| 8:00-8:30 AM | Registration -- Lobby BAS* |
| 8:30-9:15 AM | Poster Session I -- Lobby BAS |
| 9:30-10:30 AM | Keynote Address -- State Farm Lecture Hall
Distinguishing Science from Pseudoscience in Mental Health Practice: Challenges, Problems, and Remedies Dr. Scott Lilienfeld Emory University |
| 10:30-10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 AM | Oral
Presentations |
| 11:35 AM-12:20 PM | Poster Session II -- Lobby BAS |
| 12:30-1:00 PM | Business Meeting -- Lobby BAS |
| Sample | Conference Example |
| Lastname, I. I., & Lastname, I. (2006, April). Title. Paper/poster presented at the annual meeting of the Middle Tennessee Psychological Association, Murfreesboro, TN. | Farmer, K., & Hodges, A. (2006, April). Pet attitudes and college stress. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Middle Tennessee Psychological Association, Murfreesboro, TN. |
| Comparing high achieving
students based on prior enrollment in a high school advanced placement
course Trina Thompson (James Rust) Middle Tennessee State University Testing the automaticity of word recognition using low frequency words Erin Gowan (Stuart Bernstein) Middle Tennessee State University Validating the developmental assessment of young children Alicia Lankford (James Rust) Middle Tennessee State University Levels of physiological arousal caused by colors Amy Wright and Katinna Oskian (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University The relationship between pets and stress in a non-college population Brittany Bunch and Julie Harris (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Parental behaviors and gender: Moderators of the effects of divorce on identity? Marsha Wallace and Dennis Papini (Dennis Papini) Middle Tennessee State University The relationship between students' effort and expected grades Mary Carroll Sneed and Michael Brownlee (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Scared straight? Evaluation apprehension and personality effects on a coordination task Faith Cheyne, Jeremy Johnson, Luke Paschall, and Amy Thamert (John Pennington) Middle Tennessee State University Time’s up! Interactive effects of audience and distraction on maze completion Jeanne Anne Fowler, Elizabeth Hendricks, Michael Laneville, and Amanda McClure (John Pennington) Middle Tennessee State University Relation of body image satisfaction to physical fitness levels in young children Jamie Thorup, Laura Jackson, Stephanie Drake, Chelsea Doyle, Laura Hopper, and Katy Fuqua (Tom Brinthaupt) Middle Tennessee State University The correlation between pet attitude and perceived stress among college students Megan Turner, Lindsey Crim, and Amanda Kirby (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Mood matters: Induced mood and person perception Courtney Ledford, Brandon Graves, and Javon Simmons (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Gestures and memory retrieval Jennifer Jelliff and Marcia Mullins (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Interrupting mindless refusal Daniel Fly and Christopher Harris (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Can the tarot accurately predict the future? Kevin Pedigo (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University |
| Session
1: BAS S126 10:45
The effects of equine assisted therapy on clients’ motivation for
drug/alcohol abuse therapy
Kelly Allen (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University 11:00 Measuring willingness to help using the lost letter technique Victoria Gabbard, Stephanie Frey, and Mitch Rock (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University 11:15 Risky business: Attitudes toward cohabitation and divorce risk factors of college students Michelle Smith, Jayna Dotson, and Jessica DeVois (Kim Ujcich-Ward) Middle Tennessee State University Session 2: BAS S128 10:45
Seeing is believing: The effect of an event on beliefs
Ashley Briggs and Cathy Hudson (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University 11:00 What influences body satisfaction in women? The effects of media exposure and personality Keisha Bell and April Richardson (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Session 3: BAS S260 10:45
How college students cope with life stress
Deidre Gastenveld, Stephanie Terrell, and Joshua Willhite (Jinni Leigh Blalack) Union University 11:00
Pet attitudes and college stress
Kristina Farmer and Anna Hodges (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University |
| An exploration of the
relationship between grade inflation and source of funding for MTSU
students Justin Higgs, Erika Thomas, and Melissa Lynn (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University The benefits of pet therapy on the well-being of the elderly Ashley Collins, Megan Chambers, and Conethia Turner (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Cell phone vs. calculator performance John Paul Paslay and Jennifer Young (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Is the grass really greener: The Stroop Effect of color connotation Prasant Akunuri, Leena Bhakta, and Christy Manzella (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Do different majors perceive gender pronouns differently? Heather Watts, Ashley Dudenbostel, and Tyler Beard (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Perception of affordances with changes in body shape Jessica DeVois and Jayna Dotson (William Langston) Middle Tennessee State University Self-efficacy as it relates to specific modeling Corinna Schmidt (Charles Grah) Austin Peay State University Assessment and reconsideration of the armed forces retirement home survey Kimberly Grube and Melissa Long (Stephen Truhon) Austin Peay State University Racism: America's worst problem Jessica Houchins (John Bruni) Western Kentucky University Faculty ratings of students: A preliminary study RaShae Jennings, Ron Brassel, Sarah Sparks, Brynn Neagle, Stacey Edwards (John Bruni) Western Kentucky University Inattentional blindness and comprehension Kris Childers (John Bruni) Western Kentucky University Hand-eye coordination performance: Effects of an audience and distraction Laura Infantino, Lindsay Skipper, and Sheila Umayan (John Pennington) Middle Tennessee State University Social facilitation: Does evaluation apprehension equal distraction? James Bailey, Justin Loney, and Adrienne Maloney (John Pennington) Middle Tennessee State University Effects of a pedometer program on individual and class physical activity Chrysalis Wright, Jamie Thorup, Laura Hopper, and Laura Jackson (Tom Brinthaupt) Middle Tennessee State University Young children’s nutrition knowledge in relation to their physical fitness levels Renata Alexandre and Katy Fuqua (Tom Brinthaupt) Middle Tennessee State University |