Undergraduate Honors Theses
Students enrolled in Psychology 4891E complete independent research under the direction of a faculty member. For undergraduate honors theses completed prior to 2014 please consult the library stacks (BF21.A2U5).
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
University Students’ Cognitive Strategies, Emotions, Procrastination, and Motivation for Learning, Marlen Batres
Teachers’ Job Satisfaction, Stress, Self-Efficacy and Beliefs about Self-Regulated Learning, Alexandra Bolton
The Influence of Music on Online Shopping Behaviour, Jessmyn Cabigas
The Validity of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) with Deaf Individuals, Dominica Olivia Chorostecki
Exploring Cognitive Predictors Through the Pathways to Mathematics Model, Nicole Collins
The impact of supercrip representations on attitudes towards people with physical disabilities, Sarah N. R. Crittenden
Instagram Use in Emerging Adults, Laura Dungo
Attitudes toward Vegans and Vegetarians: The Role of Anticipated Moral Reproach and Dissonance, Amanda Fediw
The Effects of Focused Meditation on Memory and Suggestibility in an Interrogative Design, Mercedes Miller
Pairing Visuals with Direct Questions: Can Children’s Response Accuracy Be Improved?, Lydia N. Murray
Dating Life Experiences: An Exploratory Study of the Interrelationships between Personality, Online Dating and Subjective Well-Being, Diana Pernokis
Translating the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire into American Sign Language: A pilot study, Christopher Plimmer
Identity Status, Achievement Goal Orientation, and Academic Engagement, Brina Puspoky
The Role of Friends in Cyber Dating Abuse: An Examination of Attitudes, Normative Beliefs and Reinforcement Behaviours, Frances Schell
Selective News Consumption and Individual Difference Variables on Political Polarization, Kieran Waitschies
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
How Perceptions of Economic Competition Affect Attitudes toward Syrian Refugees, Amal Baobaid
Investigating Outcomes of Aggressive Behaviour and Popularity in School-Aged Children, Katherine Bigham
The Effect of Co-worker Closeness on Teasing Perceptions, Behavioural Intentions and Trust in the Workplace, Jessica Bitel
Direct Mental Influence on Random Event Generators, Tayzia Collesso
Counterfactuals and Romantic Life Experiences: A Longitudinal Study of the Benefits of Thinking What Might Have Been, Alison Croke
Do We Know What We Know? Investigating the Validity of Number Representation Indices, Melissa Elfers
Sex Typing, Self- Determination Theory and Psychological Well-Being, Carly Esipu
Assessing Levels of Stigma and Accessing Mental Health Services, Kristina Giacobbe
Please Ignore Those Gestures: Does Warning Reduce the Gestural Misinformation Effect?, Brittany Haynes
The Relationship Between Psychological Well-Being and Successfully Transitioning to University, Hilary Sara Husted
The Use of Technology in Dating Relationships, Esther Ndombele
Political Self-Identification and Political Attitudes, Cayla Ryan
Translating the Mini-Mental State Exam into American Sign Language:, Jesslyn Taylor
Attitudes Towards Harm Reduction Programs, David Tomas
Exploring the Effectiveness of a Vocabulary Intervention within an After-school Program, Taylor Yake
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Life Recollections and Personality, Paola Bonilla
Effects of self-photographs on viewer’s mood, self-esteem and motivation, Stephanie Campbell
Vicarious Trauma: Effects on Visual Language Interpreters Professional Quality of Life, Brad Daly
Understanding the holistic impacts of hospice care on individuals who access their services, Vanessa Eva Marie Eyre
The Effects of Vicarious Trauma on Life Satisfaction in Visual Language Interpreters, Marissa Hall
Countering Correspondence Bias: Critical Thought Induction in Viewers of Narrative Advertisements, Kendra Hardy
Elementary School Students’ Self-Regulated Learning and Features of Classroom Contexts, Taylor Johnston
The Effects of Empathy on Vicarious Trauma in the Visual Language Interpreter, Julia Kilpatrick
