Master's Theses Completed in the Psychology Department
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Title of Thesis |
Student (Advisor) |
Year |
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Electrical stimulation uses sodium channel dependent depolarization to produce exocytotic-like dopamine release and rotational behavior in vivo |
Alice E. Hernandez |
2015 |
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Sexual self-esteem and its relation to substance use and sexual risk in a sample of Latino men who have sex with men and who are living with HIV |
Miriam Pando |
2015 |
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Developing and testing an implicit measure of moral foundation accessibility |
Scott D. Frankowski |
2014 |
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What makes it moral? Measuring differences between moral and non-moral attitudes |
Ciara K. Kidder |
2014 |
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Investigating bilingual non-selective lexical access within a reading comprehension framework |
Justin G. Lauro |
2014 |
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The effects of word frequency and language proficiency on repetition priming and picture naming |
Renee M. Penalver |
2014 |
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Si se puede: The effects of collective angst and identity on group activism during the national immigration debate |
Corin Ramos |
2014 |
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Cross-validation of the El Paso Risk Assessment of Juveniles at Intake Scale (El Paso RAJI) |
Dilata Ranadive |
2014 |
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Multicultural study of psychopathy: An examination of Latin-American differences |
Chelsea D. Spraberry |
2014 |
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Investigating the efficacy of traffic-light labeling for nutrition label presentation |
Mosi Staudt Dane'el |
2014 |
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Predictors of resilience among Hispanic adults: Stepwise analyses from late adolescence to adulthood |
Katherine M. Aguirre |
2013 |
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Guilty by association: Time-dependent memory consolidation and the generalization of person-specific traits to other social group members |
Luke R. Enge |
2013 |
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Behavioral markers of chronic low-level lead exposure in young mice |
Mayra G. Flores Montoya |
2013 |
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Motivations for a source to resist an interrogation: Consequences to the self versus consequences to an other |
Julie R. LaBianca |
2013 |
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Mental health and medication adherence as a function of early life physical and sexual trauma in HIV+ Latino men who have sex with men |
Carolina Lara |
2013 |
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Effects of positive distortion instructions on the factor structure of socially desirable responding scales |
Corina Mendoza |
2013 |
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Assessing naturalistic decision making by experienced and inexperienced interrogators in high stakes interviews |
Amy B. Ross |
2013 |
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The effect of religious imagery on following suggestions for risk taking |
Jessica Shenberger |
2013 |
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Individual predictors of hindsight bias: A longitudinal study |
Sonya M. Stokes |
2013 |
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Between-language repetition priming in antonym generation: Examining conceptual encoding and representation of adjectives |
Randolph S. Taylor |
2013 |
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Eyewitness memory in adults |
Carlos M. Vargas |
2013 |
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The influence of case-specific expert testimony on juror sensitivity to confession evidence |
Skye Woestehoff |
2013 |
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Correlates of overweight and obesity in a Hispanic community sample |
Julie A. Blow |
2012 |
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Correlates of marijuana use in a Hispanic college sample |
Joseph E. Charter |
2012 |
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Cultural correlates of condom use |
Cecilia Brooke Cholka |
2012 |
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The effects of defendant and juror language use on sentencing recommendations |
Victoria Estrada |
2012 |
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Implicit and explicit memory performance in bilinguals: Implications for transfer-appropriate processing and vocabulary learning |
Elva Natalia Strobach |
2012 |
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Bilingual homonym disambiguation at the discourse level |
Yvette Aguilar Baca |
2011 |
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The effect of the reciprocity norm and guided imagery on the development of implanted memories in children |
Misty C. Duke |
2011 |
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Hemispheric asymmetry of the affective priming effect |
David R. Herring |
2011 |
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The effect of dichotomous versus Likert response format on the measurement of Socially Desirable Response bias |
Celia Medrano |
2011 |
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Assessing the measurement invariance of the modern homonegativity scale |
Daniel H. Romero |
2011 |
