DEPARTMENT OF ART

Empirical Projects

Andrews, Heather; Proffit, Jake. FILAMENT EXTRUSION FOR 3D PRINTING.

3D printing is cutting edge technology, advancing traditional practices of fine art in a digital age. Our 3D printers utilize plastic filament that is heated and extruded to create CAD-designed objects. Filament costs $40-$80/kg. Using purchased raw material (ABS pellets), we predict that costs will be reduced to $10/kg, saving approximately $300 per semester. Using donated raw material will reduce the cost of filament to $0. We will construct a filament extruder combining aspects of several open source designs. Methods of research will consist of Internet research, phone calls, social networking, and trial and error.
Faculty Sponsor: J. NEIL LAWLEY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Analytical Papers and Analyses

Anderson, Bailey; Jameson, Daniel; Kirkendoll, Shelbie. EFFECTS OF VIDEO STIMULI ON MEAN BLOOD PRESSURE.

Negative emotional stress is known to raise a person?s blood pressure. Studies have been done on fear inducing stimuli affecting heart rate and mean arterial pressure, but not addressed blood pressure. Such studies also used mice and rats, where we were more focused on human results. We tested three human subjects? resting blood pressures then exposed each individual to both scary and relaxing stimuli and compared the differences in the data collected. Regardless of the stimulus the average diastolic and systolic pressures increased compared to no stimulus.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WALTON

Jaymes Hall, Banks Born, Adam Burkheart. DUCK PARASITES COMPARED THROUGH SPECIES.

Research project that involved dissecting three different species of Waterfowl. We dissected and looked at the intestines, heart, lungs, gizzards and exterior of Mallards, Green Wing Teal, and Wood ducks for parasites. We counted and identified the parasites and tracked their location.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID ASHLEY

Long, Casey, Roberts, Kyle. CHANGES IN WOOD DENSITY OF JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA WITH ELEVATION.

We tested the changes that elevation would have in the density of fibers laid down by Juniperus virginiana.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. C. BARTA

Preece, Tanner and Haefner, Ida. COVERBOARD STUDY IN THE BIOLOGY STUDY AREA AT OTOE CREEK.

We collected data in the Biology Study area at Otoe Creek of organisms found under coverboards in different successions of the forest on Missouri Western State University's campus. Based on the data the succession of the forest is statistically significant to the species richness, species abundance, and the shannon diversity. One of the more common species, the pillbug, had an abundance that was statistically significant to the season. More research will need to be done in the winter and the summer to determine which season has the more abundant pillbug population.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID ASHELY

Roberton, Daniel and Patton, Erin. PREVALENCE OF PARASITES IN AMERICAN BULLFROGS.

American bullfrogs are a species of frogs found all over the state of Missouri. Several were collected by hand or given to us for study. With the help of our class, the frogs were necropsied and the presence of parasites noted. The most prevalent parasites were nematodes and trematodes.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID ASHLEY

Empirical Projects

Abas, Mohammad, Stewart, Lauren, Goodroad, Samuel, Hembry, Thea. THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT TEMPO MUSIC ON BLOOD PRESSURE.

We decided to test the effect of different tempo music on blood pressure levels. For the negative control, we measured our blood pressures while not listening to any music. Then, we listened to a slow tempo song, a medium tempo song, and a fast tempo song, recording blood pressure after each song. We compared the mean systolic blood pressure of each participant and the mean diastolic blood pressure of each participant. The data indicated no significant correlation between different tempos of music and blood pressure. Based on our results, different tempo music does not affect blood pressure.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. KRISTEN WALTON

Abbas, Mohammad. LOCALIZATION OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS GAG PROTEIN IN POLARIZED T CELLS.

Polarized T cells contain a uropod region which is essential for cell-to-cell interaction and cell-to- cell transmission of HIV. It has been observed that the HIV structural protein, Gag, traffics to and is enriched at the uropod region of human T cells. The trafficking of intracellular molecules in polarized cells is thought to be a process that is conserved in other organisms. As such, the question we are posing is whether the HIV Gag trafficking pathway is also conserved in polarized cells from others mammalian species. We have determined that Rabbit polarized T cells can be nucleofected to express GFP.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. STEVEN HATCH

Bembrick, Mitchell and Berry, Justin. EXPERIMENTS IN PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

This experiment is about the mechanical stress that plants can receive from being stepped on, chewed on, or any other method that could cause damage to them. Mechanical stress is something plants face more often than many people realize as just walking on the grass causes mechanical stress to it. We aimed to see what responses plants (in this case, the china doll (Radermachera sinica) have to different kinds of mechanical stress, which for this experiment was crushing and cutting.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Boender, Amanda, Buhman, Kyle, Frederick, Paul, Singleton, Jacob. EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE.

The effects of different genres of music were tested to see if they had any effect on heart rate or blood pressure. The two genres tested were classical and heavy metal. The hypothesis was if classical music was listened to systolic blood pressure and heart rate would go down and if heavy metal was listened to than both would go up. It was determine that systolic blood pressure significantly decreased when classical music was played. Heart rate slightly decreased when classical music was played. There were no significant increases in systolic blood pressure or heart rate when heavy metal music was played.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WALTON

Boender, Amanda; Singleton, Jacob; Buhman, Kyle; Frederick, Paul. EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE.

The effects of different genres of music were tested to see if they had any effect on heart rate or blood pressure. The two genres tested were classical and heavy metal. The hypothesis was if classical music was listened to then systolic blood pressure and heart rate would go down and if heavy metal was listened to then both would go up. It was determined that systolic blood pressure significantly decreased when classical music was played. Heart rate slightly decreased when classical music was played. There were no significant increases in systolic blood pressure or heart rate when heavy metal music was played.
Faculty Sponsor: WALTON

Briscoe, Sarah Dysart, Kayla Haynes, Michael. THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC ON HEART RATE.

An electrocardiogram(EKG) is a test that detects the electrical activity of the heart. The EKG was used to measure the heart rate while subject was listening to various genres of music including classical, pop, techno, death metal, and rap. The expected outcome for this experiment was increased heart rate activity from the control for death metal and rap and a decrease in heart rate activity for classical. The results for each genre were compared to a control to determine differences in heart rate activity. It was concluded that each subject had variances in their response to each music genre.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. KRISTEN WALTON

Pe?a, Lana' Compton, Carly; Laliberte, Emilie; Gunderson, Emilie . THE EFFECT OF GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION ON YEAST REACTIVITY.

In this experiment, varying concentrations of glucose were used to see CO2 production in yeast. Our variables included yeast and 5%, 10%, and 20% glucose solution. A fourth tube with only yeast and water was prepared as a control. There was no CO2 production from the yeast and water. We then analyzed our results and concluded the two highest concentrations of glucose had the higher CO2 production. Concluding that the higher percentage of glucose concentration the faster the reaction will occur and a higher amount of CO2 will be produced.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARTA

Compton, Carly; Williams, Nick . LIGHT INTENSITY EFFECTS ON H202 CONCENTRATIONS .

All environmental stresses on plants induce an accumulation of stress induced reactive oxygen species (ROS). Of all ROS, hydrogen peroxide (H202) has the longest lifetime. The increased rate of accumulation is a sensitive marker for the early detection of oxidative stress, prior to the accumulation of other markers. The detection of H2O2 is possible with 3,3?- diaminobenzidine (DAB). DAB forms a brownish insoluble polymer when it reacts with hydrogen peroxide, and is in the presence of endogenous peroxidase enzymes. The brown precipitate becomes visible after removing the chlorophyll with 96% ethanol (EtOH). This is a more qualitative approach to being able to visibly see the plant reacting to an outside environmental stressor. Another method is to use spectrophotometric determination which measures the absorbance and content of H2O2 in each sample. The finding of high concentrations of H2O2 would show the plant responding to its environmental stressor, in our case the high intensity white light. We hypothesize that our treatment will show a higher concentration level of Hydrogen Peroxide than our control.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARTA

Cormode, Mallori, Garvey, Amber, Schalz, Heather, McCrerey, Stefanie. THE EFFECTS OF MONSTER ENERGY DRINK CONSUMPTION ON BLOOD PRESSURE.

This experiment was designed to examine the effects that the popular energy drink Monster has on blood pressure during the first hour after it has been consumed. Four female college students consumed 16 oz of the original Monster energy drink within five minutes and their blood pressure was measured every 15 minutes afterwards to observe when the energy drink increased the blood pressure the most if at all.There was no significant difference in blood pressure except after 45 minutes after drinking the energy drink. At 45 minutes, the systolic pressure of all four women was higher than at any other time interval. The systolic pressure changed very little in all four women over the course of an hour.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WALTON

Filley, Joseph; Ricklefs, Corey; Seevers, Jacob; Sowards, John. THE EFFECTS OF PRE-WORKOUT ON THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM .

Pre-workout supplements are an increasingly popular group of products taken by athletes and recreational users alike. The list of benefits touted by these supplements include increased energy, concentration, blood flow and more. The goal of this experiment was to discover what effect, if any, that pre-workout would have on blood pressure and heart rate in subjects that were stationary for 30 minutes. While subjects did report slight anxiety and a tingling sensation around the manufacturer?s recommended 20 minute mark, no statistically significant changes or trends were observed in either blood pressure or heart rate.
Faculty Sponsor: WALTON, KRISTEN

French-Harbison, Bridgette; Phillips, Cody. PREVALENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS ON MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY.

A study was performed to determine the distribution and prevalence of the parasitic nematode Baylisascaris procyonis on the Missouri Western State University campus. Through this study, we found that B. procyonis is present on MWSU campus across a wide range of latrine types and proximities to human development.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY CHEVALIER

French-Harbison, Bridgette. EFFECTS OF GIBBERELLIC ACID CONCENTRATION ON A HOUSE PLANT.

