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Twenty students and five faculty at the University of Nebraska at Kearney recently presented research at the Association for Psychological and Educational Research in Kansas/Nebraska Psychological Society (PERK/NPS) 2006 Convention held at Fort Hays (Kansas) State University.
The conference was a joint venture by the two organizations and featured approved research from undergraduate students and their faculty. Dr. Miller, chair of the UNK psychology department, was a featured faculty speaker at the event. He gave a presentation titled “Terror Management and Risk-Taking.”
Other UNK faculty presenters were Drs. B. Jean Mandernach, visiting professor of psychology; Robert Rycek, professor of psychology and associate dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences; Theresa Wadkins, assistant professor of psychology; and William Wozniak, professor of psychology.
Participating students presented papers and posters that described their respective research projects. UNK students who attended the conference are listed below, alphabetically by hometown, along with their research projects and faculty mentors.
Ainsworth – Brindi Utemark, “Urban and rural helpfulness: Personal values and distinctions among close neighbors, familiar strangers and complete strangers,” Dr. Richard Miller
Columbus – Jason Lescelius, “Reasons for denial of a correctly identified emotion between significant others,” Dr. Miller
Fremont – Sara Ottun, “The door-in-the-face paradigm: A direct comparison between explanations,” Dr. Miller
Gering – Jaime Wendt, “Effect of disguise and order of disguise on facial recognition ability pictures,” Dr. Theresa Wadkins
Grand Island – Sara Singkofer, “The effects of headgear on person perception,” Dr. William Wozniak
Hallam – Jenna L. Hull, “The self-reference effect on recalling gender-related and neutral words,” Dr. Wadkins
Hastings – Suzana Cook, “The self-reference effect on recalling gender-related and neutral words,” Dr. Wadkins
Hazard – Clarissa Owens, “The effects of social role, gender and tattoos on impression formation,” Dr. Miller
Holdrege – Faithe Kroll, “The self-reference effect on recalling gender-related and neutral words,” Dr. Wadkins
Homer – Shannon M. Thompson, “Academic dishonesty among college students,” Dr. Wadkins
Indianola – Lanay Manker, “Boundary extension using happy, sad and neutral pictures,” Dr. Wadkins
Lexington – Jessica Seberger, “The effects of clothing color on person perception,” Dr. Wozniak
Lincoln – Stacy DeVore, “An exploration of the relationship between personality traits and binge eating behaviors,” Dr. Krista Fritson
O’Neill – Jamie L. Babutzke, “Exploring alcohol use, alcohol dependency and alcohol-related problems in college students,” Dr. Fritson
Ogallala – Sara Brady, “Boundary extension using happy, sad and neutral pictures,” Dr. Wadkins
Ruskin – Stacy Simonsen, “An exploration of the relationship between personality traits and binge eating behaviors,” Dr. Fritson
St . Edward – Tiffany Sherwood, “The door-in-the-face paradigm: A direct comparison between explanations,” Dr. Miller
Scottsbluff – Marty Demoret, “Rise and shine, it’s construction time: The stressful effects of chronic exposure to construction noise,” Dr. Miller; Rebecka Tompkins, “ Boundary extension using happy, sad and neutral pictures,” Dr. Wadkins
TEXAS
Nacodoches – Blaine French, “The effects of clothing color on person perception,” Dr. Wozniak