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Craving effect of unintentional smoking cues in antismoking images in light smokers |
Francisco I. Salgado-Garcia (Cooper) |
2011 |
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Predictors of recidivism in a predominantly Hispanic sample of first-time juvenile offenders |
Yvette Valenzuela |
2011 |
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Smoking cessation, reduction and motivation change in a predominantly Hispanic sample |
Jose A. Cabriales |
2010 |
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The effect of crime severity and confidence on mock jurors' verdicts |
Abigail E. Moore |
2010 |
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Training to detect deception: The role of intelligent tutoring systems and impression-based cues |
Stephen W. Michael |
2010 |
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Two sides of the same coin: Biculturalism, cultural ideologies, and perceptions of cultural change |
Stephanie A. Quezada |
2010 |
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Is alexithymia a predictor of college student alcohol abuse? |
Diane Arms |
2009 |
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A study of possible pre-cognitive advantages of bilingualism |
Marisela Gutiérrez |
2009 |
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Development of the Suggestibility Scale for Children -- Spanish language version |
Claudia Ornelas |
2009 |
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Manipulation of task and the variability of the stereotype priming effect |
Katherine R. White |
2009 |
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The effect of facial resemblance on alibi credibility and final verdicts |
Claudia Ochoa |
2009 |
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Intermittent and light smoking cessation in a predominantly Hispanic college sample |
Natasha K. Naylor |
2009 |
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Should I just confess? The influence of perceived consequences associated with confessing on the likelihood of true vs. false confessions |
Allyson J. Horgan |
2009 |
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The effects of psychopathy and Machiavellianism on cognitive dissonance |
Ashley A. Murray |
2009 |
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Characterization of the behavioral and neurochemical effects of nicotine withdrawal in adolescent and adult rats |
Luis A. Natividad |
2009 |
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Pre-existing attitudes about the legal system: The thirteenth juror? |
Larissa A. Schmersal |
2009 |
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Developing lexical competition resolution mechanisms through reading experience |
Ana B. Arêas da Luz Fontes |
2008 |
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Attorneys' and jurors' perceptions of juvenile offenders' culpability |
Catherine R. Camilletti |
2008 |
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I'd be helping if we weren't so committed: The application of the investment model to the study of alibis |
Kevin W. Jolly |
2008 |
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The correlation between social desirability and endorsement rate of test items using the SNAP and NEO-FFI |
Cynthia A. Pedregon |
2008 |
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Social recognition memory and the cross-race effect |
Brooke A. Smith |
2008 |
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The N400 ERP: Semantic vs. evaluative incongruities |
Jennifer H. Taylor |
2008 |
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Prosecutorial perseveration: A reaction to public commitment? |
Elizabeth R. Uhl |
2008 |
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Are intuitive responses more accurate at detecting deception than deliberative responses? |
Justin S. Albrechtson |
2007 |
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Let's play... in-group vs. out-group: Game playing and ostracism in an immersive environment |
Kimberly A. Carrillo |
2007 |
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Effects of personalization and social desirability on acceptance of Barnum reports |
Roberta Farley Icard |
2007 |
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Social recognition memory and the cross-race effect |
Jessica Marcon |
2007 |
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Although my brain says I hate you, I will say I like you: Misreporting negative attitudes using idiosyncratic stimuli in a P300 paradigm |
Andrew Mojica |
2007 |
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The impact of interpreters on the forensic interview |
Nicole Pruss |
2007 |
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Is it time for a revolutionary movement in the interrogation room? Empirically validating the influence of inquisitorial techniques on true and false confessions |
Mary Rigoni |
2007 |
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Tobacco use and persistent smoking characteristics in a Hispanic sample |
Denise Rodríguez |
2007 |
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Examining the cross-race effect in face recognition from a temporal perspective |
Kyle J. Susa |
2007 |
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Examination of the rewarding effects of nicotine during the adolescent period of development |
Oscar V. Torres |
2007 |
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Potential cultural predictors of heavy episodic drinking in Hispanic college students |
Jennifer Venegas |
2007 |
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Do they see me as a person or just a woman? The effects of abstract or specific visual form on stereotyping |
