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PSI CHI: The International Honor Society in Psychology

Conventions

Poster Session #1

Conference: Psi Chi Midwestern Regional Convention Program (2008)

Psi Chi Poster Session I
Thursday, 9:00-9:50 Upper Exhibit Hall
KRISTINE M. KELLY, Western Illinois University, Moderator

1
The Effects of WIN 55,212-2 and AM404 on Extinction and Renewal in a
Fear Conditioning Model
STEPHANIE DAMAS, Baldwin-Wallace College (LAURA PAWLOW, Faculty
Sponsor)

2
Individual Experiences and Subjective Effects of Salvia Divinorum among
Recreational Users
LAURA GRUBBS, Minnesota State University, Mankato (DAWN
ALBERTSON, Faculty Sponsor)

3
Infants’ Ability to Parse Continuous Actions
STACY GROSSMAN, Northwestern University (SUSAN J. HESPOS, Faculty
Sponsor)

4
Effects of Distinctiveness on Recognition of Words in Incidental Learning of
College Students
ANTHONY PULITO, Lewis University (CHWAN-SHYANG JIH, Faculty
Sponsor)

5
The Effect of Race on Facial Recall
CARRAN CALDERWOOD, Central College (PEGGY FITCH, Faculty
Sponsor)

6
Integrating Inconsistent Information: Effect of Interhemispheric
Interaction on Impression Formation
ERIN TAHVONEN, University of Michigan-Flint (JEANNETTE M.
WHITMORE, Faculty Sponsor)

7
The Context Shift Effect on Recall of Emotional Words
DANIEL OLIVER, Ashland University (MITCHELL METZGER, Faculty
Sponsor)

8
Investigating the Impact of Sensation Seeking and Other Personality
Factors on Drug and Alcohol Behavior
DANIEL DIVINE, Wright State University (JULIE KONIK, Faculty Sponsor)

9
Anti-Inflammatory Effects on Behavior and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-
Adrenal Activity During Separation
ALLISON PERKEYBILE, Wright State University (MICHAEL HENNESSY,
Faculty Sponsor)

10
Successful Careers with a Baccalaureate in Psychology
KRISTIN BOWMAN, JACQUELINE SPRATT, SCOTT WALKER,
AMANDA BAILEY, Boise State University (R. ERIC LANDRUM, Faculty
Sponsor)

11
Deciding to Apply to Graduate School: Perspectives of Senior Psychology
Students
AMBER KLEIN, DAVID WYNN, MARIBETH HORAN, Boise State
University (R. ERIC LANDRUM, Faculty Sponsor)

12
Nontraditional Students Deciding to Apply to Graduate School: A Multi-
Faceted Decision
AMBER KLEIN, MARIBETH HORAN, DAVID WYNN, Boise State
University (R. ERIC LANDRUM, Faculty Sponsor)

13
Effects of Adolescent versus Adult Exposure to Alcohol on Stress-Induced
Drinking in Mice Selectively Bred for High and Low Alcohol Preference
MATTHEW HUGHES, Purdue University (JULIA A. CHESTER, Faculty
Sponsor)

14
The Effects of the Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor, Atomoxetine on
Long-Term Memory Following Lesion to Rat Medial Septum: An
Exploration of Possible Treatment for Aged-Associated Cognitive Decline
and Alzheimer’s Memory Type Deficits
ANDREW THARP, Illinois Wesleyan University (RENEE A.
COUNTRYMAN, Faculty Sponsor)

15
Withdrawal from a High-Sugar Diet in Binge Eating Prone and Resistant
Rats
ALICIA PARDEE, SOPHIA MCGUIRK, CAROLYN KELLEY, MATTHEW
WILL, University of Missouri-Columbia (MELANIE SKAGGS SHELDON,
Faculty Sponsor)

16
Detecting Sexual Orientation by Movement
TRENT WILKERSON, Washburn University (JOANNE ALTMAN, Faculty
Sponsor)

17
Am I Pretty? Effects of Menstrual Cycle on Self-Perceived Attractiveness
RANEE REJMAN, St. Cloud State University (LESLIE A. VALDES, Faculty
Sponsor)

18
Does the Novel Psychostimulant Modafinil Possess Reinforcing Properties
and Abuse Potential?
RAYMOND SERRA, ADAM CARTON, SETH DAVIS, AMANDA
QUISENBERRY, Western Illinois University (RUSSELL E. MORGAN,
Faculty Sponsor)

19
The Effect of Glucose on Memory of Neutral Words in the Presence of
Neutral and Arousing Stimuli
MATHEW KICZEK, Ashland University (MITCHELL METZGER, Faculty
Sponsor)

20
Directed Forgetting: A Study of Gender Differences for Emotional Stimuli
BRANDON KUBITZ, Ashland University (MITCHELL METZGER, Faculty
Sponsor)

21
The Effects of College Adjustment on Memory
JILLIAN YODER & KRISTEN BOYLAN, Ashland University (MITCHELL
METZGER, Faculty Sponsor)

