Student-Faculty Research
The psychology
faculty at Berry College are actively involved in a variety of research topics.
An important aspect of our mission is to provide students with hands-on
experience in designing, carrying out and presenting research findings
conducted at the college. As such, we encourage student scholarship in the form
of sponsored independent research, co-authored papers and presentation of
research findings at local, regional and national meetings. Below are
representative publications and presentations involving current and former
Berry College students (in bold).
2011
Drescher,C., Chin,E., Johnson, L. R.,
& Johnson-Pynn, J. S. (August, 2011). Exploring Developmental Assets in
Ugandan Youth. The American Psychological Association Conference, Washington,
DC. Godwin, K.A., Hughes, A.,
& Haney, M.R.Using Spatial Contrast Sensitivity to Assess Form Perception
in Autism. Poster Presentation at 24th Annual Association for Psychological
Science. Washington, D.C. May 28, 2011.
Haney, M., Bell, S., Million, C. Autism Spectrum
Disorders: A Feminist Perspective. Paper Presentation at the Southeastern
Association of Women Studies. Atlanta, Georgia. April 25, 2011.
Tyson, J. &
Johnson-Pynn (August, 2011). Developmental trends in children’s knowledge of
environmental protection. The American Psychological Association Conference,
Washington, DC.
2010
Anglin, A , J. Johnson-Pynn. "Cultural and Contextual Factors
Impacting Youth’s Purposes to Protect the Environment". 9Th Annual
Symposium on Student Scholarship. Berry College, April 2010
Anglin, A. E. , J.S. Johnson-Pynn and L.R. Johnson. “Haga Ahora: Ethnic
Identity and Civic Attitudes in Latino and Caucasian Youth.” The American
Psychological Association Conference. San Diego, August, 2010.
Baker, C Chapman, A., & Conradsen, S. “Transnational Feminist
Strategies for Refugee and Immigrant Women.” Southeastern Women’s Studies
Association Conference. Columbia, March 2010. Dunn, A. and A. Hughes.
"Detection of S-Cone Increments and Decrements in
Ocula rHypertensive." 9Th Annual Symposium on Student Scholarship. Berry
College, April2010.
Smith, M., Bissonnette,
V., & Lipkus, I. (2010). Ambivalence in College Students' Attitudes Toward
Smoking. Poster presented at the Berry College Symposium on Student
Scholarship, April 6-7. Walker, W. and
K. A. Diliberto-Macaluso. "The Automatic Activation of Religious Emotion
Words on Priming of the Self." 9Th Annual Symposium on Student Scholarship.
Berry College, April 2010.
Walker, W.L., K. A.
Diliberto-Macaluso and J.A. Altarriba. "The Automatic Activation
of Religious Emotion Words on Priming of the Self." Poster presented at the
22nd annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Boston,
May 2010.
2008
Gillespie, L. &
Diliberto-Macaluso, K. (2008). The Role of Misinformation in the Taste
Perception of Organic and Conventional Foods. 8th Annual Symposium on Student
Scholarship. Berry College, April.
Croft, J., Johnson-Pynn,
J., & L. Johnson. (2008) The Mission Matters: Civic Engagement of Students
at Two Faith-based Colleges. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association, August.
Conradsen,
S., Branan, E., & Carswell, H. (2008). Are You SURE
Feminism is not about Male-Hating Bra-Burning Femi-Nazis? Claiming Your
Feminist Self in a Conservative Environment. Paper presented at the SEWSA
Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Conference, April.
Conradsen,
S., Gillespie, L. & McAlister. A. (2008). Pregnant
Sex-Pot? Pedophile's Fantasy? Dove's Real Women? The Good, the Questionable,
and the Despicable in the Media. Roundtable Presentation at the SEWSA
Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Conference, April.
2007
Gillespie, L., Diliberto-Macaluso,
K. A., Anastasi, J. S. (2007, November). The Influence of Misleading
Information on Memory for the Taste of Organic and Non-organic Apples. Poster
presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Long Beach,
CA.
2004
Bush, J. & Conradsen,
S. (2004, February). Music for the masses: Using popular songs to teach
psychology of women. Poster presented at the 16th Southeastern Conference on
the Teaching of Psychology. Atlanta, GA.
Butzen, N., Bissonnette,
V., & McBrayer, D. (2004). Effects of Modeling and Topic on Self-Touching
Behavior. Paper and Poster presented at the 16th annual convention of the
American Psychological Society, May 27-30, Chicago, Illinois. (Note. This paper
was one of four winners of the APS Student Research Competition, and Nathan was
the only undergraduate student of the four).
Hardy, T., &
Bissonnette, V. (2004). The Relationship Between Academic Self-Esteem and
Academic Self-Discrepancies. Poster presented at the 16th annual convention of
the American Psychological Society, May 27-30, Chicago, Illinois.
2003
de Mayo, R. M., Diliberto, K.
A. (2003). False memory for pictures of common household chores: Evidence of a
gender stereotype. Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Psychology, 8,
62-69.
2002
Buice, M., Leach, T. &Conradsen, S. (2002). Fitness and weight control advertisements in popular Spanish and
American magazines. Poster presented at the Berry College Symposium on
Student Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA
Cantalupo, C.,
Hopkins, W.D, Hostetter, A.,
Pilcher, D., Wesley, M.. (2002).
Grip Morphology and Hand Use in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Evidence of a
Left Hemisphere Specialization in Motor Skill. Journal of Experimental
Psychology, vol. 131, 412-423.
Gootee, E.F., Johnson, J.M.
& Logsdon-Conradsen, S. (2002). Psychological and sociological
perspectives on self-injury. Paper presented at the Berry College Symposium
on Student Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
Hostetter, A., Hopkins, W. D.
