Putnam, Creighton Taylor

Many people enjoying having numerous options available to them, yet when it comes to making a choice, people prefer selecting from fewer options. Research has shown that people tend to have the greatest satisfaction when...

Booth, Meg

Bruland, Peter Andrew

Psychopathy rarely forms the basis of an insanity defense, due to its highly prejudicial nature. However, certain characterizations and types of evidence can somewhat reduce this stigma. Undergraduate participants (N = 270) in...

Compeau, Alyssa Monika

“Fat talk”, an emerging concept within the eating disorder literature, refers to normalized conversations that involve degradation of body shape, weight and size. Previous research suggests that these negative body comments...

Tobias, Margaret Rose

Research regarding the CAD Triad Hypothesis shows that three specific emotions (contempt, anger, and disgust) are associated with three matched types of moral transgressions (community, autonomy, and divinity). The current...

Cerban, Bettina Mariel

Cigarette smoking is a moralized behavior in American culture, with smokers judged as immoral people. Moral judgments in general are informed by emotions, and the CAD triad hypothesis suggests that three emotions in particular...

Monopoli, William John

Additional Reading: After graduating from Dickinson, this thesis was used as the basis for an article written by W. John Monopoli and Sharon Kingston, published by the International Journal of Behavioral Development in 2012....

Chmielewski, Jennifer

Research on women’s body image has focused on the sexual objectification women experience in society and their interpersonal relationships, but the concept of body image has been studied almost exclusively among heterosexual...

DiMuccio, Sarah Helweg

Manhood and masculinity have been studied extensively in psychology and related disciplines and one focus of this work has been the way in which men must achieve their manhood and the precariousness of that achievement....

DeBroeck, Katherine