The Department of Psychology at Grant MacEwan University invites you to attend
The 7h Annual Psychology Undergraduate Research Symposium
Monday April 14, 2014, CN Lecture Theatre (Room 5-142)
Welcome and Introduction at 9:15am
Talk Session 1: 9:30am-10:30am
Talk Session 2: 11:00am-12:00pm
Talk Session 3: 2:00pm-3:30pm
Poster Session: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
This annual event is something that we in the Department of Psychology look forward to! Our 4th year Honours thesis
students will be giving talks about their research results in three talk sessions. Each talk is approximately 10 minutes
long, and there are a few minutes after each talk for questions from the audience. Abstracts for each talk can be found
in the brochures available during the conference. There will be a coffee break in the morning, and ample time for you to
purchase lunch on- or off-campus as you desire before the afternoon session. The poster session will begin at 4:00pm
and various snacks and beverages will be available.
PLEASE NOTE: We ask that you please REFRAIN from coming in and out during sessions, as that is disruptive to the
presenters and distracting. If this is necessary, please do so quietly at the back of the room.
TALK SESSION 1:
9:15am – 10:30 am
Brett Mercier
Christopher Piat
Raeanne Valois
Thomas Bailie
Are People as Extreme as We Think? Examining When False Polarization Does and Does Not Happen
I’m Unique, Just Like Everyone Else: Music Preference and Optimal Distinctiveness Needs
A Nose For You? Olfactory Effects on First Impression Perspectives
Vicarious Hope and Gratitude: Does Compassion Boost Other-Interest?
COFFEE BREAK
10:30am – 11:00am
TALK SESSION 2:
11:00am – 12:00pm
Jennifer Skolney
Adam Morrill
Kayla Lucas
Joshua Gallup
The Role of Cultural Experience on Children’s Developing Understanding of Musical Meter
Visual Beat Perception Induced by Salient Visual Rhythms
The Effects of Changes in Cholinergic Activity on Episodic-Like Memory in Zebrafish
The Effects of Carbon Dioxide Induced Freshwater Acidification on Anxiety in Zebrafish
LUNCH BREAK:
12:00pm – 2:00pm (for purchase on or off campus)
TALK SESSION 3:
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Barbara Ann Dowker
Laura McLaughlin
Avery Johnson
Karyn Russell
Arielle Boyes
Responsivity and Offender Types: Are They Associated?
Mindfulness and Deception Detection: What’s the Deal with Null Results?
I’m Warm and You’re Cold: Interpersonal Differences Between High and Low Agreeables
The Regression of Attention with Age: An Inevitable Fall-Out?
An Inquiry Into The Lack of Nightmare Protection Associated with Video Game Play by Female Players
POSTER SESSION:
4:00pm – 6:00pm (including snacks & beverages available)
After the talk sessions, students from the Advanced Research Methods course (PSYC 312) will host a poster session
where you can see their proposals for future research. Several students who have completed PSYC 498 (Independent
Study) or worked on research/grant projects with Faculty supervisors also will present their research. During this poster
session, you can enjoy a beverage and a snack as you walk around to chat with our student researchers about their
hypotheses and outcomes.
Kelsey Amerongen
Did She Really Just Say That?!: Reactions to Sexist Remarks from the Advantaged Perspective
Renee Bencic
Eye Contact: It’s A “Two-Way Street”
Carley Borza
The Influence of Directional Prism Adaptation on the Initiation of Leftward and Rightward
Movements
Carolyn Boychuk
The Effects of Feeding Patterns on Memory and Anxiety in Zebrafish
Aadil Dharamsi
Credit Where Credit Isn’t Due: Do Dark Triad Traits Predict Exploitation?
Alison Ditner
Exploring Gender Differences in High End Serious Gamers and Nightmare Protection
Carson Flockhart
Video Game Nightmare Protection Thesis: An Experimental Inquiry
Melissa Fulcher
Negative Effects of Preexisting Highlighting
Sarah Gahr
Dreaming: Self Construals, Sex Role Orientation and Media Use
Brittany Imperadeiro
Sexualized Print Media & Its Impact on Rape Myths
Erica Ingraham
12-Day Memory Retention in African Cichlids?
Patti-Anne Leclerc
Eye Love You: Eye Contact-Induced Arousal is Influenced by Intimacy
Kristy Ollerhead
Effects of Priming on Self-Report Personality Traits
Lauren Read
No Child Left Behind
Christina Sander
SURVIVOR: PSYCHOPATHY ISLAND: Decision-Making as a Function of Psychopathic Traits,
Empathy, and Vulnerability
Ann Sinyard
Virtual Reality and Dreams: The Potential of Oculus Rift Headgear
Hanna Stark
Effects of Video Gaming and Meditation/Prayer on Dreams: A Central Image Analysis
Jacqueline Ste-Croix
Listening Behaviour and the Relation Between Streaming Music and Illegal Downloading
Carissa Toop
The Heterogeneity of Domestic Violence: A Risk-Based Validation of Offender Typology