Undergraduate Honors Theses - Psychology
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Perceptions of Advice Interactions and their Relationships with Ethnicity and Type of Problem
(2013-05-09)How social support manifests itself varies by cultural context, most notably between members of individualist and collectivist cultures. Perceptions of social support interactions have also been thought to differ. We looked ... -
Psychology at Georgetown University: An Institutional History
(2013-05-09)In this paper I will explore the institutional history of the Georgetown University Department of Psychology. First, I will provide an historical background of Georgetown University, and illustrate what the early program ... -
Gender Differences in Perception of Spending and Financial Risk Aversion
(2013-05-06)Previous studies have indicated significant relationships between the spending habits of individuals and those of their parents. However, studies have indicated mixed findings as to whether parents tend to teach differing ... -
Subjective and Physiological Reactivity to Film Clips Depends on Focus of Attention
(2013-05-06)Emotional experience can be seen as an affective experience (known as psychologization in the clinical literature) or a somatic or bodily-focused experience (known as somatization in the clinical literature). This study ... -
Social and Emotional Responses to Being Envied in a Face-to-Face Social Interaction
(2013-05-06)Envy is a social emotion characterized by coveting another person’ relationships, life circumstances, or material wealth. Most literature on this topic focuses on the envious individual, yet there is little research on ...