Special thanks are extended to:
Dr. Heather Patterson-Morgan, MSVU Psychology alumna, 2006;
Dr. Michelle Eskritt & Dr. Derek Fisher, PSYC 4499;
Dr. Angie Birt, Dr. Derek Fisher & Donna Thompson, PSYC 3312;
Dr. Angie Birt, Dr. Michelle Eskritt, Dr. Derek Fisher & Dr. Daniel Séguin,
Honours supervisors;
The Psychology Student Society for advertising this event; and
Family and friends of our graduating students!
PSYCHOLOGY
th
29 Student Research Conference
April 6th, 2017
4th floor, Evaristus Hall
Welcome!
The Psychology Student Research Conference has been held annually
since 1988.
This celebration of our students’ academic and research accomplishments is eagerly
anticipated every year. Thank you for joining us!
Conference Agenda
10:00 AM
Welcoming remarks
Dr. Michelle Eskritt
Chair, Psychology Department
10:05 AM
Keynote Address
Attachment, psychological functioning, and resilience in street-involved youth: Describing youth
who access community agency support
PSYC 4499 Honours Thesis oral presentations, Group 1
Megan Muise
Maria Redden
11:30AM
Daniel Godfrey
Close enough is true enough: On the relationship between verbal claims and their
supporting imagery
Annastasia Jickling &
Tashina Jones
What elicits learning? Effects of semantic context and processing fluency on learning
word meaning: A replication study of Cardwell, et al., (2017)
Joanna Lockhart,
Nichla Pinsent &
Alisha Publicover
Too close for comfort or too far to care? The influence of psychological distance and
violation severity on humour and disgust
Samantha Nickerson
& Jocelyn Paul
Dr. Heather Patterson-Morgan
Psychologist (Candidate Register) at Dalhousie University & MSVU Psychology Alumna (2006)
10:30 AM
Poster Sessions (continued)
To forgive and forget? An examination of memories for interpersonal
transgressions and associated emotional responses using objective
and subjective measures
Advisor: Dr. Angie Birt
Do meta-emotion and moral disengagement predict preschoolers’
aggression and understanding of consent?
Advisor: Dr. Daniel Séguin
When misinformation improves memory: The effects of recollecting change-- A
replication study of Putnam et al. (2016), Exp. 2 with an exploratory extension
12:45 PM
Break
1:00 PM
PSYC 4499 Honours Thesis oral presentations, Group 2
T Jay Anderson
The impact of caffeine on sensory gating in schizophrenia
Advisor: Dr. Derek Fisher
Katie Walsh
Executive functioning and external symbols: The role of symbolic understanding &
psychological distancing
Advisor: Dr. Michelle Eskritt
Emily Wood
Prosody’s role in silent reading: The influence of rhythm on emotional recognition
Advisor: Dr. Angie Birt
2:30 PM
Awards ceremony
2:45PM
Informal reception, EVAR 410
PSYC 3312 Poster sessions
Advisors: A. Birt, D. Fisher & D. Thompson
Gregory Anderson,
Catrina MacPhee &
Bronwen Schryver
Providing detailed explanations of political policies leads to a
decrease in self-rated understanding
Jessica Beatty, Krista
Hull, & Katie Walsh
Simply a synonym? Disgust and anger in moral judgments
Stephanie Burke &
Jesslynn MacKenzie
Subjective temporal distance of a past event and perceived
likelihood of reoccurrence: A replication study
Kayla Douglas,
Carlotta Heymann, &
Kaitlyn Napier
The Smoking N-back: A replication
Psychology Student Awards
Fred Harrington Award
Given by the Department of Psychology to a second-year student who has continued in the
psychology program and who showed superior performance in Introductory Psychology
Rosemarie Sampson
Award
Given by the Department of Psychology to a graduating honours student in psychology who
intends to pursue graduate studies, in recognition of academic achievement, excellence in
research, and potential for contribution to the discipline of psychology
Book Award for Research Given by the Department of Psychology in recognition of superior performance in
Excellence
Advanced Research Methods in Psychology (Psychology 3312)
Student Leadership
Award in Psychology
This award is given to a Psychology major who has demonstrated leadership and support
of student and departmental initiatives
Special thanks are extended to:
Dr. Heather Patterson-Morgan, MSVU Psychology alumna, 2006;
Dr. Michelle Eskritt & Dr. Derek Fisher, PSYC 4499;
Dr. Angie Birt, Dr. Derek Fisher & Donna Thompson, PSYC 3312;
Dr. Angie Birt, Dr. Michelle Eskritt, Dr. Derek Fisher & Dr. Daniel Séguin,
Honours supervisors;
The Psychology Student Society for advertising this event; and
Family and friends of our graduating students!
PSYCHOLOGY
th
29 Student Research Conference
April 6th, 2017
4th floor, Evaristus Hall