(2002). The effect of thought structure on the production of lexical movements.
Brain and Language, 82, 22-29.
Hopkins, W. D., Wesley, M. J. (2002). Gestural
communication in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): The effect of
situational factors on gesture type and hand use. Laterality: Asymmetry of
Body, Brain and Cognition, 7, 19-30.
Leonard, J.,
Conradsen, S. (2002). The role of context, gender, and sexism in
portrayals of violence on prime-time television programming. Paper
presented at the Berry College Symposium on Student Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
Leonard, J. A., Soderquist, J.,
Logsdon-Conradsen, S. (2002). A cross-cultural analysis of tobacco and
alcohol magazine advertisements. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Georgia Psychological Association. Savannah, GA.
Nowacki, S. K.,
Conradsen, S. (2002). A comparison of body size in an American Vogue
vs. a Spanish Vogue - Is there a difference? Poster presented at the Berry
College Symposium on Student Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
Soderquist, J., Leonard, J.A., Conradsen, S.
(2002). A cross-cultural analysis of tobacco and alcohol magazine
advertisements. Poster presented at the Berry College Symposium on Student
Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
Warburton, K., Diliberto, K.
A. (April, 2002). The effect of creative movement on memory recall of
children’s literature. Poster presented at the 2nd Annual Symposium on Student
Scholarship, Berry College, Ga.
Wesley,
M. J., Fernandez-Carriba, S., Hostetter,
A., Pilcher, D., Poss, S, Hopkins (2002). Factor analysis of multiple
measures of hand use in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). An
alternative assessment to handedness in nonhuman primates. International
Journal of Primatology, 23, 1155, 1168.
2001
Bryant, C.,
deMayo, R., Conradsen, S. (2001, March). Investigating the role of
gender in family interactions with children who have Social Phobia. Poster
presented at the 47th Annual Meeting for the Southeastern Psychological
Association. Atlanta, GA.
Bryant, C.0, deMayo, R., Conradsen, S.
(2001, April). Investigating the role of gender in family interactions with
children who have social phobia. Poster presented at the Berry College
Symposium on Student Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
deMayo, R., Dorley, J., Conradsen, S.
(2001, April). American media consumption and its effect on perceived body
image. Poster presented at the Berry College Symposium on Student
Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
deMayo, R., Dorley, J., Conradsen, S.
(2001, April). Body satisfaction in men and women: What role does the media
play? Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Psychological
Association. Atlanta, GA.
Diliberto, K. A. de Mayo, R. (2001, April). False
memory for scenes of common household chores: Evidence of a gender bias. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the Georgia Psychological Association (GPA),
Atlanta, GA.
Hostetter, A., Cantero, M.,
Hopkins, W. D. (2001). Differential use of vocal and gestural communication in
chimpanzees in response to the attentional status of a human audience. Journal
of Comparative Psychology, 115, 337-343.
Hopkins, W. D.,
Dahl, J. F., Pilcher, D. (2001).
Genetic influence on the expression of hand preferences in chimpanzees (Pan
troglodytes): Evidence in support of the right shift theory and
developmental instability. Psychological Science, 12, 299-303.
Hopkins, W. D.,
Fernanadez-Carriba, S., Wesley, M. J.,
Hostetter, A., Pilcher, D., Poss, S. (2001). The use of bouts and
frequencies in the evaluation of hand preferences for a coordinated bimanual
task in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): An empirical study comparing two
different indices of laterality. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 115,
294-299.
Hopkins, W. D., Pilcher, D. L. (2001). Neuroanatomical
localization of the motor hand area using magnetic resonance imaging : The left
hemisphere is larger in great apes. Behavioral Neuroscience, 115,
1159-1164.
Main, K. L. Diliberto, K.
A., (2001, March). Perceptual priming for non-presented words in children on a
word fragment completion test. Paper presented at the 1st annual symposium on
student scholarship, Berry College, Rome, GA.
Pilcher, D., Hammock, L., Hopkins, W. D. (2001).
Cerebral volume asymmetries in non-human primates as revealed by magnetic
resonance imaging. Laterality, 6, 165-180.
Sickles, A., Conradsen,
S., Gallagher, G. (2001, April). Wildlife surveys: Educational vs.
persuasive wording. Poster presented at the Berry College Symposium on
Student Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
Singer, A. Diliberto, K.
A. (2001, June). False memory recognition due to stereotype generalizations of
working women. Poster presented at the 13th annual meeting of the American
Psychological Society (APS), Toronto, Canada. Tillery, A., Rutherford,
C., Johnson-Pynn, J., Logsdon-Conradsen, S. (2001, April). Evaluation
of a sexual abuse prevention program. Poster presented at the Berry College
Symposium on Student Scholarship. Mt. Berry, GA.
2000
Forrister, J.A., Webb, C.W., Conradsen, S.
(2000, February). Student Perspectives on Utilizing Diagnostic Case
Formulations in Abnormal Psychology. Poster session presented at the
Twelfth Southeastern Conference on The Teaching of Psychology. Atlanta, GA.
Hopkins, W. D.,
Dahl, J. F., Pilcher, D. (2000).
Birth order and left-handedness revisited: Some recent findings in chimpanzees
(Pan troglodytes) and their implications for developmental and
evolutionary models of human handedness. Neuropsychologia, 38,
1626-1633.
Hopkins, W. D., Pearson, K. (2000). Chimpanzee (Pan
troglodytes) handedness: Variability across multiple measures of hand use. Journal
of Comparative Psychology, 114, 126-135.
Hopkins, W. D., Pilcher, D. L., MacGregor, L. (2000).
Sylvian fissure length asymmetries in primates revisited: A comparative MRI
study. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 56, 293-299.