Clarissa Arms Chávez |
2006 |
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Measuring social problem solving in Spanish-dominant Hispanics using the Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (SPSI-R) |
Monica de la Torre |
2006 |
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How much information is too much? A comparison of decompositional and holistic strategies |
Norma P. Fernández |
2006 |
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Black sheep effect among athletes: When does one bad apple spoil the whole bunch? |
Leslie Hawley |
2006 |
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Alcohol use and the intercollegiate athlete: The influence of type of sport |
Keitha Moseley |
2006 |
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The factor structure of the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory and prediction of alcohol consumption in a Hispanic college sample |
Jesus Arturo Orona |
2006 |
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Exploring composite production and its effects on eyewitness memory |
Lisa D. Topp |
2006 |
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Predictors of alcohol consumption in Mexican-American graduate students |
Noah V. Clayton |
2005 |
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A new look at an old phenomenon: The characteristics of Barnum statements |
Alison J. Davis |
2005 |
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Repetition priming in Spanish-English bilinguals and monolinguals using a verb generation task |
Eva M. de la Riva |
2005 |
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Hearing and reading two languages at the same time |
Gabriela Durán |
2005 |
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Factors derived from fatalism scales and their relationship to health-related variables |
Oscar A. Esparza |
2005 |
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Coping with stressful life events: Psychometric characteristics of a new coping measure |
Ernesto Marín |
2005 |
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The impact of English-Spanish bilingualism and biculturalism on problem drinking reporting from a college student sample on the US-Mexico border |
Solanja Pérez |
2005 |
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An investigation of the 5-methoxytriptamine and the valproic acid rat models of autism |
Berenice García |
2004 |
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An investigation of the effects of language dominance on polygraph results |
Andrea Aimee Pizana |
2004 |
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The influence of guided memory and structured interview techniques on eyewitness verbal descriptions after short and long delays |
Laura A. Zimmerman |
2004 |
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Eyewitness identification: Arousal and accuracy comparing victims versus bystanders. |
Kim Gaitens |
2003 |
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Disclosure of HIV serostatus in HIV-positive Hispanics and implications for health status |
Dolores Hernández |
2003 |
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Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in timed tests as sources of bias in culturally and linguistically diverse test settings |
Julia Lechuga |
2003 |
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The development and validation of a bilingual measure of HIV and AIDS-related knowledge in people living with HIV |
Virginia Longoria |
2003 |
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Eyewitness suggestibility: The effects of co-witness information, accuracy feedback and source monitoring |
Bianca Moehlmann |
2003 |
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Paradoxical gender categorization |
Colby J. Stoever |
2003 |
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Rehabilitation from stroke: The effect of depression on functional improvement |
Marla P. Whipple |
2003 |
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The transtheoretical model for behavior change and prostate cancer screening |
Priya Chakola |
2002 |
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The role of cholinesterase inhibitors in abnormal brain development |
Celeste Delgado Favela |
2002 |
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An investigation of differential item functioning on two MMPI-2 scales with a prison population |
Sandra Martínez |
2002 |
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Measuring stage of readiness for HIV testing |
Monica Skewes |
2002 |
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Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the Expectations Test |
Shanan Theus |
2002 |
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Effect of reinforcement on children's accuracy during interviews: A test-retest study |
James H. Burns |
2001 |
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Exploring the role of emotion and arousal in terror management theory |
Amanda Y. Medina |
2001 |
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Effects of similarity and dissimilarity in intra-group vs. inter-group relations on expressions of prejudice |
Azenett A. Garza |
2000 |
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Self-reported sexual risk-taking behaviors in Hispanics as a function of acculturation, sex, sensation seeking, and openness |
Christopher J. Johnson |
2000 |
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Improving women's body image by increasing their knowledge of media influence |
Candace D. Rutt |
2000 |