WAUKESHA – All seven groups of students who submitted research papers prepared for their experimental psychology class at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha have had their work accepted for presentation at a symposium to be held in Madison April 24.
The papers and authors are:
“You’ve Gotta Have Heart: The Effects of Optimism on a Difficult Cognitive Task” by Michael Douglas, Nashotah, and Brandie Farina, Muskego.
“The Band Plays On: The Effects of Playing a Musical Instrument on Spatial Ability” by Ryan Dronek, Hartland, and Kristy Pallagi, Mukwonago.
“Sexual Permissiveness: Gender Basis or Dominance Related?” by Patrick Klein, Brookfield, and Melissa Kleinke, West Bend.
“Perceived Popularity: Beauty or Brains?” by Alex Burbey and Jennifer Schwasinger, both of West Allis.
“Jealousy and Gender: Sex Roles or Manner of Measure” by Nicole Schneider and Tracy Sincock, both of Waukesha.
“Beautifully Successful: A Study on Attractiveness and Academic Performance” by Jeffrey Kierzek, West Allis, and Michael Vlahoulis, Greenfield.
“Internet Use among College Students: Who, What and Why” by Kimberly Tinder, Waukesha.
The annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, sponsored by the UW-Madison chapter of Psi Chi, national honor society for psychology, solicits colleges throughout the Midwest for student papers. UW-Waukesha professor Bob Bermant each year offers his students the opportunity to participate, and generally at least one paper from UW-Waukesha is accepted. For the last two years all have been.
A total of 30-40 papers, covering work in clinical/ biological, developmental, social/emotional, social, personality, and cognitive aspects of psychology, are presented at the symposium.
The symposium provides undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in the academic milieu ordinarily experienced only in graduate school and beyond. |
