Senior Projects
2007
Visual Search Strategies in Color-Dificient and Color-Normal Observers
(Advisor: Barbara Luka)
Student: Owen Conlow
Clinician Bias in the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Analogue Study
(Advisor: Richard Gordon)
Student: Halley Woodward
The Partner Communication Project
An Experimental Study of Empathic Accuracy in Dating Relationships.
(Advisor: Barton Meyers)
Student: Sara Clarke
The Neurobiological Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment and Their Role in the Etiology and Course of Borderline Personality Disorder.
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Vanessa Cole
Behavioral and Cognitive Effects of Sodium Selenite on Zebrafish (Danio rerio).
(Advisor: Frank Scalzo).
Student: Timothy Donovan
Research into the Physiology of Learning
The Effects of Thioperamide and Nicotine on Fear Learning and Exploratory Behavior in Zebrafish.
(Advisor: Frank Scalzo)
Student: Alyssa Evans
The Experience of Psychotherapy
A Qualitative Inquiry of Clients' Perspectives.
(Advisors: Richard Gordon and Barbara Luka)
Student: Corinne Hoener
Perception of Aggression among the Latino/a and White European Cultures.
(Advisor: Matthew Newman).
Student: Lydia Ignacio
Preventing Relapse and Recurrence with Cognitive Therapy.
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Deborah Kenealy
Beyond Neurotransmission
Toward a New Model and Mechanism of Depression and Antidepressant Action.
(Advisor: Frank Scalzo).
Student: Jennifer Korthas
The Ideal Body
Asian Women's Perception of Body Image and Cosmetic Surgery.
(Advisor: Matthew Newman).
Student: Yuk Li
Social Comparison Processes of First-Year College Students
What Happens When We Look to Others for Validation of Ourselves.
(Advisor: Matthew Newman).
Student: Sarah Mullins
Self-Injurious Behaviors in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
A Review of the Literature.
(Advisor: Barton Meyers).
Student: Lauren Pessin
The Modularity of Face Processing
A Review of Behavioral and Neuroimaging Findings in Normal Individuals and Individuals with Acquired or Developmental Face Recognition Deficits.
(Advisor: Barbara Luka).
Student: Amanda Baker
2005
Graduated Students’ Perceptions of the Bard High School Early College Program
An Outcome Evaluation Study.
(Advisor: Christie Achebe).
Student: Olga Carmona
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Plastic Surgery
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Sarah Kate DeRobertis
Like Mother, Like Daughter?
An Integrative Study of Parenting Style and Conflict Resolution Skills in Adolescent Dyads.
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Beth Graham
Music as a Mneumonic Aid in Encoding and Retrieving Textual Information
A Critical Literature Review.
(Advisor: Stuart Levine).
Student: Michael Hayden
Chemical Detection in Zebrafish Larvae
A Motion Analysis of Behavioral Response.
(Advisor: Frank Scalzo).
Student: Brian Jacobs
Thought Suppression and Attention to Threat
A New Look at Panic.
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Raul Jara
The Tritone Paradox
A Comparison of Two Linguistic Communities.
(Advisor: Barbara Luka).
Student: Michael Maquilan
An Empirical Research on Stereotypes among Latin Americans
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Rosemary Minaya
From Apathy to Interest
Searching for the Motivations at the Root of Dietary Change.
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Caleb Morfit
From Scribbles to Representation
Mental Processes Underlying the Development of Drawing.
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Nicole Murphy
Starved for Understanding
Placing Anorexia Nervosa and Pro-Anorexia Websites in the Context of Culture.
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Rebekah Nelson
Language Learning Intervention Program
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Saul Petersen
You Are What You Eat
Exploring the Relationship between Disordered Eating and Psychological Identity Development. (Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Lauren Peterson
The Role of Perceived Chance in Internal and External Attributions
(Advisor: Barbara Luka).
Student: Colin Reid
Learning From James
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Kendra Rubinfeld
Scarred For Life?
Examining the Manifestation and Predictability of Childhood Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Allison Scheer
Love Taps or Hard Whacks?
A Study in the Perception of Aggression in Dating Couples.
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Jacqueline Stahl
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Theory and the Implications of Two Therapeutic Approaches.
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Andrew Stephens
I’ve Lost My Self-Regulation…Have You Seen It?
(Advisor: Stuart Levine).
Student: Lisette Turitz
Applied Pressure
Massage Therapy from a Psychotherapeutic Perspective.
(Advisor: Barton Meyer).
Student: Nicholas van der Kolk
The Impact of Emotion on Persuasion in Advertising
(Advisor: Barbara Luka).
Student: Caroline Wenzel
2004
Eating Disorders and Attitudes in Dancers
Ballet versus Modern Dance
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Kristina Alden
Educational Attainment among Dominican Students in New York City
Examining the Educational System, Community, Family, and Peers as Determining Factors
(Advisor: Christie Achebe).
Student: Sylvia Bonaparte
The Abuse of Animals and Interpersonal Violence
The Potential Link
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Anna Hancock
The Communication of Values in the Argentine Mate Ritual
A Proposal for the Use of the Serial-Reproduction Paradigm in Cultural Values Research
(Advisor: Barbara Luka).
Student: Angelina Engler
Can Perceived Interviewer Bias Influence Witness Memory?
(Advisor: Barbara Luka).
Student: Uri Feld
Learn It When You're Young
An Exploration of Issues in Second-Language Acquisition.
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Tal Fridman
Writers on Writing
An Investigation into the Genesis of Characters in Fiction
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Jared Killeen
Advertising Hypermasculinity
A Content Analysis of Aggression in Men's Magazine Advertisements
(Advisor: Yuval Elmelech).
Student: Erin Masterson
Exploring the Effects of Cortisol on Memory and Immune Function in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
(Advisor: Robert Cutler).
Student: Anna Sapozhnikova
HIV/AIDS and the Development of Orphaned Children in South Africa
Examining the Physical, Cognitive, and Social Aspects of Early Childhood Development and the Effectiveness of Intervention Programs (Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Amanda Selin
Hearing Children of Deaf Adults
A Bicultural Perspective
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Attachment and Conflict Strategies in Adolescent Dating Couples
A Study of Anxiety, Avoidance, as Related to Positive and Negative Conflict Behaviors
(Advisor: Nancy Darling).
Student: Erika Van Der Velden
The 'Mozart Effect'
An Analysis of Music and Its Effects on Cognition
(Advisor: Stuart Levine).
Student: Edward van Gundy
Media Influences on the Slender Ideal
A Study of Televised Images
(Advisor: Richard Gordon).
Student: Nicholas Viti
2003
Testing the Dopamine Transporter Hypothesis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
The Development of a New Behavioral Assay for Assessing Learning, Memory, and Attention in Zebrafish.
(Advisor: Frank Scalzo).
Student: Geoffrey Allott
Searching for the Source of Pleasure
Examining Dopaminergic Receptor Specificity in the Response of Zebrafish to L-Histidine, Using Conditioned Place Preference As a Model for Addiction and the Reward Pathway.
(Advisor: Frank Scalzo)
Student: Benjamin King
Can I Go Home Again?
Acculturation Stressors within Migrating Families.
(Advisor: Christie Achebe)
Student: Kathy-Ann Shumway
Exploring the Effects of Chronic Exposure to the Noncompetitive n-Methyl-d-Asparate Antagonist MK-80
(Advisor: Frank Scalzo)
Student: Christopher Sigstad
Why Not Try Ritalin?
(Advisor: Richard Gordon)
Student: Patricia Wilbern