A study was conducted to test the effects of different concentrations of Gibberellic acid on a small house plant. Through this study, I found that concentrations of 500mg/L and 1000mg/L of Gibberellic acid do not cause significant differences in the growth patterns of the plant used in this study.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELA BARTA

Rebecca Jordan, Danielle Hubbard, Angel Hart, Isaac Myers, and Lauren LaJoie. THE IMPACT OF PH ON YEAST FERMENTATION.

We tested the affects of pH on the rate of fermentation of yeast. The pH that was used to test the rate of fermentation was 2.5, 6, and 11. We mixed glucose with hydrochloric acid to make a more acidic solution, and glucose with sodium hydroxide to make a more basic solution. Our hypothesis we tested states that fermentation of pH 2.5, 6, and 11 by yeast and glucose would occur at the same rate. After proceeding with the experiment, our results rejected the hypothesis.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Kellam, Jami; Mantlo, Drew; Born, Banks; McMillian, Heather. EFFECT OF BLUE LIGHT ON PLANTS.

This study investigated the impact of blue light on stomatal conductance and transpiration of ivy plants.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Klingseis, Marissa; Gray,Christina; Stephan, Lorean and Simmons, Jennifer . THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL ON PROTEIN DENATURATION IN EGGS.

This study investigated the impact of different alcohols on the speed of denaturation of proteins in eggs.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Mason Kose, Matt Gillstrom, Clay Miller, Eryn Goode . THE IMPACT OF ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCES ON THE RATE OF FERMENTATION IN YEAST.

In this experiment we tested the impact of four \r\naddictive substances on yeast fermentation, such \r\nas 5-Hour Energy, Nicotine, beer and ethanol.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Moore, Levi; Lysaght, Ilanea; Day, Slayde and Bsworth, Grayson. THE EFFECT OF ACIDS AND BASES ON ELODEA LEAVES.

Elodea is an aquatic plant that is used to view plant cells. We used this plant to look at the physical effects on acids and bases on the plant cell. We predicted that the acids would cause a more physical effect on them then the bases, to see if the cell wall would be destroyed or damaged more. We placed some Elodea leaves under a compound microscope and observed the effects of the chemicals. As the experiment progressed, we saw the changes of the strong acid, had not just changed the plant cells, but killed them. It verified our hypothesis of the acids causing a more physical change than the bases.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

(Luna, Ben)(Sanders, Zach)(Jumps, Miles)(Ringler, Keith). BEAN PLANT GROWTH IN DIFFERENT SOILS.

In this experiment we studied the growth of bean plants in several different types of soil. We tested Loess soil, Gumbo, Perlite, Peat Moss, Potting Soil and Clay Loam. Majority of the soils produced nice healthy plants that grew rapidly and produced good data. However, some of the soils did not perform so well. The gumbo and the Clay Loam both did not produce anything. This could have been to over-watering or having the soil too saturated with water. Our hypothesis was that the Loess Soil and the Potting Soil would show the most amount of growth in the least amount of time.
Faculty Sponsor: BARTA

Sarah Lyle, Ryan Frazer, Katie Kempf, Addie Wikowsky. CAN ALCOHOL BE A SUBSTRATE FOR FERMENTATION?.

Our group decided to test fermentation rates of Budweiser: Black Crown, Coors Light, Miller Light, Shock Top Belgian White, Water, Glucose (20%). We tested this by emerging the alcohol and yeast mixtures in 37 degree Celsius water. We observed the blue dye indicator rise which indicates fermentation. In comparison to water, which did not indicate any fermentation due to the lack of sugar, and glucose, which is a strong indicator of sugar, we found in trial 1, that the Miller Lite and the Shock Top fermented fastest. In trial 2 we found that Coors Lite fermented fastest.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Mantlo, Drew Santiago, Kathryn Barlett, Jenice. OCEAN FISH REVIEW.

We conducted a literature review over wildlife laws covering ocean fish. There were many laws that have to do with ocean fish. We only covered 3; The Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976, Sustainable Fisheries Act, and The Endangered Species Act. We reviewed all of these into some detail. Then reviewed a case involving each of these acts including Maine vs. Kreps, C&W Fish vs. Fox, and American Rivers vs. National Marine Fisheries.\\r\\n \\r\\n
Faculty Sponsor: CARY CHEVALIER

Mantlo, Drew Kellam, Jami Born, Banks Mcmillian, Heather. EFFECTS OF BLUE LIGHT ON PLANTS.

We conducted a test of what effect of blue light would have on the stomata opening of plants and the effect it has on transpiration.
Faculty Sponsor: CSENGELE BARTA

Moll, Michelle; Couch, Brock; Shore, Adam. BIO360: THE EFFECTS OF AUXIN ON THE SHOOT GROWTH OF IVY GARLAND (HEDERA HELIX).

There are several different plant hormones that play an intricate role in plant development. We chose to look at the plant hormone auxin and if it would increase shoot length.. In order to determine this, we cut shoots from Ivy Garland (Hedera helix) and submerged them in four different concentrations of auxin for 30 minutes, 1, 2,3, and 24 hours. From our results, we found that auxin has no effect on shoot length.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Molloy, Alex; Scott, John. SEASONAL EFFECTS ON POND ECOSYSTEMS.

The purpose of this experiment was to test the effects the fall on spring seasons had on pond ecosystems. Biotic and abiotic variables was measured in six ponds across the campus of Missouri Western State University. The following hypotheses were made: 1.) Average water turbidity will be higher in ponds during the fall season than in the spring season. 2.) Water temperature will be higher in ponds during the fall season than in the spring season. 3.) Average dissolved oxygen levels in the ponds will be higher during the spring season than in the fall season. 4.) Average invertebrate species richness and abundance will be higher in the ponds during the fall season than in the spring season. After analyzing data it was found that our second hypothesis was confirmed while our first, third, and fourth hypotheses were incorrect.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID ASHLEY

Packham, Alycia. Howard,Garren. INVASIVE CRAYFISH OF TUMBLING CREEK CAVE .

An invasive crayfish,Astacoidea, has been taking over many parts of Tumbling Creek Cave in southern Missouri. This project was done to determine if this species has been preying on the Tumbling Creek Cave snail which is endemic to this cave system.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID ASHLEY

Sandra Pitcher, Derek Payne, Jessie Green, Derek Hullett, Jasmine Stalker, Dawn Drake and Csengele Barta, . THE ECO-PHYSIOLOGY OF MARCESCENCE IN PIN OAK IN MISSOURI.

This study investigates the eco-physiology of marcescence in oaks and the connection between the isoprenoid pathway and hormones controlling abscission.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Poole, Crystal. Lichtenegger, Ryan.. MWSU CAMPUS LEAF LITTER ANALYSIS.

Analysis of MWSU campus leaf litter invertebrates from April & October of 2013 and 2014. Research project for Invertebrate Biology course Fall 2014.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. ASHLEY

Reed, Allison; Schroff, Rachel; Milbourn, Kenneth; Dewy, Tim. GUAIFENESINM, CETIRIZINE AND A COMMON MULTI-VITAMIN VS THE EFFECT OF DUGESIA TIGRINA REGENERATION .

Dugesia tigrina have been fascinating scientist for many of years due to their ability to regenerate missing segments of their body. This project will test the ability of Planaria to regenerate after living in a medication contaminated environment for 1 week. This study will also show the importance of finding better biodegradable active ingredients or developing a water filter that is able to take these medications out of the water. Our hypothesis stated that if Mucinex, Zyrtec and a common multi- vitamin are tested vs the regeneration rate of Planaria, the regeneration rate will decrease due to the amount of active ingredient build up in the water environment. .
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Reeves, Dalton . SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION DEPT. OF MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION.

This summer I had the privilege of spending the majority of my time at the North West Regional Office of the Missouri Department of Conservation. In particular- I spent one on one time with supervisor, Mr. T.J Peacher, in hopes to find a better perspective on the day to day roles of an regional educational coordinator. In doing this internship, I have found much further insight to proceed, with confidence, to pursue my personal goal to work with the conservation department of Missouri. There are many skills and teachings that have impacted me during my encounters with Mr. Peacher, all of which have helped me to further myself in conservation field and have helped me to better conduct my self with the public
Faculty Sponsor: DR. C. D. CHEVALIER

Reeves Dalton, Sunderland Jessica , Miles Eddie , McCulley Jonathon . PHOTOSENSITIZATION OF SPINACH PIGMENT AND ANALYSIS BY FLORESCENCE .

This experiment was conducted to see the photosensitization reaction of spinach leaves. We used a spectrometer to detect the fluorescence of chlorophyll molecules. By stressing the pigments using light, we were able to observe what happens to the chlorophyll when reactive oxygen species are present. However, we were unable to obtain conclusive results in order to confirm or deny our hypothesis.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

Ringler, Keith. FISHERIES INSTERNSHIP.

For my summer internship I worked with the department of conservation in there fisheries division. The experiences I gained were elctrofishing, invasive plant control, plant implementation, fishing clinics and seine sampling.
Faculty Sponsor: CHEVLIER

Powers, AJ; Owens, Darcy; Davis, Courtney; Romesburg, Kayla. QRS AMPLITUDE AT REST VS. HANGING.

This experiment was conducted using ECG to measure the QRS wave amplitudes while at rest and while upside down. Our group predicted that there would be lower amplitudes at rest compared to being upside down. Our hypothesis was not supported. The test was conducted on four people and the median person of the tests is displayed.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WALTON

Schaben, Brooke; Anding, Taylor; Fine, Megan; Torres, Alejandra. RECOVERY TIME OF BLOOD PRESSURE AFTER EXERCISE.

