Dr. Robert Rycek
associate dean of the UNK College of Natural and Social Sciences, 308.865.8235
The University of Nebraska at Kearney Psychology Department hosted the 23rd Annual Great Plains Students’ Psychology Convention on March 14 and March 15. During the two-day convention, about 300 students and faculty attended and 146 papers were presented.
The UNK students that presented are listed below.
| Session | Student, Hometown | Paper |
| Adolescence Session | ||
| First place | Jessica Baker, O’Neill | The Effects of Adolescent Egocentrism on Perception of Ambiguous Figures |
| Chris Denton, Kearney | ||
| Michala Klein, Farnam | ||
| Animal Behavior | ||
| First place | Jennifer Murray, Mary Esther, FL | The Effects of Long-Term Exposure to Depleted Uranium on Rat Behavior |
| Gender Issues II | ||
| First place | Jennifer Murray, Mary Esther, FL | Effects of Gender of Aggressor on Perceptions of Aggression |
| Mixed Graduate Student Empirical Research | ||
| First place | Charisse M. Hoops, North Bend | Pre-service Teachers’ and Education Faculty’s Awareness and Importance of School Psychological Services |
| Physiological Psychology Session | ||
| First place | Brenda R. Petersen, Kearney | Signaling of the 5-HT Receptor in Cell Lines |
| Social Psychology | ||
| First place | Jason Houston, Minden | Effects of Different Music Types on Expressing Aggression |
| C. Jeffery Oxley, Columbus | ||
| Developmental Psychology | ||
| Stacey Deschane, Lincoln | Introversion/Extroversion, Peer/Parent Influences and Moral Development |
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| Gender | ||
| Ryan M. Moss, Alliance | Mate Selection and Opposite-Sex Parental Characteristics | |
| Kerrie R. Christensen, Alliance | ||
| Stacy L. Rutar, Springview | ||
| Gender Issues I | ||
| Maribeth Jorgensen, Hastings | The Effects of Partner’s Appearance on Perception of Physical Attractiveness |
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| Derek Godberson, Kearney | ||
| Perception & Performance | ||
| Ann Stewart, Kearney | Mental versus Physical Aspects of Musicians’ Performance |
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| Social/Personality | ||
| Lisa Fisk, Syracuse | Facial Emotions: Can We Read What They Say? |
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| Wendy Gibbs, Kearney | ||
| Tanis Saldivar, Kearney | ||
| Social Psychology | ||
| Misty Herbert, Lexington | Locus of Control on Game Preference and Game Satisfaction |
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| Dawn Belle Isle, Kearney | ||
| Sean Pierce, Callaway | ||
