pre-Cue Improves Reaction Time to a Syllabic Differentiation Task

 

Abby Hirshman, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Using Drug Treatments for Opiate Use Disorder to Treat Binge Eating Disorder

 

Abby H. Hirshman, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Using Drug Treatments for Opiate Use Disorder to Treat Binge Eating Disorder

 

Colin Liphart, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Interactions Between Microglia and Tau in an Aging Primate Model

 

Jason Maier, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, The Brilliance of Resilience: Understanding and Measuring It

 

Colleen Scallen, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, The Only Way Out Is Through: Drama Therapy as a Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

 

Kelsey Sullivan, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, High Glycemic Index Diets Negatively Affect Memory: Why Changing School Lunches Can Mitigate Those Effects

 

Lewis White, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Social Media Addiction: Worthy Of Inclusion In The DSM? A Comprehensive Review

 

Kavie Yu and Grisel Vidal Munoz, Psychology (PSYC) 2020, Therapeutic Fasting and Ketogenic Diet for Treating Major Depressive Disorder via the Gut Microbiome

Submissions from 2019

 

Gifty Amos Nwankwo, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, “That Actually Hurts”: Exploring Black Women’s Believed Immunity to the Effects of Negative Body-Image Perpetuated by Media

 

Derin Arduman, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Causes, Manifestations and Prevention of the Political Abuse of Psychiatry in Eastern Europe and China

 

Kyle Berglund, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Why Do We Kill? A Review of Past and Current Theories on the Nature of Murder

 

Emily Boxrud, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Fit-Ideal Media and Eating Disorder Development: Pathways for Influencing Disordered Thinking and Behavior

 

Shannon Branigin, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Education, Engagement, and Advocacy: A Framework for the Roles of Social Media in LGBTQA Identity Development and Expression

 

Jennifer Chan, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Empathizing with Criminal Intent: Taking Moral Transgressors' Perspectives

 

Cecily Conour, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Moderating Roles of Maternal Solicitousness and Catastrophizing in Child Pain Severity and Functional Disability

 

Eveline Dowling, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Hate Trumps Love: What is the Role of Contempt in American Politics?

 

Cory Renay Friendshuh, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Efficacy and Potential of Therapeutic Communities as an Alternative Model of Mental Health Care

 

Zoe Harris, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Magic of Summer Camp? The Effects and Mediating Features of a Camp Experience on Adolescent Self-Perceptions

 

Katharine Hauge, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Response to Trauma Across Cultures

 

Abby Ilardi, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Examining the Relationship Between Gratitude and Well-Being in Populations with Chronic Illness

 

Cheyenne Joshua, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Neonaticide, Infanticide, and Filicide: The Role of Mental Illness as a Precipitating Factor

 

Yoojin Kim, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Do Humans Crave Violence? Motivations for Enjoyment of and Engagement in Violent Media

 

Christopher Kwon, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Histological Analysis of Age-dependent ß-Amyloidosis and Reactive Astrogliosis in a Primate Model (Saguinus oedipus) of Alzheimer’s Disease

 

William E. Lanzillo, Studio Art (ARTS), Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Reimagined Sculpture

 

Chris Leppink-Shands, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, nterspecies Cooperation in Cooperative Breeders: A Cooperative Button-Pushing Task with Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

 

Charlotte Liu, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Re-examining the Immigrant Paradox on Adolescents’ Internalizing Mental Health: The Mediating Roles of Family and School Support

 

Xinyi Liu, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, If It Bleeds, It Leads: Human Curiosity Regarding Negative Social Events

 

Alexander S. Mackiel Jr, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Aggression as a Strategy for Solving Adaptive Problems of Mating

 

Marshall Ma, Psychology (PSYC), Statistics (MAST) 2019, Do App-Based Mindfulness Programs Reduce Stress and Increase Well-Being?

 

Annika Martensson, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Effects of Photo-Based Social Media on Disordered Eating, Body Image, and Excessive Exercise

 

Nam Anh Quoc Nguyen, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Revenge in Romantic Relationships and Intimate Partner Violence

 

Isabelle Rieth, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Role of the VMHvl in Aggression and Reproductive Behaviors: Implications for Sexual Violence

 

Edylwise Romero, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, “He shot at us as we ran away”: Filial Piety and Intimate Partner Violence in the Philippines

 

Nicholas Schally, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Child-Focused, Parent-Focused, and Integrated Therapy in Child-to-Parent Violence

 

Maddie Sherwood, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Neurobiological Correlates, Role of Childhood Trauma, and Treatment Interventions

 

Phoebe Smith, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Addicted or Not: An Evaluation of the Psychological Processes Involved in Social Media Addiction

 

Olivia Sterling-Maisel, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Narcissism in Organizational Contexts: Do You Want Narcissists in Your Workplace?

 

Sandra M. Taylor, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Monitoring Mental Health Through The Use of Mobile Sensoring of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability

 

Anna Viner, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, The Importance of Replication as Applied to the Milgram Studies

 

Julia Wellisch, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Understand and Preventing Vicarious Trauma in Counseling Professionals

 

Lena Elisabeth White, Psychology (PSYC) 2019, Never Forget, Never Again: Effects of Historical Victimization on Jewish Attitudes Towards the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Submissions from 2018

 

Evan Robert Anderson, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Revisability in Text-Based Communication: Turn-Taking and Collaborative Efficiency

 

Sophie Louise Bokor, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, The Synergistic Effect of Unwanted Pregnancy and Low Socioeconomic Status on Adverse Outcomes for Child Health and Psychosocial Development

 

Azucena Briones, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Cognitive and Social Motivations for Codeswitching

 

Jeremy Aaron Brog, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Depressive State Personality: A Review of Personality and Depression Literature

 

Brandon Allen Carrillo, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Putting the FAKE in FAKE NEWS: The relationship between trust-relevant social priming and judgments of truth

 

Emily Bliss Cudhea-Pierce and Maryam Hedayati, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Are Transfer Effects in the Cards? Mnemonic training on Speed Cards and its effects on other cognitive tasks

 

Katie Li Eppard, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, Investigating conservation of number in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) and young children (Homo sapiens) when motivation is increased

 

Nnenna O. Ezem, Psychology (PSYC) 2018, STEM vs Fem: A Cognitive and Social Approach to Examining the Different Factors Potentially Keeping Black Women Out of STEM Fields