To determine the effect of exercise on blood pressure, we developed an experiment testing the differences of blood pressure before and after exercise. Resting blood pressure was taken for each of the participants in the group. After three minutes of a step test, the blood pressure was taken immediately and then once every minute after until resting blood pressure was reached. The time of recovery was charted for each participant in order to compare the results. The recovery time was quick for our group, due to the amount of exercise we perform per week.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WALTON

Seever, Heather Lynch, Jamie Evert, Joey. HERBICIDE EFFECT ON IVY HOUSE PLANTS.

With this experiment we wanted to see if the application of a herbicide on a single leaf versus the whole plant would effect the function of the leaves. We also measured the H2O2 production of the leaves after the application of the herbicide.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARTA

Shore, Adam; Messa, Tayla; Ringler, Keith. BIO415 MINIPROJECTS.

Kick net sampling for invertebrates is a common practice conducted by many biologists. We conducted a similar study at Reis Biological Station on Huzzah Creek. The purpose of these studies are to find the species richness, abundance and time of year in a riffle vs. run habitats. Riffle habitats will have a greater species richness and abundance because of protection from predators. We used kick nets to gather our specimens and then further analyzed them in lab. The only significant difference between a riffle and run habitat were the time of year and amount of species richness.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID ASHLEY

Shuskey, Tori; Bush, Anna; Cluck, Katie; Stark, Charrissa. THE EFFECTS OF ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTS ON BLOOD-GLUCOSE.

In this experiment, we tested the effects of individual organic food products on blood-glucose levels. We wanted to specifically determine whether or not organic food products such as water, blue berries, pecans, and ground cinnamon would lower the levels of blood glucose after raising them.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WALTON

Wakefield, Calvin. STUDY DESIGN OF SCORPION AT THE OZARK UNDERGROUND LAB.

After identifying a study site, I proposed three \r\nstudy designs to monitor these scorpions in Taney \r\ncounty Missouri. The first is a basic population \r\nmonitoring study to detail changes in the \r\npopulation. The second is to determine their \r\npreference in microhabitat. The third is a \r\nterrain preference sampling.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. ASHLEY

(Williams, Virginia) (Meyer, Jordan). MEASURING TEMPERATURE INDUCED STRESS IN PLANTS USING HYPROGEN PEROXIDE GENERATION. .

The response of plants to produce hydrogen \r\n\\r\\nperoxide in times of stress is a commonly \r\n\\r\\nexploited process in laboratory studies of \r\nplant \\r\\nphysiology. In this experiment 4 \r\nindividual China \\r\\nDoll plants were transplanted \r\nand placed in two \\r\\nseparate climate controlled \r\ngreenhouse rooms. One \\r\\nroom was maintained at \r\n70 degrees Fahrenheit and \\r\\nthe other was 80 \r\ndegrees. The plants were watered \\r\\nto \r\nsaturation and maintained over a week and were \r\n\\r\\nthen assessed for their hydrogen peroxide \r\n\\r\\nproduction using spectroscopy. The results \r\nfound \\r\\nthat China Doll plants were responding \r\nto stress \\r\\nmore prevalently in the warmer \r\nenvironment.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARTA

(Woods, Grant) (Way, Corvette) (Caton, Zachary). THE EFFECT OF WATER TEMPERATURE ON HEART RATE .

Heartbeats are caused by ion flow within the heart. This flow can be sensed as electronic signals and read through the use of an electrocardiogram as heart rate and beat intensity. This experiment used a dry foot and compared that to water temperature at 3 ⁰ Celsius, 26 ⁰C, and 45 ⁰C to see if there would be a substantial change in heart rate across the subjects.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. KRISTEN WALTON

Historical Papers

Lichtenegger, Ryan; Lorde, Jeremy; Williams, Nicholas . AN OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL WILDLIFE LAW ON PRIVATE LANDS .

Develeopment of Wildlife Law/BIO360: a historical overview of wildlife conservation and law on private lands.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY CHEVALIER

Internship/Practicum Experience

Brown, Steven. APPLIED LEARNING THROUGH PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS: MY SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH .

This poster is a representation of the work I did this summer as an intern with the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP). My experience as a member of the MOFEP bird crew gave me an applied learning opportunity by allowing me to take the knowledge I had gained in classroom and mentorship environments and apply it to real field work. As a part of my applied learning experience, I was taught multiple sampling techniques. These techniques, as described in this poster, are techniques that I will be able to apply to any area of biology that I pursue. I also learned and implemented other skills. The most important of these was probably learning how to set-up and carry out a short term research project. Overall, my applied learning internship experience allowed me to put to work the things that I had been taught in a real-world scenario.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY CHEVALIER

Lynch, Jamie. OMAHA INTERSHIP .

For my internship credit I chose to do an internship with the Henry Doorly Zoo, In Omaha Nebraska. I chose this because I myself would like to be a zookeeper. The internship is an unpaid internship but offers free housing and the zoo also supplies a lot of the house hold supplies that you need on a day to day bases. My internship lasted from May 8th to August 1st. From May 8th to June 20th I interned in the jungle and from June 23rd to August 1st I interned in aquarium birds. This internship with the zoo has giving me a lot of experience, working in a zoo as a keeper as well as helped be learn more on how to interact with the public as well as to inform them about the animals I was caring for.
Faculty Sponsor: CARY D. CHEVALIER

Mantlo, Drew. SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT C.M.E.R.A..

I reviewed what I did and learned while at this summer internship. Also gave a list of everything caught while there along with the goals of attending this internship.
Faculty Sponsor: CARY CHEVALIER

McCulley, Jonathan. MCDOWELL FARM INTERNSHIP.

For my conservation wildlife internship I had the opportunity to work as an assistant private lands manager on a free range game farm north of Paola, Kansas. The position was on the McDowell Farms which is owned by the founder of the Scent blocker company, Dead Down Wind. The internship spanned the summer from May 2014 to August 2014. During that time I had the opportunity to work on and help manage land for the stability and growth of hunting species such as Whitetail deer and turkey. To insure these games species on the farm we had to put management plans and methods into action. Our farm management plans were built around Habitat restoration, invasive species control, food plot management, and population surveying.
Faculty Sponsor: CARY CHEVALIER

(Meyer, Jordan). HABITAT SELECTION BY STATE ENDANGERED BLANDING?S TURTLE (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII) ....

In Missouri, Emydoidea blandingii is State Endangered and is only known to occur at three different locations. At Squaw Creek Nation al Wildlife Refuge (SCNWR) in Northwest Missouri less than 20 individuals have been documented since they were first observed in 1984. Spatial ecology using radio telemetry was implemented because of this species rarity, status and intensive wetland management that occur on the study area. The objective of the study is to monitor what type of habitat E. blandingii is utilizing including dominant vegetation type, water depth, water temperature, home range, daily movement, wetland management, and responses to overall weather patterns. During 2012-2014 a total of three turtles were tracked (1 male, 2 females). As well in 2014, one female has been X-rayed for eggs before and after assumed nesting behavior in order to develop an approximate reproductive window for the local population. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHEVALIER

(Meyer, Jordan). : SPRING EMERGENCE AND BREEDING TRENDS OF THE WESTERN MASSASAUGA RATTLESNAKE ....

The Western Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrus catenatus tergeminus) is on the Missouri Endangered Species list, with isolated populations only known from at least three disjunct locations in the northern part of the state. One of these locations, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge (SCNWR) has been surveying this species for the last 35 years. Information collected during research projects includes the following mass, snout-vent length, tail length, temperature (ambient air and soil at 10 centimeters), behavior (mating, microhabitat and posture), and mark and recapture data all in the hopes of developing an effective life history for S. c. tergeminus at SCNWR. This data has allowed us to develop a trend of their spring emergence, body condition and in addition has led to the observation of spring mating behavior in 2013; when three pairs were found in the same microhabitat exhibiting social behavior and one of which was engaged in copulation.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHEVALIER

Wakefield, Calvin. APPLIED LEARNING INTERNSHIP AT WOODS AND ASSOCIATES, INC..

I performed an internship for Woods and Associates, Inc. During the internship I learned and preformed various aspects of deer management and general habitat management.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHEVALIER

WILLIAMS, VIRGINIA . MY SUMMER INTERNSHIP AT HA HA TONKA STATE PARK .

This summer I worked at Ha Ha Tonka State Park near Camdenton Missouri. This internship introduced me to many aspects of working in the professional side of conservation. The Internship offered many Applied Learning opportunities that contributed to my leadership development, skill set development, and professional development. My responsibilities while working at the park were to 1) educate guests on the vast karst features the park had to offer; 2) be a roving interpreter, providing direct contact interpretive interaction opportunities with visitors at the park; and 3) develop and deliver presentations highlighting important aspects that the park?s natural features. This internship allowed me to work with professionals in the field and learn different techniques that are essential for preserving Missouri?s natural heritage and educating the public. Professional internships like mine are an integral part of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Degree at Missouri Western State University. This unique component of my degree program has provided me with many valuable experiences that I would not ordinarily been able to acquire through a more traditional degree program.
Faculty Sponsor: C.D. CHEVALIER

Literature Reviews

Bolander, Bethany and Miles, Eddie. CLIMATE IMPACT ON BVOCS AND PLANT INTERACTIONS.

Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) are released into the environment from plants for numerous reasons. These compounds can serve various purposes such as a pollination call, a warning signal, or a defensive scream. Plant growth, development, and reproduction are all dependent of these emissions. All of this is usually undetected or unnoticed by humans and BVOCs are therefore unheard of by most. However, they are there, giving another aspect of plant interaction that has changed the world drastically and will continue to do so in the future as our environment changes. There are many environmental factors such as rising temperatures, climate change, CO2 and ozone concentrations, exotic plant trade, and UV radiation that may alter BVOCs emissions. Our goal was to collect and bring together what scientists currently know about BVOCs as they relate to global climate with an emphasis on how global climate changes might impact BVOC emission rates.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CSENGELE BARTA

(Chenoweth, Josh) (Compton, Carly) (Routh, Billie) (Wiley, Mary Kate). OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL WILDLIFE LAW: WILD BIRDS.

