Approved honors proposals: Class of 2008
AuthorAngela Antony | TitleLuck of the draw: The phenomenon of serial order effects on evaluation of competitions | Advisor(s)D. Gilbert | Reader(s)D. Gilbert |
Margaret Arnold | Trait-face linkage in four-year-olds as related to threat and social relevance | E. Spelke K. Kinzler | S. Carey |
Konika Banerjee PSY/HEB | Evidence for a general intelligence factor (g) in a non-human primate species | M. Hauser /Psy/HEB | S. Pinker /Psy R. Wrangham /HEB |
Isabelle Berner MBB/PN | The influence of foreignness and ethnicity on hiring preferences | E. Spelke K. Kinzler | S. Pinker |
Erin Blackstock MBB/PN | Leveling the playing field: Examining the relationship between performance goals, stress responses, and stress appraisal on standardized exams | W. Mendes M. Akinola | J. Mitchell |
Theresa Cheng MBB/PN | The neural correlates of prospection within the right hippocampus | D. Schacter D. Addis | R. Buckner |
Marvin Cine (Gov/Psy) | The philosophical notion of desert and its application in social science research and beyond | J. Sidanius/Psy Eric Beerbohm /Gov | W. Mendes/Psy _____ /Gov |
Jordan Ford | The doctor is in, but are they listening? The effects of priming agency or experience empathy on the recall of patient information | A. Heberlein | C. Hooker |
Kyle Foreman MBB/PN | Perceiving inequities: Primates’ expectations of fairness | M. Hauser | A. Caramazza |
Harrison Greenbaum | “Did you hear the one about the…?”: The effect of racial humor on prejudice | J. Sidanius L. Thomsen | J. Mitchell |
Sarah Gross | An examination of the subordinate male target hypothesis among an Ashkenazi population in Israel | J. Sidanius /Psy A. Ho /Psy | J. Mitchell /Psy |
Amit Kumar | The impact of outcome valence on perceived duration | D. Gilbert K. Kassam | M. Bazerman /HBS |
Matthew Lebowitz MBB/PN | Consumption of science and its effects on attitudes | C. Hooven S. Pinker | S. Pinker |
Alex Levin MBB/PN | Indirect speech in bribery | S. Pinker | D. Gilbert |
Lirui Li MBB/PN | How to tell right from wrong: The role of personal force in moral judgments | J. Greene F. Cushman | J. Greene |
R. Luedemann MBB/PN | Transferring localized facial learning across face-space | K. Nakayama | J. Wolfe |
Carina Martin Life Science | Evidence for vagal regulation as an index of endocrine sensitivity to social feedback | W. Mendes K. Koslov | M. Nock |
Morgan McLean Life Science | Socialization and vocalization in mutant mouse models of Rett Syndrome | T. Hensch /MCB K. Nakayama | K. Nakayama |
Rachel Montana | Is spatial reasoning different for speakers of different languages? A cross-linguistic look at egocentric and geocentric frames of reference in memorizing | S. Carey P. Li | J. Snedeker |
Evan O'Donnell | Geometric core knowledge: Partial maps, length and angle | E. Spelke V. Izard | S. Carey |
Meghan Pasricha | Self-efficacy and age as predictors of cognitive performance under stress | W. Mendes K. Koslov | J. Greene |
Eric Reavis | High-level stimulus characteristics affect the stability but not the initiation of binocular rivalry | K. Nakayama S. Afraz | R. Buckner |
Caroline Silva | How does deliberate self-harm block empathy in observers? The role of goal appreciation in empathy blocking | A. Heberlein W. Mendes B. Sparrow | W. Mendes |
Jillian Swencionis SocSt/Psy | Perception of defendant memory and its societal implications | T. Aladjem /SocSt D. Gilbert /Psy K. Kassam | ____ /SocSt M. Norton /Psy |
Max Warren MBB/PN | Are self-injurers violent? A study of the rate and correlates of violent behavior among adolescent self-injurers | M. Nock | J. Hooley |
Amanda Willis | Joint-separate preference reversals: Applications to gender biases in hiring | M. Bazerman M. Akinola | J. Mitchell |
Ashley Witt | Attitudes toward the body in non-suicidal self-injury and eating disorders | M. Nock M. Wedig | J. Hooley |
Rocksheng Zhong | The trouble with trolleys: Intention and causation in moral dilemmas | J. Greene F. Cushman | S. Carey |