Past Proposal Topics
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Effects of Gender and Immediate Media Influences on Body Dissatisfaction
The Effect of Gender and Context on Self-Reported Emotional Arousal
Effects of Expectation upon Genre of Music and Lyrical Substance
Effects of Background Music and Visual Art on Mood
Effects of Belief on Personality Associated with Birth Order
Effects of Gender on Body Figure Reports
Effects of Instrumental or Vocal Background Music on the Successful
Completion of an Intellectual Task
Effects of Judgments of Worth on Altruistic Behavior
Race-of-Interviewer Effects on White Racial Identity Development Testing
Effects of Gender and Declared Undergraduate Major on Brain Lateralization: An
Investigation
Perceived Extent of the Dyadic Withdrawal Hypothesis
Effect of Assumed Gender on the Evaluation of Written Material
Effects of Instructor Expectation on Student Performance
The Relationship Between Attachment Style and Cognitive Complexity
Effects of informational presentation upon perceptions of Vegetarianism
The Effects of Experimenter Disposition on Subject Response
Gender Differences and subjects ability to estimate distance
A Health Conscience Diet and It’s Relationship to Gender
Effects of Letter Sequence on Word Recognition
Effects of Test Anxiety on Academic Performance
Relationship between Type A Personality and Spirituality
Music as Interference in Cognitive Functioning
Effect of Familiarity with Rock and Roll Music on Arithmetic and
Reading Comprehension Tests
How the Political Attitudes of Students at Wheaton College Change
During Their College Careers
Effects of Activities on Students Grades
My Name is…. : Recall of Names for Unfamiliar Faces
Do Opposites Really Attract?
The Effects of Religiosity On a Person’s Well Being
Political Orientation Derived from Cognitive Style
Effects of Presentation Modality on Recall and Recognition
The Effects of Religious Orientation on Self-Esteem and Performance
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Other Ideas
leptin, depression, and appetite
self-talk during exercise as predictive of attitudes/approaches to life
boundaries and dream recall (definition of boundaries in the mind from
Ernest Hartmann and his personality research)
effects of challenging tasks on Profile of Mood Scales scores and subscores
friendships and sense of self-worth
birth order and personality
exercise and eating habits
social skills displayed by children and amount of interaction with parents
depression and chronic disabilities
Caffeine and reading comprehension/learning/memory
Social implications of taking psychotropic medications-Professors that use them
-Students that use them
Music --- Does it effect learning/memory? What type of music?
Sleep --- does the amount you get affect the amount of knowledge you retain?
Does it matter if all your sleeping is done at one time, or if it's broken up
throughout the day?
Face symmetry --- Does the symmetry of your face effect how believeable people
perceive you to be? Also, I would talk about the implication within the realm of
law (jury selection, expert testimony selection)
role of problem solving in learning new information
connection between exercise and body image
class and loneliness/struggles
are transfers more together/sure of selves/sure of future?
gender and showing/understanding emotions or something else
Sleep habits
Relationship between music and studying
Self Esteem and Health
Depression
Exercise and energy
If there is a relationship between a certain personality type and involvement in
extreme sports.
What culture has the "ideal body type" that is the most biologically healthy
If there is a relationship between physical beauty and happiness or depression.
How gender of a child effects the perception of the behavior of the child,
including the gender differences of the observers
Eye witness accounts/leading questions/reconstructive memory and differences in
memory/accounts as a results of the race of the "criminal"
Failure/success and attributional style as it may relate to a person's popularity or
social rank
Is there a correlation between wealth/poverty and generosity/tithing?
Something involving newborn babies (w/in first 6 mos. of life)...maybe
attachment theory?
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something involving the development of young children (not sure which area of
development)
neurological development of senior adults/gerentology
adolescence and depression
Gender as related to different types of memory
Gender as related to aggression
Self-esteem in individuals from large or small families
Peer Pressure-Group Size as it affects what we perceive as funny
Caffeine effects on tests scores
eating chocolate - difference in males and females
personality with Myers Brigg - how does your personality affect your reactions?
racial identity - how do you visualize a person with achievements? ie. black or
white
students with older siblings - does it help them to succeed at college?
does aromatherapy work?
Does watching TV and/or reading before a child goes to sleep affect the child's
sleep
Does talking with a parent or sibling before a child goes to sleep affect the child's
sleep
What is the relationship between kids, TV, and violence
What is ther realtionship between birth order and a child's actions around hhis/her
siblings
how are confidence levels related in different siblings
the development of confidence and motivation with regards to education.
Why do some students excel in school, while others do not when they are in very
similar environments
Optimal swimming nutrition
The difference in body types and personalities between distance and sprint
swimmers.
Why are some people so competitive?
Why do some people love the rush of adrinaline they get when they do daring
things while others hate it and fear it.
Left-handedness v. Right-handedness and the ability to adapt
Is resting 1/7th of the time the most effective?
Effects of different music genre on physical performance
How do low-light situations affect balance?
Effect of sugar/candy on math abilities/test-taking ability
children with autistism or George Syndrome. both usually evidence
expertise in one area.. to what degree are high achievers similar...perhaps
have some signs? or, is there some sort of ratio/ correlation between
highly developed syndrome and highly developed talent?
ADD, ADHD. if the energy was funneled into one area, to what extent, if
at all, do they exceed the norm. what percentage funnels extra energy into
athletics?
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something with mentally retarded or with Down's Syndrome.
something with blind or deaf
headaches and memory
chronic headaches and caffeine.
connection between family socio-economic status and personality using MyersBriggs.
Personality and perferred musical genre
Type of music most conducive to studying
Levels of awareness after meal time (i.e. tendency to fall asleep during two
o'clock classes)
correlation between amount of childhood reading and SAT scores or GPA
If/how a certain genre of music will enhance performance in schoolwork, or
exercise, or relaxation, or etc....Gender and multi-tasking.
Vitamins/dietary supplements and energy, or memory, or etc....
How expectations affect the performance of a task--for example, telling the
subjects the task is difficult,
easy, or saying nothing at all
How close friend relationships on campus do or do not facilitate doing well
academically
Social Influence--If people will conform to group opinion and answer a simply
question incorrectly
Attribution Theory--Evaluating whether people give internal or external reasons
for performing a task
incorrectly and maybe whether or not that is connected to the amount of selfconfidence they have
Eye Contact and Life Satisfaction
Nutrition and Depression
Attachment to God and Life Satisfaction
Children from Single-Parent Homes and Listening Skills
Body Image and Health Magazines vs. Fashion/Beauty Magazines