This poster reflects our group research of federal wildlife law, specifically related to wild birds. We researched three laws: Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Bald Eagle Protection Act, and The Wild Bird Conservation Act, as well as litigation under each law.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY D. CHEVALIER

Jaymes Hall, Jonathan McCully, Deric Bishop, Coltin Ridenour. CONSERVATION OF LANDS AND WATER.

A look into the law of conservation of lands and water. Treaties and Acts that fall within the aspects of the area. Reviewed and describes a federal court case that deals with Conservation of lands and water. The acts and treaties follow and relate to the case that is discussed.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY CHEVALIER

Meyer, Jordan; LaJoie, Lauren; Packham, Alycia; Scott, Erin. MULTIPLE USE LANDS: NATIONAL FORESTS AND NATIONAL RESOURCE LANDS.

National Forests and National Resource lands are federal lands that are managed with the purpose of ?Multiple Use?. In principle, under the idea of ?Multiple Use?; wildlife conservation, logging, water development, livestock grazing, mining, recreation etc. are all objectives of land management. However, in practice, historically commodity oriented uses have predominantly come first over other uses, to the detriment of fish and wildlife. Certain valuable lands were reserved from private ownership. These reserved areas were the countries first national forests. There were several acts that were written stemming from this change. This presentation will focus on three acts and their adjudication that relate to this subject.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHEVALIER

Phillips, Cody; Roberton, Daniel; Bryan, Bailey; Patton, Erin. NATIVE AMERICANS AND WILDLIFE.

This is a look at Native Americans and wildlife. There were several court cases that have defined the relationship between the U.S. and Native Americans. We examine several court cases and the treaties or acts that followed. Also discussed are key reasons for the case going to the supreme court.
Faculty Sponsor: CARY CHEVALIER

Lynch, Jamie. McNutt, Tori. Poole, Crystal. Seever, Heather.. APPLIED LEARNING IN FEDERAL WILDLIFE LAW: MARINE MAMMALS.

Poster from BIO 360 class powerpoint presentation on Federal Laws concerning Marine Mammals. Includes: United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea, Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, Endangered Species Act, National Marine Sanctuary Act, Laws Concerning Orcas in Captivity and the Kokechik Decision.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHEVALIER

(Sanders, Zach)(Luna, Ben)(Ringler, Keith). WILDLIFE LAW: WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT.

There is a constant battle between development of our waters and conservationist attempting to preserve our rivers, lakes and streams. Many people view these sources as irrigation water, hydroelectric energy, commercial navigation, municipal and industrial supplies. Fish and Wildlife have often been overlooked when it comes to economic and commercial benefits on U.S. water resources. Congress has done its best to recognize these issues, to insure that fish and wildlife are protected without harming commercial benefits. There are three acts that affect our wildlife and water resource development. These acts consist of The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, Federal Power Act and the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Act. These acts benefit both the conservation of wildlife and production of commercial energy for power companies.
Faculty Sponsor: CHEVLIER

(Shore, Adam) (Lichtenegger, Ryan) (Lord, Jeremy) (Williams, Nicholas). AN OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL WILDLIFE LAW ON PRIVATE LANDS.

Development of Wildlife Law/BIO360: a historical overview of wildlife conservation and law on private lands.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY CHEVALIER

Stalker, Jasmine; Evert, Joey; Steinlage, Matt; Brown, Steven . ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

This is a look into the Endangered Species Act and all of the amendments to the original act that has turned into what is thought of today when you think of the Endangered Species Act. Reviewed and described here are several federal court case that deals with some of the different aspects of the act and one that deals with the Marine Mammal Protection Act that overlaps greatly with the Endangered Species Act. Each court case that is discussed is summarized and explained.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY CHEVALIER

Wakefield, Calvin, Roberts, Kyle, Walling, Spencer. COMMERCE AND WILDLIFE.

We did a literature review of laws and court cases \r\ninvolving commercialization of wildlife. We looked \r\nover three laws and four cases.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. C.D. CHEVALIER

(Woods, Grant) (Berry, Justin) (Bembrick, Mitch). INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW.

In our project we did research on different aspects dealing with different areas of international wildlife law. We covered topics that included the International Whaling Commission, Conservation of Polar Bears and the Fur Seal Act. Along with each area of interest we covered court cases that showed the difficulties that come along with policies and act that encompass international affairs.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CARY CHEVALIER

URSI Project

Bryan, Bailey; Sunderland, Jessica. POLLINATOR INSECTS IN RELATION TO PLANTS AVAILABLE AT YOUNGDAHL CONSERVATION AREA.

We visited the Mark Youngdahl Conservation area in St. Joseph, Missouri to collect a variety of insects and plant samples. We began by observing the time of day, the temperature, and wind speeds, chose a flowering plant, and noted the insect quantities and diversity on that flower. This was repeated three times on three sets of flowers for each team. When reviewing the data it was apparent that certain flower species yielded similar, specific insect pollinators in a variety of conditions, where other flower species had no conclusive evidence of a particular group of pollinators.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID ASHLEY

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES AND JOURNALISM

Analytical Papers and Analyses

Truesdale, Maggie. THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF DOMINANCE IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.

Using the combined research of several articles by Dunbar & Alba, Lucas, Massari & Dechesne, Ugurlu,Hoffman, Mortimer & Lorence, Burgoon, Johnson & Koch and more. I shall be looking into the negative effects of dominance on romantic relationships. This has been studied in both levels of satisfaction and negative responses. I will be supporting the idea that though dominance is at times essential in a relationship it can also be the cause for terminating one as well. I believe that dominance may cause satisfaction for a short time, however if not done right they may also cause termination of a relationship if used to ultimately control the partner, rather than having equal ground between the two.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. HARRIS

Empirical Projects

ABERER,ELLEN. HOW MEDIA INFLUENCES PERCEPTION OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS AND HOW IT AFFECTS US.

This research paper examines how different forms of media influence society?s view on romantic relationships and how that is communicated in everyday life. Access to media, especially the internet and television, influences how we as humans behave, share ideas, and express ourselves (Anderegg, 2013), whether that be positive or negative. Because of this, technologically mediated forms of communication have consequently become intrinsic in how we understand relationships (Segrin & Nabi, 2002) and how we believe they should be. Media cultivates a social consciousness, injecting into the audience ?basic assumptions? about ?reality? (Gerbner, 2002). Media depicts a sense of perfection society assumes is necessary for happiness. Individuals turn to media to help them determine what they believe to be societal norms as frequently as they would turn to their peers (Bleakley & Hennessy, 2008). According to the social cognitive theory, people observe and learn from the behavior of others (Anderegg, 2013), and television and other media outlets have profuse opportunities for the observation of others? behaviors and relationships.
Faculty Sponsor: HARRIS, S.

Estep, Amanda. THE EFFECTS OF SELF-DISCLOSURE ON ATTRACTION.

Attraction is based on what one knows about an individual. The information they receive is revealed through self-disclosure. There are two main components of self-disclosure that affect attraction the most: timing and content. Timing impacts attraction by exposing information too early which can push a potential romantic partner away. Holding onto information too long can also have the same affect. Content plays a part in attraction by the character and depth of the information. The depth of disclosure varies due to the length and closeness of the relationship. Individuals are more likely to reveal deeper information about themselves to a close friend than they are to a stranger. Also, people typically view individuals as more attractive if they reveal information and find things in common with them. This means that the character of disclosure affects attraction through similarity and dissimilarity, as well as positive or negative. The way the receiver feels about the disclosed information depends on whether the information is positive or negative. Negative disclosure tends to have a more negative reaction than positive disclosure. This study will look more in depth on how timing and content of self- disclosure affects attraction between individuals.
Faculty Sponsor: SHAWNA HARRIS

Goehner, Lexie . FORGIVENESS AFTER BETRAYAL IN A RELATIONSHIP.

The present work talks about how people overcome betrayal in a relationship, whether it is between couples or between friends. History has certainly proven that empathy is the most powerful emotion we have and it makes all the difference in a successful and meaningful relationship; but what about in a moment of betrayal? The question which people have found themselves asking throughout this paper is whether or not there is a pull or desire within all of us to naturally forgive our betrayers or if it is a skill which we develop in order to better adapt to others.
Faculty Sponsor: PROFESSOR HARRIS

Literature Reviews

Beasley, Nykeeisha. INFIDELITY IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.

Studies have been conducted on different aspects as to why \r\ninfidelity occurs in a romantic relationship, different attachment \r\nstyles and how a person?s up bringing can alter their perception in \r\nrelationships. This paper will explore the different studies as to why \r\ninfidelity occurs depending on their levels of attachment, \r\ninsecurities, satisfaction, and sex all within a romantic relationship. \r\n
Faculty Sponsor: DR. SHAWNA HARRIS

Black, Malcolm. CONFLICT IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND WAYS TO MANAGE CONFLICT IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS.

Conflict is something that affects everyone?s lives. Whether someone is dealing with a coworker or a friend, it may be quite difficult for people to resolve the conflict in the best way without knowing how to properly diffuse and rectify the situation. Understanding how and why conflict occurs, and learning the different ways that people respond to conflict, can help individuals prevent and or diffuse the situation in their interpersonal relationships. The teaching and emphasis of conflict resolution and prevention will benefit individuals in their interpersonal relationships.
Faculty Sponsor: SHAWNA HARRIS

Clements, April. AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AND CELL PHONES AS THEY RELATE TO RELATIONSHIP MAINTENANCE.