22
Metaphor Comprehension in the Context of Second Language Learning
BRITTANY ADAMS, Augustana College (DANIEL CORTS, Faculty Sponsor)

23
Profanity Increases Verbatim Recall of Written Text
STEPHEN HOFSTAD, Augustana College (DANIEL CORTS, Faculty
Sponsor)

24
Effect of Conceptual-Motor-Compatibility on False Memory for Affective
Words
SARAH MCCOY, SAMANTHA SITTIG, KADIE DUREN, JOHN BENNETT,
PATRICK POWELL, MAZHERUDDIN MULLA, Birmingham-Southern
College (SHANE PITTS, Faculty Sponsor)

25
The Effect of Priming Thin Words on Body-Image
BROOKE BOND, Bradley University (DEREK MONTGOMERY, Faculty
Sponsor)

26
The Effect of Music on Object Recall
JASON GELLER, Concordia University—River Forest (BETH VENZKE,
Faculty Sponsor)

27
Awareness of Consciousness and the Deciding Factors
SARAH ANDERSON, Lewis University (CHWAN-SHYANG JIH, Faculty
Sponsor)

28
Attention Restoration: Is Viewing Photographs of Nature vs. Urban Scenes
More Restorative to Focused Attention Capacity?
LAURIE HUGHES, STACEY RIECK, ZACHARY ROSS, Northern Kentucky
University (JEFFREY M. SMITH, Faculty Sponsor)

29
Meditation, Focus and Productivity: Effect of Meditation on a Timed Focus
Task
ELISHA GIRKEN, Simpson College (SAL MEYERS, Faculty Sponsor)

30
Position Learning
CHASITY RATLIFF, Southeast Missouri State University (RICHARD A.
BURNS, Faculty Sponsor)

31
The Effect of Articulatory Suppression on the Recall of Words and Images
ERICA BLUMENSHINE, MEAGEN FICKINGER, MARY CRUMP,
BRADLEY BLAKE, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (MICHAEL
SKELLY, Faculty Sponsor)

32
Effects of Color and Illumination on the Ability to Detect Symmetry
REBECCA SNOW, JUSTIN PHILLIPS, WILLIAM WESSELMAN, TIFFANY
POWERS, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (MICHAEL SKELLY,
Faculty Sponsor)

33
Influences on Memory for College Grades
ASHLEY STURM, JUSTIN RATCLIFFE, Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville (ELIZABETH MEINZ, Faculty Sponsor)

34
False Memory in Bilinguals
LEYDA ANTUNEZ, St. Cloud State University (LESLIE A. VALDES, Faculty
Sponsor)

35
The Influence of Musical Familiarity on Cognition
ALAN WEDD, The College of Wooster (JOHN NEUHOFF, Faculty Sponsor)

36
The Effects of Force, Choice, and Music Type on Arousal Levels
KATIE MILLER, CHRISTINA BRAZEAU, MELISSA FUITEN, JESSICA
WOELFEL, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (TAMMY L. KADAHAMMETER,
Faculty Sponsor)

37
Academic Locus of Control and Academic Achievement Among College
Students
OLIVIA MONDAY, Wisconsin Lutheran College (LEANNE OLSON, Faculty
Sponsor)

38
Memory Recall on Objects and Characteristics in Scenes
MARK NIMMER, Wisconsin Lutheran College (LEANNE OLSON, Faculty
Sponsor)

39
Color-Coding a Diagram will Enhance the Student’s Ability to Memorize
Conceptual Information for a Test
VERRONICA FLORES, Andrews University (KARL G. D. BAILEY, Faculty
Sponsor)

40
Pupil Dilation in Response to Violent Images: Gamers and Non Gamers
HEIDI FISHER, University of Illinois at Springfield (JASON BARKER,
Faculty Sponsor)

41
Social and Non-social Misinformation and Conformity in Eyewitness
Accounts
AMANDA GRITTMANN, Central College (PEGGY FITCH, Faculty Sponsor)

42
The Effects of Acculturation of Korean Americans on Visual Attention
YOUNGHWA KIM, Andrews University (KARL G. D. BAILEY, Faculty
Sponsor)

43
The Vicious Cycle: Relationship Satisfaction’s Influence on Male Visual
Attention
LORRAINE SIEBOLD, YECIKA SANTOS, KELLY WILLIAMS, Andrews
University (KARL G. D. BAILEY, Faculty Sponsor)

44
Do Our Eyes Deceive Us? Testing Facial Recognition with Distractor-Only
Tests
TIMOTHY BATDORF, Ashland University (MITCHELL METZGER, Faculty
Sponsor)

45
Articulatory Suppression Does Not Interfere with Directed Forgetting
ANTHONY FINA, NICOLE ROHNER, AMY GARCZYNSKI, Augustana
College (DANIEL CORTS, Faculty Sponsor)

46
The Impact of Imaging Muscle Movements on Basketball Free Throw
Performance
WILLIAM MURTHA, Dakota Wesleyan University (ANNE KELLY, Faculty
Sponsor)

