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Full-Text Articles in Psychology
Prologue, Michiko Nohara-Leclair
Prologue, Michiko Nohara-Leclair
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
No abstract provided.
Relationship Of Cigarette Smoking And The Habits Of A Smoker’S Family, Danielle Strasser
Relationship Of Cigarette Smoking And The Habits Of A Smoker’S Family, Danielle Strasser
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The purpose of this study was to see if there is a co relational relationship between an individual’s smoking habits and the smoking habits of his/her family. There were hopes of finding a relationship between people’s habits and whether their smoking relative is biologically related or not. The hypothesis seeks to find a relationship between an individual’s smoking habits and the smoking habits of their family. There were seventy-eight undergraduate students from Lindenwood University surveyed and only eight were smokers. Thirty-seven point five percent, or three out of eight, smokers in the study had a mom that smoked, and the …
The Power Of Dance: How Dance And Emotion Connect, Krista Blankenship, Chastin Oliver
The Power Of Dance: How Dance And Emotion Connect, Krista Blankenship, Chastin Oliver
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The purpose of this study was to test whether or not audiences could experience emotions portrayed by dance performances. The researchers hypothesized that if the audience can identify the emotion being expressed, then they would experience that same emotion. The researchers also predicted that music would cause a greater level of emotional reaction to the performance. The participants watched two dance videos, one portraying a sad emotion and the other a love/passion emotion and rated their emotional reactions. After analyzing the data, the hypothesis was proven only partially correct. The participants who correctly identified the emotion portrayed in the video …
Relationships Between Electronic Communications And Interpersonal Relationships, Cindy Klimaszewski
Relationships Between Electronic Communications And Interpersonal Relationships, Cindy Klimaszewski
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
With technology use on the rise, interpersonal communication is changing. The following study was intended to assess the relationship between the amount of time people spend engaging in electronic communications versus the amount of time they spend in face-to-face interaction. It was hypothesized that the two are inversely related. However, results showed that there is no relationship, but there were several other interesting observations made that were supported by previous research. Future studies should be conducted on a larger scale for a more accurate assessment.
Comparison Of Gpa Between Students Involved And Uninvolved In A Relationship, Jessica M. Vaeth
Comparison Of Gpa Between Students Involved And Uninvolved In A Relationship, Jessica M. Vaeth
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
College is a journey full of living, failing, learning and experiences that brings an individual a little bit further along life. In today’s society, relationships are existent in many universities, and some students may be faced with that exact same dilemma. I decided to do my research project on a comparison of GPA between students who are in a relationship and those we are not. A relationship is defined as follows: a romantic, committed bond between two people for a minimum of a month. I assessed this information by distributing a 10 question survey to 92 undergraduate college students. After …
The Sense Of Smell And Its Effect On Attraction, Grant Perkins
The Sense Of Smell And Its Effect On Attraction, Grant Perkins
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The effect of cologne/perfume on attractiveness was examined, as well as the differences between the effect of cologne/perfume and sex. Twenty-seven participants ranging from 18-22 years of age were recruited for the experiment. The purpose of this study was to determine if putting cologne/perfume on an individual will make that person more attractive to the opposite sex than if he/she did not put on cologne/perfume. The rationale behind this is that there are a lot of advertisements about cologne and perfume that portray the people in the advertisements as more desirable after he/she sprays cologne on their skin. The hypothesis …
Coffee Preferences And Personality, Kristin E. Lantzy
Coffee Preferences And Personality, Kristin E. Lantzy
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
This study explored the relationship between the personality traits of conscientiousness and openness and coffee habits/preferences. A total of 50 participants were included in the study. All participants took part in a personality survey, and those who were coffee drinkers took part in a secondary survey assessing their coffee drinking habits/preferences. Participants with high openness scores had a weak positive correlation with the average cups of coffee consumed per week. They consumed slightly more cups of coffee/week on average. Participants with high conscientiousness scores had a weak negative correlation with the average cups of coffee consumed per week. These participants …
Courtesy On Campus: How Far Away Does A Person Have To Be Before The Door Is Held?, Kristen Frederick
Courtesy On Campus: How Far Away Does A Person Have To Be Before The Door Is Held?, Kristen Frederick
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
Many times while coming to the doors of a building the person who entered or exited before just lets the door shut in others’ face. It was thought that the door was less likely to be held ten minutes before a class period started (when people tend to be more rushed) than ten minutes after a class period starts. It was also thought that men are more courteous in public than women. The fundamental attribution error is used to explain peoples’ behaviors in public. The concept behind this is, people tend to do things because of an internal disposition like …