This review seeks to examine the relationship between social media and cell phone mediated communication that facilitates the increased use of positive maintenance behaviors through a discussion of published research. Maintenance behaviors discussed include similarity, attraction, interdependence, predictability, positivity, assurances, and openness and how they are conducted using electronically mediated communication. Additional topics include rules regarding cell phone use in a relationship and ways to use social media to decrease uncertainty. This review provides evidence that there is a positive relationship between social network and cell phone use and maintenance behaviors in romantic relationships that lead to increased relationship satisfaction.
Faculty Sponsor: SHAWNA HARRIS

Cook, Dawn. FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.

Looking into communication between romantic \r\npartners can be rewarding in both understanding \r\none?s own relationship and relating to other?s \r\nrelationships. Communication can help a \r\nrelationship evolve into a heightened sense of \r\nsecurity and closeness. Conversely, communication \r\ncan also lead to a relationship devolving as \r\ninterests and emotions are revealed. In \r\nresearching several different views on \r\ncommunication, styles range from verbal \r\naggressiveness to genuine expression of emotions. \r\nCloseness and relational satisfaction have a \r\ndirect corollary relationship to verbal \r\nexpressions of positive emotions. Relational \r\nsatisfaction is directly related to the degree of \r\ncommunication in all stages of romantic couples.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID MCMAHAN

Cook, Dawn. FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.

Looking into communication between romantic \r\npartners can be rewarding in both understanding \r\none?s own relationship and relating to other?s \r\nrelationships. Communication can help a \r\nrelationship evolve into a heightened sense of \r\nsecurity and closeness. Conversely, communication \r\ncan also lead to a relationship devolving as \r\ninterests and emotions are revealed. In \r\nresearching several different views on \r\ncommunication, styles range from verbal \r\naggressiveness to genuine expression of emotions. \r\nCloseness and relational satisfaction have a \r\ndirect corollary relationship to verbal \r\nexpressions of positive emotions. Relational \r\nsatisfaction is directly related to the degree of \r\ncommunication in all stages of romantic couples.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DAVID MCMAHAN

Evert, Joseph. REASONS AND USAGE OF MANIPULATION.

The definition of manipulation can be view in many different perspectives, and mean different things to different people. Manipulation is typically viewed as being used in just the sense of everyday use and by everyday people and being common (Breton, 2000 as sighted in Nettel and Roque, 2012). Manipulation is all about the means of why someone would be manipulative and not a matter of ends.
Faculty Sponsor: SHAWNA HARRIS

Gardner, Toni. ABSENCE MAKES THE SIGHT GROW ROSIER: THE EFFECT OF IDEALIZATION IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS .

The present study looks at long-distance relationships and how they are affected by idealization. Idealization itself is a very difficult subject to define, and this paired with long-distance relationships, which are difficult to research accurately, makes for some very challenging research to be done. It is hard to gauge the accuracy of research due to the fact that idealization may play into how couples react to surveys that have been distributed. Furthermore, it can be seen that more research is needed in the area of idealization in order to better understand how it works and how it influences any relationships.
Faculty Sponsor: SHAWNA HARRIS

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE MATH AND PHYSICS

Analytical Papers and Analyses

Hahn, Tiffani. TICKET TO RIDE: WHAT MAKES A GAME?.

Ticket to Ride is a popular board game consisting of a map with routes drawn on it varying in length and color. "Destination cards" which define the objectives for that game for each player as players build railroads from one place to another, often competing for the same stretch of track. The objectives and playing cards are all determined by random chance. The playing board determines the competitiveness of the game. Here, we have analyzed the graph theoretic structures of currently marketed variations of the game and constructed a new variation of our own based on the discovered properties.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. JEFF POET

Empirical Projects

Callen, Sean. THE BROUWER FIXED-POINT THEOREM.

The Brouwer Fixed-Point Theorem is a famous theorem stemming from research in topology. It states that a continuous mapping f of E^n into itself has a fixed point, i.e., there is some x∈E^n such that f(x)=x, for n≥1. Looking at this theorem in a real world setting allows one to see how powerful this theorem truly is. We can use algebraic homology groups to concisely prove the Brouwer Fixed-Point Theorem.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. LORI MCCUNE

Internship/Practicum Experience

Koelzer, Kirk. FIBER STATUS AND OUTAGE MAP PROTOTYPE.

Koelzerdev.com is a prototype for a project that is currently in development for United Electric Cooperative. It utilizes MySql, PHP, HTML, JSON, and XML. All information was loaded from the MySql Database and then rendered on the map. It is also exported to JSON and XML via URLs. Depending on the Status of the Fiber Optical Network Terminal it will show UP, DOWN, or DEG (Degraded). The information for the purpose of this project was derived directly from the table. In the future it will be consumed from Calix Chassis and Customer Database via thier respective APIs.
Faculty Sponsor: NOYNEART

DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE/LEGAL STUDIES/SOCIAL WORK

Analytical Papers and Analyses

Brown,Brittnie. EXAMINING PREFERENCE OF ONLINE COURSES FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS.

In 2008, MWSU?s Criminal Justice and Legal Studies Department began utilizing Distance Education (WebCT) in the delivery of online courses. Since this time the department shifted to Moodle technology and has developed and taught 24 different courses through distance education, while maintaining courses in a traditional classroom setting. This study surveyed students in courses taught both online and face-to-face (N=363); finding the best indicators for course delivery preference are not discipline specific but based in personal characteristics. These indicators are important for universities to consider when developing course scheduling and delivery methods designed to serve the growing non-traditional student population.
Faculty Sponsor: G. LINDSTEADT

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Empirical Projects

Cary-Wilmes, Avery Thompson, Cristin. THE LIFE AND WORKS OF SIGMUND FREUD.

Sigmund Freud was born on May 6th 1856. He moved to Vienna at a young age and spent the rest of his life there. Sigmund Freud exceled in school and graduated with honors from the University of Vienna in 1881. When he met his wife, Martha, in 1882 he strived to give Martha better and became a physician to make better pay. Throughout his life Sigmund Freud contributed a lot to the psychology department including his Psychoanalysis therapy, the psychosexual stages, ego defense mechanisms and the structure of the personality (id, ego, superego).
Faculty Sponsor: JIM BARGAR

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH MODERN LANGUAGES

Analytical Papers and Analyses

Doyle, William. COMEDY IN ADVERTISEMENTS.

Abstract With technology being the dominant form of communication in today?s world, it comes as no surprise that modern advertising uses this to its advantage. Through surveying people over the internet, it was seen that average consumers don?t want to immediately buy an advertised product. However, after examining databases of open prices held by Doritos, Oreos, and Tide Detergent, it was seen that commercials have long term effects on the memory recall of viewers. The information gathered showed a rise in product sales within five to six months after a commercial was initially shown. keywords: open prices, memory recall
Faculty Sponsor: WILLIAM CHURCH

Empirical Projects

Richards, Kellan. HUMOR APPRECIATION: FAMILY INFLUENCE.

In an attempt to better understand humor, I created a survey and conducted an experiment that attempted to find any correlation between the appreciation of humor and one?s upbringing. Taking five distinct types of comedians, each with their own varying styles and content, a survey was conducted asking participants to view the five videos and then rank them according to their liking. This information was then compared to questions asked to the participants about the humor in their household growing up. The results suggested a connection between the humor prevalent in one?s family and the humor they appreciate now.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHURCH

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY PHILOSOPHY AND GEOGRAPHY

Historical Papers

Moore, Alexander, Stewart, Lauren, Young, Elizabeth, Helm, Jessica, Storck, Ian, Connors, Chris, Czarnecki, Zach. STUDY OF THE COLD WAR (1944-1989).

A series of studies concerning various aspects of the cultural and political realms of the Cold War period (1944-1989).
Faculty Sponsor: DR. DANIEL TRIFAN

DEPARTMENT OF HONORS

Analytical Papers and Analyses

McKenzie, Logan. IMPORTANCE OF HUMOR ON VALUES IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS.

Abstract This study examined the reasons why humor is attractive in romantic relationships. Undergraduate students (N-17) took part in a survey which questioned them about attractiveness to humor. It was predicted that humor was so attractive because it helps in communication, is enjoyable, and helps to relieve stress. Although these factors were proven true, other factors were found in the study. The study further researched these factors which included similar humor types, and humor as a sign of power and intelligence. More research is needed, but this study furthered the research that has been done into why humor is so attractive.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHURCH

Empirical Projects

Arthur, Kate. THE EFFECT OF PERSUASIVE STATISTICS ON HUMOR.

This experiment studies the effect persuasive \r\n\\r\\nstatistics have on viewers? responses to \r\nhumorous \\r\\nvideo clips. One of the statistics \r\nplaced a \\r\\nnegative connotation on the first \r\nvideo, while the \\r\\nother placed a positive \r\nconnotation on a second \\r\\nsimilar video clip. In \r\nthis study, the effect of \\r\\nlaugh tracks, movie \r\ntrailers, and false statistics \\r\\nwill be \r\nevaluated and compared to the experiment \r\n\\r\\nconducted. Laugh tracks have not been proven \r\nto \\r\\nhave an effect on the reaction to an \r\naudience. \\r\\nMovie reviews have a fairly \r\npredictable effect on \\r\\nbox office sales; \r\nhowever, how often do we think \\r\\nabout this in \r\nthe moment? Lastly, false statistics \\r\\nare much \r\nmore prevalent than we might think, and \\r\\nthey \r\ncould effect decisions we make in our every \r\n\\r\\nday lives.
Faculty Sponsor: BILL CHURCH

Arthur, Kate. THE EFFECT OF PERSUASIVE STATISTICS ON HUMOR.

This experiment studies the effect persuasive statistics have on viewers? responses to humorous video clips. One of the sets of statistics placed a negative connotation on the first video, while the other set placed a positive connotation on a second similar video clip. In this study, the effect of laugh tracks, movie trailers, and false statistics will be evaluated and compared to the experiment conducted. Laugh tracks have not been proven to have an effect on the reaction to an audience. Movie reviews have a fairly predictable effect on box office sales. Lastly, false statistics are much more prevalent than we might think, and they could effect decisions we make in our every day lives.
Faculty Sponsor: BILL CHURCH

Bonifas, Seth. HUMOR AND ATHLETIC PREPARATION.