47
Gender Differences in Wayfinding Memory
SONAL PATEL, Hamline University (ROBERT GUENTHER, Faculty
Sponsor)

48
Memory for Hierarchical Processing of Survival Relevant Categories
BENJAMIN MARSHALL, DAVID CEO, Purdue University (JAMES S.
NAIRNE, Faculty Sponsor)

49
The Reflection of Conceptual Knowledge, Spatial Memory, and Reaction
Time in Respect to Mental Imagery Triggered by World Geography
BRIAN DORNER, Saint Louis University (DONNA LAVOIE, Faculty
Sponsor)

50
The Effects of Mood on Inattentional Blindness
MEGAN WETEKAMP, Saint Mary’s College (REBECCA STODDART,
Faculty Sponsor)

51
Scripted and Reality Television Programs may be Categorized Separately
Within Semantic Memory
CHANDRA FELTMAN, RACHAEL FELTMAN, AMANDA TARTER,
JUSTIN DOUGERTY, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (MICHAEL
SKELLY, Faculty Sponsor)

52
The Effect of Working Memory Span on Functional Fixedness
COREY HOHENBERY, ALEXANDRA KIBLER, MARILYN OSHINOWO,
BROOKE WOIWODE, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (MICHAEL
SKELLY, Faculty Sponsor)

53
The Effect of Articulatory Suppression on Mental Rotation
RACHEL BRETZ, IAN FERGUSON, JACKIE MARSTALL, MARIJA
SMITH, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (MICHAEL SKELLY,
Faculty Sponsor)

54
Cross Linguistic Evidence on the effect of Lexical Marking
LEDINA IMAMI, MIRENA ALI, University of Michigan-Dearborn (ROBERT
HYMES; DAN J. SWIFT, Faculty Sponsors)

55
Vertical Stimuli in a Mediated Simon Task
KATHLEEN WENZLICK, University of Missouri - Columbia (MELANIE
SKAGGS SHELDON, Faculty Sponsor)

56
Optimal Duration and Intensity of Exercise to Enhance or Facilitate Mental
Performance
MEGAN CASEY, Washburn University (JOANNE D. ALTMAN, Faculty
Sponsor)

57
The Effects of Outcome Expectation and Background Music on Time
Perception
AMANDA PADGITT, Eastern Illinois University (CARIDAD BRITO, Faculty
Sponsor)

58
Culture’s Influence on Age Estimation
BONNIE ECHEVERRIA, Andrews University (KARL G. D. BAILEY, Faculty
Sponsor)

59
The Influence of Music Tempo on Reading Comprehension for 10th Grade
Standard English Students
DONNA GOERING, Central College (KEITH JONES, Faculty Sponsor)

60
Usability and Appeal of a 2D versus 3D Linux Operating System
PATRICK CARLSON, Simpson College (SAL MEYERS, Faculty Sponsor)

61
The Impact of Outcome Groupings and Agent Type on the Tendency to
Commit Either Gambler’s or Hot Hand Fallacy
RYAN NICHOLSON, Thompson Rivers University (MICHAEL R.
WOLOSZYN, Faculty Sponsor)

62
Second Language Acquisition: Effects of Gender and Social Context
MIHO KANAI, St. Cloud State University (LESLIE A. VALDES, Faculty
Sponsor)

63
Methods for Estimating the Frequency Difference Threshold of Rats
HANNAH DAVIDSON, SARAH MCCORMACK, University of Wisconsin-
River Falls (DANIEL LINWICK, Faculty Sponsor)

64
Consumer Decision-Making and the Consumption of Information
ERICA ERMANN, The Ohio State University (THOMAS NYGREN, Faculty
Sponsor)

65
Gender Differences in the Perception of Relationship Difficulty: An
Exploration Utilizing the Method of Successive Intervals
KATHERINE KLIPFEL, KIMBERLY OLSON, Minnesota State University
(RICHARD KOLOTKIN, Faculty Sponsor)

66
The Role of Emotional Valence in Age-Related Differences in Memory for
Associations
PETER JONES, University of Missouri-Columbia (MELANIE SKAGGS
SHELDON, Faculty Sponsor)

67
Using Eye Tracking Measurement to Assess Older Adults’ Associative
Memory Deficit
CHRISTOPHER MORGAN, University of Missouri-Columbia (MELANIE
SKAGGS SHELDON, Faculty Sponsor)

68
Using the Response Bias Scale to Detect Malingering in Mild Head Injured
Litigants
MOLLY LEHR, Central College (EDMOND E. WILLIS, Faculty Sponsor)

69
The Impact of Visual Presentations and ERP on the Guilty Knowledge Test
(GKT)
BRETT BUNDY, Westminster College (KIRK M. LUNNEN, Faculty Sponsor)

70
Differences Between Bilinguals and Monolinguals in Memory and Attention
JAMILYN COLEMAN, Coleman Hamline University (KIM GUENTHER,
Faculty Sponsor)