Examining Change in Elementary Aged Students’ Self-Regulation for Learning, Kelsey Losenno
The effects of Corticosterone on Neuronal Migration in Zebra Finches, John Nowak
Communication technology use and perceptions in romantic relationships: The role of attachment, Nicole Off
The Role of Working Memory Capacity in Math Performance, Brenda Osei-Boadi
Exploring Predictors of Canadian Attitudes Toward Syrian Refugees and How They Should be Helped, Erica J. Partridge
Surrendering to the Vine of the Soul: Ayahuasca Shamanism as a Logotherapy, Maria Paula Rayo Gomez
Reducing Children’s False Identification Rates in Lineup Procedures, Nicole Skikavich
Sexual Health Education's Role in Predicting Safer Sex Practices, G. Christopher Sterling-Murphy
Examining Emotion Regulation Levels in Perpetrators of In-Person and Cyber Dating Abuse, Michelle Thibert
Relationship Between Theory-of-Mind Development and Children’s Response to Pre-Interview Instructions, Rachel Van Roestel
The Effects of Counterfactual Thinking on Exercise Intentions and Behaviour, Taylor Verberne
Cognitive Predictors of Timed and Untimed Early Arithmetic Performance, Olivia N. Wassing
The Effect of Gender Typing and Body Image on Life Satisfaction, Nicole Zomer
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Children’s Bullying and Victimization on School Engagement: The Influence of Teacher Support, Kelly Bedeck
Ambivalent Sexism: The Effect of Self-Esteem on Ambivalent Sexism Expression, Ashley Catala
Attentional-Capture Efficacy and Brand Qualities of Minimalist Packaging Design, Michael Garaszczuk
Ostracism Increases Positive Valence Theory of Mind Decoding Accuracy, Joshua T. Hanna
A Clinical Trial of an Electronic Monitoring System with a Deaf Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Katie Hart
Examining the Effects of Self-Set vs. Socially-Set Academic Goals and Self-Construal on Course Enjoyment, Sarah Hunt
Count on Diversity: The Cognitive and Mathematical Profiles of Children in Early Elementary School, Adam Newton
Cultural Differences in Free-Market Attitudes, James Playford
Teaching towards self-regulation: The impact of stress, self-efficacy, and motivation, Nathan Serratore
Effects of Music and Mediation on Mood and Stress Across Personality Traits, Rachel Sterling
A Correlational Study of Self-Regulated Learning, Stress and Mindfulness In Undergraduate Students, Cassandra Trevisani
Features of Classroom Instruction and Self-‐Regulation In the Elementary Years, Devon Trower
Psychology of Students' Goals: The Effects and Interplay of Goal Framing, Self-Discrepancy, Regulatory Focus, and Autonomy, Jenny C. Wang
Getting what you Ordered: Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Ordinality as Predictors of Exact and Approximate Calculation in Adults, Rylan J. Waring
Unexpected events as a cue to social surveillance, Cindel White
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Examining the underlying complexity of free market beliefs, Chad R. Buckland
An exploration of maternal sensitivity and mind-mindedness in mothers of deaf children, Benjamin W. Dantzer
The effects of motivation framing and content domain on intentions to eat plant-based foods, Terra N. Duchene
Identifying whether the mystery man or elimination lineup method is most effective for children, Logan Ewanation
The effects of corticosterone on birdsong in the adult zebra finch, Pavlina Faltynek
An exploration of online communication in dating relationships: The impact of cyber dating harassment on self-esteem and academic engagement, Kaitlin Hancock
The relation of co-rumination to romantic relationship quality, Haley Keast
Exploring big data analytics: Predictors of psychological well-being in a Canadian sample, Canaan Legault
Colour and emotional intensity, Bryanna Lucyk
The effectiveness of mindful eating in a student population, Myles A. Maillet
Barriers to care, Krista Nyssen
Subjective emotion and colour use in drawings, Christie Purchase
The mental health status of deaf and hard of hearing children in the mainstream education system, Jessica Sommers