This experiment explores the relationship between humor and athletic performance. Athletes were tested before and after an exposure to humor in which scores were recorded and then analyzed. Results were broken down by gender, skill level, and by particular cases. The conclusions that were gained from this experiment support humor being beneficial to an athlete, to a certain point, in which it then becomes very harmful. More research will have to be done into what type of humor affects athletes the most, what sport humor plays the largest impact in, and where the ?line? between harmful and helpful really lies.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WILLIAM CHURCH

Peterson, Chandler. AUDIENCE REACTION TO COMEDIANS OF SAME GENDER.

My poster contains results from my research \r\nproject over whether comedian gender affects \r\ngender of audience affected most. My results \r\nshowed that a majority of the survey takers showed \r\nthat they thought the male comedian was more \r\nhumorous than the female comedian. But those who \r\nthought the female was more humorous was \r\npredominantly women. I will have pictures of the \r\ncomedians I used in this survey along with the \r\nresults of my research represented in bar graphs. \r\nI will use the title of my research paper as my \r\nposter title.
Faculty Sponsor: PROFESSOR CHURCK

Chester, Timothy. THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON ONE'S SENSE OF HUMOR .

The goal of this study was to determine if the gender of an individual has any effect on that individual?s sense of humor. An online survey was given to a sample of both males and females. The survey had five categories with multiple jokes or comics per category. After viewing each category the volunteers taking the survey were asked to rate how funny they thought the jokes were. The scale to rate the jokes was a one to five scale, five being extremely funny and one being not funny at all.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHURCH

Ferguson, Stephaney. TAKING HUMOR PERSONALLY! HA!.

Possibly one of the most frustrating things that can happen to a person in an everyday conversation is telling a funny story or joke and the participating audience not finding the anecdote as amusing as it was intended to be. Now some of these seemingly unexplained occurrences can be attributed to the possibilities of poor story telling or inability to relate a joke. Also outside bias and the possibility of being pre-exposed to the humorous account can be reasons for a lack of amusement. However, more often than not, the lack of amusement stems from a lack of shared humor, that is, the teller and the receiver have differentiating opinions as to what is and is not funny. The question is, how can one decipher the differences of people and their senses of humor; so as to no longer waste the joke where it is not appreciated? I posit that the answer can be found in relating a person's sense of humor to their personality type.
Faculty Sponsor: BILL CHURCH

Frost, Briena and Salena, Pottebaum. OBON FESTIVAL: THE NEW AMERICAN JAPANESE WAY.

The Obon Festival is a Buddhist tradition \r\n\\r\\n\\\\r\\\\ncelebrating the life of passed loved \r\nones. This \\r\\n\\\\r\\\\nfestival began in Japan, so \r\nwhen the Japanese \\r\\n\\\\r\\\\nimmigrated to America \r\nthey brought Buddhism \\r\\nwith \\\\r\\\\nthem, thus \r\nbringing the Obon Festival. As \\r\\nthe \r\n\\\\r\\\\nJapanese assimilated into American culture, \r\n\\r\\ntheir \\\\r\\\\nways adapted and changed. The Obon \r\n\\r\\nFestival still \\\\r\\\\nrepresents the same \r\nideals, but \\r\\ntheir have been \\\\r\\\\nseveral \r\nAmerican adaptations \\r\\nmade.
Faculty Sponsor: STACIE BENSYL

Gump, Jessica. AGE, GENDER, AND ITS EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALISTIC HUMOR PREFERENCES.

The purpose of this research was to find any differences between college aged men?s and women?s humor preferences in regard to the elements used by a comedian in a stand-up performance and the gender of said comedian. Anonymous surveys were given to participants to determine who their favorite comedian is and what they enjoy the most and least about that comedian?s performance. This study found that out of the sample group surveyed, almost all participants preferred a male comedian and male participants might be more likely to accept stand-up comedy containing vulgarity than female participants.
Faculty Sponsor: CHURCH, WILLIAM

Hendrix, Riqueza; Gregg, Brianna; Goodyear, Robert. ART IN JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS.

Around the 1940s there was little joy in the relocated Japanese lives. They were forced to leave everything they knew behind, to appease the paranoia of a country they belonged to. My associates and I went into further research to find out how they did retain the beauty of joy in these camps, and we discovered that many people participated in some form of art work. People such as Mine Okubo took everyday scenarios and made them into art work. From a barbed-wire rose to scraps of wood, creativity flourished in these hard times. We will bring to light the different forms of art that were brought about to cope with the movement from internment camp to camp and shed a light on a famous artist, Mine Okubo, who achieved freedom from one of the camps because of her art work.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BENSYL

Jackson, Bailey. HUMOR IN ADVERTISING.

For my paper, my controlling research question was, Does the use of humor in advertising make that product or service more desirable? I conducted research by having people take an online survey where they watched three advertisements and rated them based upon how funny they were and how effective the ad was in drawing an audience. My results came back plausible and now I have a poster that displays this information in an organized and effective way. It does so through the use of analytical graphs as well as it incorporates pieces of my research paper.
Faculty Sponsor: BILL CHURCH

Koch, Andrea . MORAL UPBRINGING AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMOR .

This paper looks at how the moral value system of a person affects the person?s enjoyment of humor that relies on vulgar language and sexual behaviors. To conduct the research, an online survey was created. The first part of the survey was to gather information on the participant?s moral values. The second part of the survey contained five videos clips of five different comedians. Each comedian relied on vulgar language and sexual behaviors to various degrees. Seventy- one percent of the participants responded that they least enjoys the clips that relied more on vulgar language and sexual behaviors.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. WILLIAM CHURCH

Phipps, Paige. DEMOGRAPHICS AND SLAPSTICK HUMOR.

This experiment explores the relationship between the enjoyment of slapstick humor and demographics. Slapstick humor is defined as physical comedy; this may include tripping, hitting, and collisions. Also, the demographics, which were focused on in this experiment, are age, gender, ethnicity, and education level. The experiment consisted of a survey, which contained a variety of questions regarding three videos and questions about the respondents? demographics. By identifying a relationship between these two factors, it may benefit marketing groups and the digital media culture. The results ended up being inconclusive due to errors and limited respondents.
Faculty Sponsor: WILLIAM CHURCH

Riddle, Mariam. AWKWARD LAUGHTER - A GENDER STUDY.

While learning about humor, I was fascinated by what is called Non-Duchenne (or awkward) laughter. This laughter is the filler that we use to regulate interactions, or to diffuse tension. While researching this, I found myself wondering whether women performed this awkward laughter more than men, or vice versa. I created an experiment that included the interviewing of a few individuals, where I cataloged the number of times they laughed awkwardly. The number of men and women were equal, in order to contrast between the two groups. All participants were students of Missouri Western State University.
Faculty Sponsor: WILLIAM CHURCH

Shellenberger, Jordan. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HUMOR DISENGAGEMENT.

Disengagement in terms of humor is the ability to remove attachments from certain topics to laugh at them. This study's purpose was to test gender differences in their ability to disengage. Various jokes that pertained to sensitive topics were presented to participants in an anonymous survey. Results were then analyzed to find that men had a slightly higher frequency and spectrum of disengagement. Results also showed that of the participants tested some areas were equally difficult to disengage from.
Faculty Sponsor: CHURCH

Wilson, Riley. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE PERCEPTIONS OF HUMOR ATTEMPTS ON TWITTER.

This study attempts to identify differences between gender preferences of certain types of humor attempts when used on Twitter. Participants were asked to rate eight different posts from Twitter on a scale of 1 to 10, and explain their rating. Wit, puns, the incongruous, and superiority theories were displayed in two posts of each style of humor, one post with just words, and one post with words and a picture. Participants' age, gender, and social media use were also examined. Responses from 10 males and 25 males ranging in age show slight differences in ratings of humorous attempts.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. CHURCH

Historical Papers

Anita, Casey. HAWAIIAN-JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURE, CLOTHING, AND CUISINE CIRCA 1940.

Many times, Hawaiian-Japanese Americans are overlooked in respect to a variety of things. Often, people will think that Hawaiian-Japanese American culture, clothing, and cuisine is almost exactly that of their ancestral Japanese counterparts, or that of their mainland Japanese American counterparts, but this is not the case. Hawaiian-Japanese Americans had their own specific custom tailored culture, clothing, and cuisine that was very distinct from that of others. This was the product of decades of prior inhabitance of the Hawaiian Islands, and decades of prior hardships suffered by the Hawaiian- Japanese Americans. This culture, clothing, and cuisine is so little explored, and often, ignored, when, in fact, it is intricate in its very nature due to the forces that shaped it. The intention of this project is to explore these unique and variegated facets of the Hawaiian-Japanese American people, people that had so much to contribute to Hawaiian American society, and mainland American society.
Faculty Sponsor: STACIA BENSYL

Ford, Daniel ; Coleman, Shawn. THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM.

The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was the most decorated U.S. military unit of the entire Second World War, as well as in U.S. history. It was made entirely of Japanese American men, determined to prove their loyalty to a country that saw them as an enemy. They served in many major battles, proving they are just as tough ? and just as loyal ? as any other American soldier.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. STACIA BENSYL

Garber, Kelsey; Manville, Abi. JAPANESE PICTURE BRIDES.

During the early 1900s, Japanese men in Hawaii "ordered" picture brides from Japan. This project explores the process of becoming a picture bride and specific cases of these women immigrating to Hawaii, including examples of successful and not so successful marriages.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. STACIA BENSYL

Thomson, Lauren & Davis, Avery. SCHOOLING IN THE INTERNMENT CAMP.