Picture Perfect Job: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Weight On Internship Interviews, John R. Gatermann, Kimberly N. Gould
Picture Perfect Job: An Analysis Of The Effects Of Weight On Internship Interviews, John R. Gatermann, Kimberly N. Gould
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The purpose of this study was to discover if weight perception has an effect on obtaining an internship. It was hypothesized that a less qualified individual with an average weight appearance will be chosen more often than a qualified person who was above average weight when compared for an internship. Furthermore, people’s perception of weight and how they perceive others based on weight was observed. In the study, participants were directed to evaluate two resumes: one being qualified and one being unqualified and each having either an average weight or above average weight candidate’s photo identification attached. Then, the participants …
General Perceptions Of Homosexuality In A Small Private University In The Greater Saint Louis Area, Verenna Huerta, Taylor Morrill
General Perceptions Of Homosexuality In A Small Private University In The Greater Saint Louis Area, Verenna Huerta, Taylor Morrill
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
Homosexuality has long been a major topic of concern among political, social, and religious agendas. Societies have either labeled homosexuality as deviant or non-deviant behavior. This type of categorization has lead to many negative assumptions about those who hold a different type of sexual orientation other than heterosexual. According to Pachankis and Goldfried, (2008, p. 3), “Gay male undergraduate students reported a higher fear of negative evaluation and greater social interaction anxiety than did heterosexual students.” Students in educational systems who are homosexual, bisexual, lesbian, or transgendered often battle with peer evaluation. The knowledge of students’ perceptions, attitudes, and comfort …
Fall 2009, Full Issue
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
No abstract provided.
The Power Of The Beat Impacting Human Emotion, Kelsey Anderson, Mandy Dion
The Power Of The Beat Impacting Human Emotion, Kelsey Anderson, Mandy Dion
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The main objective of this study was to examine the effects that music would have on emotions when a song has lyrics and when it does not. It was hypothesized that if a song is played without lyrics then it will invoke a different emotion than if the exact same song with lyrics were played. There were a total of 70 participants who were recruited from the Human Subject Pool. After retrieving the data and observing the results, there was a correlation between emotions and songs played with lyrics and there was a different correlation of emotions with the songs …
Does Hard Work Pay Off?, Channon Chazelle, Kristen Gravlin
Does Hard Work Pay Off?, Channon Chazelle, Kristen Gravlin
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The purpose of this study was to determine if relationships exist between a student’s level of work ethic, whether or not he or she pays for school, and his or her GPA. The participants were 83 undergraduate students from Lindenwood University’s Human Subject Pool, Plato’s Closet, and various colleges in the St. Louis area. To study this relationship, a survey was administered inquiring about the participants’ opinions towards working, their GPA, and amount paid for school. Upon analyzing our data, no strong relationships were found between level of work ethic and amount paid for school or GPA and amount paid …
The Color Red Enhances Men’S And Women’S Attraction To The Opposite Sex, Heather Franklin, Jessica Forbes
The Color Red Enhances Men’S And Women’S Attraction To The Opposite Sex, Heather Franklin, Jessica Forbes
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
Based on previous research, the color red has been shown to enhance one’s attraction to the opposite sex. We hypothesized that if a photo of the opposite sex was framed in red, then people would rate it as more attractive than if the same photo were framed in white. Furthermore, all things being equal, men would prefer the photo framed in the darker shade whereas women would prefer the photo framed in a lighter shade of red. A total of 38 participants were shown five photos and selected the photo they found most attractive. The results revealed partial support for …
Battle Of The Sexes, Andria Musso
Battle Of The Sexes, Andria Musso
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The purpose of the experiment was to see which sex pays better attention to a speaker present a story. A video was shown of two detailed passages read by both a woman and man. The speakers were as equally attractive in the researcher’s opinion, dressed nicely, and videotaped from the neck line up. If the speaker was a woman it was hypothesized that men would remember more details about the story whereas women would remember more about the appearance of the female speaker but that no sex differences would be found for either measure when the speaker was a man. …
The Effects Of Priming On Self-Esteem With An Emphasis On Extroversion, Jamie A. Zagar, Danielle C. Merli
The Effects Of Priming On Self-Esteem With An Emphasis On Extroversion, Jamie A. Zagar, Danielle C. Merli
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
This experiment looked at priming on self-esteem. We were also interested in the differences between extroverts and introverts in relation to priming on self-esteem. A priming message with a graphic was used on the experimental group, while only the graphic (same image) was used for the control group. We measured extroversion between the two groups to look for differences within and between the group conditions, in relation to self-esteem. Participants in the experimental group were expected to have a higher self-esteem. A significant difference was found. The priming condition showed that participants had a higher self-esteem. However, a relationship between …
Spring 2009. Full Issue
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
No abstract provided.