In March and April of 1942, Japanese Americans were placed in ten incarceration camps across the U.S. Supposedly, conditions inside the camps were the same as they were outside. The policy issued by the War Relocation Authority regarding interment schooling stated that all materials, classes, and wages were to be the same as every other public school of the residing state. We set out to research the facts about schooling in the camps, exploring what options were available for elementary, secondary, and collegiate education. Our project will also display the post effects of camp schooling on students who were incarcerated.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. STACIA BENSYL

DEPARTMENT OF NURSING

Empirical Projects

Bauman, Taylor; Williams, Drew; Lehr, Bailey. DO I BELONG IN LONG-TERM CARE?.

With a rising percentage of patients joining the geriatric population, a silver tsunami, it is vital to maintain the high learning capacity and interest in long-term care. The purpose of this study was a replication of a previous study by Levett-Jones, Lathlean, Higgins, & McMillan (2009) using two Australian and one Southern England University nursing students. Using the Belonginess Scale, the study was designed to examine the feeling of belongingness of nursing students from a small Midwestern university during the long-term care clinical education experience. The feeling of belongingness encompasses self- esteem, self-efficacy, and connectedness. Each 1st semester nursing student was assigned to one of six long-term care facilities. Each student was involved with ?hands-on? experiences with the residents and staff. Following IRB approval,a pre and post-Belongingness scale were administered to each student. The results will identify ways students experience long term care. The results from this project will enhance our understanding of the importance and impact self- esteem, self-efficacy, and connectedness has on not only nursing students, but for the patients they care for. The final results are expected to enlighten the importance of belongingness in the long term care setting.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. EVELYN BROOKS

Lehr, Bailey; Williams, Drews; Bauman, Taylor. DO I BELONG IN LONG-TERM CARE?.

This capacity to learn affects the outcome of a student?s choice to remain in the health care field. Nurses who feel a sense of belongingness and have a positive experience in clinical education report a higher learning capacity comparatively. With a rising percentage of patients joining the geriatric population, a silver tsunami, it is vital to maintain the high learning capacity and interest in long-term care. The purpose of this study was a replication of a study by Levett-Jones, Lathlean, Higgins, & McMillan (2009) using two Australian and one Southern England University nursing students. Using the Belonginess Scale, the study was designed to examine the feeling of belongingness of nursing students from a small Midwestern university during the long-term care clinical education experience. The feeling of belongingness encompasses self- esteem, self-efficacy, and connectedness. Each 1st semester nursing student was assigned to one of six long-term care facilities. Following IRB approval, a pre and post-Belongingness scale were administered to each student. The results identify ways students experience long term care.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. EVELYN BROOKS

Teed, Sumer Drake,Natalia Hartley, Sarah. THE EFFECTS OF SIMULATION TRAINING.

Purpose: This systematic review was done to determine the effects of simulation on patient safety outcomes and interdisciplinary teamwork with healthcare professionals. Background: Increase in healthcare population demands an increase in standards. Patient safety is priority in all healthcare members. In simulation, competency of standards can be evaluated. Methods: Date was collected from September 10th, 2014 to November 11th, 2014. Searching databases; MedLine, PubMed, CINHAL. Keywords searched: in situ simulation, patient safety outcomes, interdisciplinary teamwork. Conclusion: Studies are statically significant in determining an increase in interdisciplinary teamwork, future studies are needed to evaluate patient safety outcomes
Faculty Sponsor: JILL MORSCHBACH

Samford, Devyn; Brockett, Cole; Hundley, Jenna; DeSelms, Benjamin. STUDYING CLINICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON STUDENT NURSE EXPERIENCE.

This study examined the effects of environment on student nurse clinical experiences. The hypotheses states there is a statistically significant negative difference in the mean scores of the pre-test and post-test survey with first semester nursing students. The survey used was Student Evaluation of Clinical Education Environment (SECEE), encompassing three subscales; the learning opportunities with facility environment, instructor, and preceptors. The results showed a statistically significant negative difference in the mean scores of the pre- and post-test for Preceptor RN Facilitation of Learning and Learning Opportunities Subscales, but not in the Instructor Facilitation of Learning Subscale.
Faculty Sponsor: STEPHANIE STEWART

Wilmes, Ashtyn; Watts, Michael D.; Rhodus, Spencer; Edwards, Kimberlee. THE INFLUENCES ON THE OLDER ADULT?S PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING.

The purpose of this study was to exam the influences of family interaction, personality and spiritual well-being on the older people?s psychological well-being. This was a cross sectional, descriptive design. The questionnaires were used to do the data collection. There were 44 older people were recruited from community. The mean age was 72.98, 43.2% male and 56.8% female. Older people whose parents using child monitor, communication, and positive family interaction had higher score of psychological well-being. Older people who had higher total scores of positive personality, open and active, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and intellect had higher score of psychological well-being. Older people who had higher score of spiritual well-being, higher score of Faith/belief, life and self-responsibility, and higher score of life satisfaction and self-actualization had higher score of psychological well-being.
Faculty Sponsor: PI-MENG YEH

Meng, Shelby; Rehm, Brittanie; Munford, Jack; Scholl, Tayler. MEASURING NURSING HOME CARE QUALITY INDICATORS FROM THE 1ST SEMESTER NURSING STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.

The elderly population is growing and a need for more efficient long-term care. The purpose of this study is two-fold: To review current published evidence on quality indicators and patient centered care in long-term care settings, and To measure the extent the seven quality indicators and patient centered care were observed by first semester nursing students during their first clinical experience in the long-term care setting. Each 1st semester student was assigned to one of six long-term care facilities. Following IRB approval, the Observable Indicators of Nursing Home Care Quality Instrument (Rantz et al, 2006) was given to each 1st semester student. The seven quality indicators include Environment: Basics and Odors, Interpersonal Communication, Care Delivery, Grooming, Environment: Access and Environment: Homelike. The findings will be shared with a comparison of previous work by Rantz et al, 2006.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. EVELYN BROOKS

Yeh, Pi-Ming; Sadler, Taylor; Hall, Clarence; Campbell, Jordan; Myers, Shelby . THE INFLUENCES OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND COPING STRATEGIES ON OLDER PEOPLE?S SUICIDAL IDEATION.

The purpose of this study was to exam the influences of anxiety, depression, and coping strategies on older people?s suicidal ideation. This was a cross sectional, descriptive research design. The structured questionnaires were used to do the data collection. There were 44 older people were recruited from community. The mean age is 72.98. The results indicated that the following variables had significant relationships with older people?s suicidal ideation: anxiety, depression, problem focused engagement coping, problem focused disengagement coping, emotional focused engagement coping, and emotional focused disengagement coping. Depression and Anxiety were significant predictor of older people?s suicidal ideation in this study.
Faculty Sponsor: YEH, PI-MING

Yeh, Pi-Ming; Rhodus, Spenser; Wilmes, Ashtyn; Watts, Michael ; Edwards, Kimberlee. FAMILY INTERACTION, PERSONALITY, SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AND ELDERLY PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING.

The purpose of this study was to exam the influences of family interaction, personality and spiritual well-being on the older people?s psychological well-being. This was a cross sectional, descriptive design. The questionnaires were used to do the data collection. There were 44 older people were recruited from community. The mean age was 72.98, 43.2% male and 56.8% female. Older people whose parents using child monitor, communication, and positive family interaction had higher score of psychological well-being. Older people who had higher total scores of positive personality, open and active, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and intellect had higher score of psychological well-being.
Faculty Sponsor: YEH, PI-MING

Yeh, Pi-Ming; Trewhitt, Megan; Roberts, Rylie; Melendez, Lisa; Atsangbe, Francis. FACTORS INFLUENCING NURSING STUDENTS? PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND SUICIDAL IDEATION .

The purpose of this study was to exam the factors influencing nursing students? psychological well-being and suicidal ideation. This was a cross sectional, descriptive design. The questionnaires were used to do the data collection. There were 36 nursing students were recruited from a state university in the USA. The mean age was 25.08 including 19.4% male and 80.6% female. The results indicated that factors of anxiety and depression decreased the psychological well-being of nursing students, and increased their suicidal ideation. Factors of positive personality and family interaction increased nursing students? psychological well-being and decreased their suicidal ideation.
Faculty Sponsor: YEH, PI-MING

Yeh, Pi-Ming; Paul, Rita; Warren, Mona; Keithley, Kelly; Lim, Bee; King, Carolyn. NURSING ASSISTANTS? KNOWLEDGE OF GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH AND THEIR CAREGIVING REACTIONS.

The purpose of this study was to examine the nursing assistants? knowledge and caregiving reaction related to geriatric mental health. There were 31 nursing assistants recruited in this study. Their mean age was 35.33. The mean length of being a nursing assistant was 6.78 years. Most of the participants answered correctly for most of questions, but only question 8 and 9, 19.4% and 35.5% answered correctly. About the nursing assistants? caregiving reactions, it can be categorized as 1. Quality of relationship between nursing assistants and their clients, 2. Nursing assistants? competence including their physical health and knowledge, 3. Team work.
Faculty Sponsor: YEH, PI-MING

Literature Reviews

Crouse, McKenzie; Burgess, MacKenzie; Goodlow, Jazmine; Houser, Kaitlin. FEASIBILITY OF PHARMACOGENETIC TESTING.

Is pharmacogenetic testing feasible in the primary healthcare setting? More and more patients are experiencing adverse effects with certain drugs that could be prevented with testing their genes. Research has been done to study the pros, cons, and obstacles to testing with reference to specific drugs. A literature review has been done to discuss the findings of this research to aid future studies. The ACE Star Model was used as a framework for this study. Plavix, specifically, was researched because of its history of poor metabolism among patients. The majority of articles used in this paper were quantitative or meta-analysis. After gathering information from numerous articles, findings have shown the multiple benefits of pharmacogenomics including a reduction in adverse drug effects, a potential reduction in drug costs, and an improvement in future treatment. However, research shows that in order to implement Pharmacogenetic testing into practice, more physician education and proof of beneficial outcomes would be necessary.
Faculty Sponsor: CRISTI CAMPBELL

Teel, Erin and Maledy, Jess and Rhodes, Nicole. THE EFFECTS OF ARLAM FATIGUE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.

Alarm fatigue occurs when health care staff members are exposed to excessive amounts of alarms. These alarms are intended to protect their patients, but this puts staff at risk for desensitization to the alarms. Alarm fatigue is a serious issue in any health care setting whether it associated with ventilator alarms, bed alarms, intravenous pumps, tube feeding pumps or even patient call lights. Daily nurses and health care professionals are exposed to hundreds of alarms in their units. The intense mixture of noise provokes nurses to tune out the warnings by disabling the alarm or just ignoring the noise altogether.
Faculty Sponsor: KENDALL, HEATHER

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

Empirical Projects

Brammeier, Matt, Cayton, Jordan, Culver, Madison, Imbiri, Amber, McKnight, Katherine, & Skidmore, Jeni. THE EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED PARENTAL CONGRUENCY ON THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS..

Our research intended to look into the correlations between participants perceived parenting styles, consistency of their parents, and the personality types they display. We recruited 107 introductory psychology students to complete an online survey that included Parental Authority, Personality, Childhood Congruency and Happiness, Zimbardo's Time Perspective Survey and a brief background questionnaire. We found that mother's permissive parenting style had a significantly lower effect on extraversion and conscientiousness. We also found that the father's authoritarian parenting style had significantly higher rating on the same two categories. We also found that parents who were perceived as congruent in attitudes and behaviors reported significantly higher on openness only.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. TEDDI DEKA

Cronk, B.C. & Bargar, J.S. . THIS IS A SAMPLE PAPER.

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Faculty Sponsor: BARGAR

Hamann, Marisa; Beger, Kaleigh; Lowry, Janica; Miller, Rachel; Peters, Camryn; Petersen, Clifford. FACEBOOK USAGE: ALL ABOUT THAT SELF, \\\\\\\'BOUT THAT SELF.

Prior research on the impact of Facebook usage on self-esteem has shown mixed results. The purpose of this study is to investigate these conflicting results and understand the conditions under which Facebook usage promotes versus reduces self-esteem. We hypothesized that viewing one?s own profile would increase self-esteem but viewing another?s profile would reduce it, while the opposite pattern would hold for viewing newsfeeds. Forty-five underclass participants were recruited. A 2 (view self vs other Facebook) x 2 (view profile vs newsfeed) design was used. Participants were presented either a fictional other Facebook to view or their own and were asked to either view the profile or newsfeed for three minutes. Next they completed a post-experimental questionnaire measuring self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965), intensity of Facebook usage and reasons for Facebook usage (Kapidou, Costin, & Morris, 2011). Following the scale, participants were debriefed and dismissed. Looking at own Facebook boosted self-esteem whereas looking at others Facebook lowers it. Using Facebook to maintain group connections resulted in lower self-esteem while using Facebook for updating others resulted in higher self-esteem. The most marked decline of self-esteem was for participants who used Facebook to maintain group connections but did not update others.
Faculty Sponsor: KELLY HENRY

Attawia, Lionel. HANS EYSENCK\\\'S PERSONALITY THEORY.

In relation to the course Psychology of \r\n\\r\\nPersonality, this poster is fashioned with \r\nthe \\r\\npurpose to give an overview, and \r\nsummarize the \\r\\nworks of a specific Theorists \r\nwithin the field of \\r\\nPsychology. The \r\npsychologists that is covered in \\r\\nthis \r\nproject is Hans Eysenck, the German \r\n\\r\\npsychologist that is best known for his \r\nworks in \\r\\nintelligence and personality. Hans \r\nbelieved that \\r\\nmuch of our personality was \r\ndetermined by biology; \\r\\nthat our genetic \r\nmake-up is a large determinant of \\r\\nhow our \r\npersonalities develop. Hans concluded that \r\n\\r\\nall human traits can be broken down into \r\ntwo \\r\\ndistinct categories:Extroversion-\r\nIntroversion, and \\r\\nNeuroticism. These \r\ncategories are what he called \r\n\\r\\n\\\"supertraits.\\\" These traits instantiate \r\nthe head \\r\\nparts of a personality based \r\numbrella effect, in \\r\\nwhich the biological \r\ntraits trickle down to \\r\\nbehavioral habits, \r\nof course through consistent \\r\\nresponses to \r\nstimuli.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. JAMES BARGER

Long, Samantha. ALBERT BANDURA: SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY.

My poster is about Albert Bandura focusing on his social learning theory. I am highlighting how the social learning plays into many aspects of his research. The poster will highlight what the social learning theory is. Also, including how the social learning theory is incorporated with learning through observation, most notable study with the Bobo doll, self efficacy, reciprocal causation, and agentic perspective.
Faculty Sponsor: BARGAR

Lovitt, Mackenzie. GEORGE KELLY: PERSONAL CONSTRUCT AND CULTURAL ALTERNATIVISM .

George Kelly was a personality theorist who \r\n\\r\\ncontributed greatly to the field of \r\npsychology. He \\r\\ninvented the Personal Construct \r\nTheory and \\r\\nConstructive Alternativism.
Faculty Sponsor: BARGAR

Malotte, Camarae . ALFRED ADLER\'S CONTRIBUTIONS.

Alfred Adler\\\'s psychology contributions and how \r\n\\r\\nthey changed practices, both in the past and \r\n\\r\\ncurrently. What he helped resolve and provide \r\nfor \\r\\npatients. Also what might not have been so \r\nuseful \\r\\nand what didn\\\'t stick around.
Faculty Sponsor: BARGAR

Personality Papers

Brammeier, Matthew. AN OVERVIEW OF HARRY STACK SULLIVAN AND HIS THEORIES.

Harry Stack Sullivan was a prominent psychologist and is still often referenced for the advancements he made. In this poster, I outline the basics of his biographical information, his stages of development, his personality theory, and his theories about cognitive processes.
Faculty Sponsor: JIM BARGAR

Keller, Lindsay Barton, KerriLynn. ALBERT ELLIS RET THERAPY.

Our poster will cover Albert Ellis\'s Rational \r\nEmotive Behavior Therapy and some about his ABC \r\ntheory of personality. this poster will contain \r\nsome information of Ellis him self as well.
Faculty Sponsor: JIM BARGAR

Kirkendoll, Jessica. RAYMOND B. CATTELL.

This poster is an overview of Raymond B. Cattell \r\nand his contribution to personality theories. He \r\nhas committed his life to researching \r\npersonalities and genetics to help better \r\nhumankind. Cattell has written many books and \r\narticles over his research and has been honored \r\nfor all his hard work. He created the sixteen \r\nbasic source traits to describe personalities \r\nbetter and even has had major contributions to the \r\nBig Five Theory. He stayed committed to the world \r\nof psychology up until he died in 1998.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARGAR

Mazur, Melissa. B.F. SKINNER AND BEHAVIORISM.

B.F Skinner was born in Pennsylvania in 1904. Skinner wrote Verbal Behavior in 1957 which discusses operant conditioning and how conversations play a part.Another book that Skinner wrote is About Behaviorism. It was published in 1974 and covers topics such as: causes of behavior, operant behavior and the reasons for behavior.A journal article that Skinner wrote talks about how cognitive scientists put behavior off onto the organism instead of the environment and conditioned responses like behaviorists do.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARGAR

McKenzie, Kaela . J.B. WATSON AND RADICAL BEHAVIORISM .

A presentation on J.B. Watson, surrounding his \r\nlife, theory as a radical behaviorist, and most \r\nsignificant contributions to the field of \r\npsychology.
Faculty Sponsor: BARGER

Lynch, Jordan/ Shadwick, Amanda/ Stroops, Katherine. FROMM, HORNEY, SULLIVAN.

Erich Fromm, Karen Horney, and Harry Stack Sullivan take a shift from intrapsychic phenomena to interpsychic relation. Turning their focus to our relationships with our family and society.Fromm pushes us to look for our own individual selves for true happiness. Fromm believed that humans feel lonely and isolated, because we are separated from human nature and that society tries to meet our basic needs, but fails. Horney was a pioneer to the feminist movement, she believed that to search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life. Sullivan believed that personality lives in and has his or her being in a complex of interpersonal relationships. He devoted years of his life to helping people with psychological illnesses.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARGER

Lynch, Jordan/ Shadwick, Amanda/ Stroops, Katherine. FROMM, HORNEY, SULLIVAN.

Erich Fromm, Karen Horney, and Harry Stack Sullivan take a shift from intrapsychic phenomena to interpsychic relation. Turning their focus to our relationships with our family and society.Fromm pushes us to look for our own individual selves for true happiness. Fromm believed that humans feel lonely and isolated, because we are separated from human nature and that society tries to meet our basic needs, but fails. Horney was a pioneer to the feminist movement, she believed that to search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life. Sullivan believed that personality lives in and has his or her being in a complex of interpersonal relationships. He devoted years of his life to helping people with psychological illnesses.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARGER

Stoner, Amanda. ROLLO MAY, EXISTENTIALISM IN PSYCHOTHERAPY.

Anxiety and loneliness are human inhibitors, these factors can control decisions on a day to day basis. Anyone suffering from anxiety and/or loneliness has lost some or possibly all sense of one?s self, and the reason we exist at all starts to take over our thought processes. Dr. Rollo May, a well-known psychoanalyst, breaks down existential psychotherapy into stages of the self. May describes the self in an empty state, leading to anxiety, loneliness, and eventually the self doesn?t feel for anything. The sense of being has disappeared. May explains ways to find one?s self again realizing it is human, has feelings, and values.
Faculty Sponsor: DR. BARGER