Prologue, Michiko Nohara-Leclair
Prologue, Michiko Nohara-Leclair
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
No abstract provided.
The Dangers Of Facebook, Daniel Chionuma
The Dangers Of Facebook, Daniel Chionuma
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
Social networking sites have been around for a long time but just recently, within the decade, they have been experiencing exponential growth. Facebook is the media’s leading social networking site and it is dominant among today’s youth. In the present study, 91 participants were asked a variety of questions in order to assess the kind of impact Facebook had on an individual’s GPA. Facebook usage and GPA was shown to have no correlation, rs=.035. The findings were due to lack of control throughout the experiment and an insufficient amount of participants.
Gender Differences In Exclusive Romantic Relationships, Maria Diaz, Sarah Ward
Gender Differences In Exclusive Romantic Relationships, Maria Diaz, Sarah Ward
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
There is previous research indicating that men and women worry while involved in an exclusive relationship. In the study conducted, we were interested in finding whether there are differences in the issues men and women worry about while involved in an exclusive romantic relationship. We recruited 60 participants, or 30 heterosexual couples. Participants were asked to complete a short survey rating 15 issues on a 5-point Likert scale focusing on how much they worry about different issues. Our findings indicate that there are no significant differences in what issues men and women worry about. However, there was a significant difference …
Are We Expecting Too Much From Ourselves?, Irina Dolgikh
Are We Expecting Too Much From Ourselves?, Irina Dolgikh
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The study investigated whether there was a time difference between what society expected people to experience at a certain age and the age at which people actually engaged in those behaviors. The sample consisted of 13 men and 46 women with the age range from 18 to 54 years. On-line questionnaires were used to obtain all data. The findings showed that social expectations did not match with actual behaviors for women. Although interestingly, no significant difference between these two concepts was found for men.
How Do You Compare? The Correlations Of Social Desirability And Self-Esteem As Well As Social Desirability And Self-Consciousness, Kristy Johnson, Kristy Myers
How Do You Compare? The Correlations Of Social Desirability And Self-Esteem As Well As Social Desirability And Self-Consciousness, Kristy Johnson, Kristy Myers
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
In the present study, 81 participants were asked to self-report their levels of self-esteem and self-consciousness using Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale and Fenigstein’s Self-Consciousness Scale, respectively, as well as report their current semester GPA in order to study the correlations between these variables and the variable of GPA inflation. There was no significance found for the correlations between the level of GPA inflation and experimental condition, between GPA inflation and self-esteem, or between GPA inflation and self-consciousness for the 35 participants with obtainable GPA’s. However, the present researchers did find significance in the correlation between inflated GPA and self-consciousness for the …
Time: Friend Or Foe?, Greg Townsend
Time: Friend Or Foe?, Greg Townsend
Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal
The present research was conducted in order to determine whether timing a test (such as on the ACT) causes a decrease in accuracy compared to the same test given without any time limit. Participants were given two equivalent tests (Test A & Test B), one timed and the other not timed, in the four ways: 1) test A first with test B timed, 2) test A first with test A timed, 3) test B first with test A timed, and 4) test B first with test B timed. The time allowed for the timed test was eight minutes and fifteen …