[Home] Research Methods in Psychology, Fall 2009 S. J. Gilbert, SUNY-Oneonta
Research Ideas
1) Does the fear Stroop predict fear? Does it do so when the color Stroop’s contribution is removed?
Snake fear and the pictorial emotional Stroop
paradigm.
2)
The
use of a modified Stroop test to determine if the colors WHITE and BLACK are
symbols of moral purity and pollution.
The Color of Sin: White and Black are Perceptual Symbols of
Moral Purity and Pollution.
3) The relationship between responsiveness to self-produced cues, spontaneous mimicry of others’ facial expressions, and field dependence.
Individual
differences in the effects of spontaneous mimicry on emotional contagion.
Laird, James D.; Alibozak, Tammy; Davainis, Dava; Deignan, Katherine; et al;
Motivation and Emotion, Vol 18(3), Sep, 1994. pp. 231-247. [Journal Article]
4) The relationship between standing on the AHS (Analytic vs. Holistic Scale), Field Dependence, and choice of college major.
Individual differences in analytic versus holistic thinking. Choi, Incheol; Koo, Minkyung; An Choi, Jong; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol 33(5), May, 2007. pp. 691-705. [Journal Article]
5)
Does moving forward vs.
backwards vs. sideways affect cognitive performance?
Regulating cognitive control through approach-avoidance motor actions. Citation Koch, Severine;
6)
Loss Framing and Student
Performance: Do students work harder to
gain points or avoid losing them?
Bounded ethicality: The
perils of loss framing. Kern, Mary C.; Chugh, Dolly; Psychological Science, Vol 20(3), Mar, 2009. pp.
378-384. [Journal Article]
7)
Can you create a false
memory of a past encounter with a person, by creating a brief (subliminal?) exposure
prior to a present encounter?
Brown, A. S., & Marsh, E. G.
(2009). Creating illusions of past
encounter through brief exposure. Psychological Science, 20, 2, 534-538.
8)
Do students think that
Dr. Borgzhveiseisky’s course is more
difficult than Dr. Borg’s course because her name is more difficult to
pronounce?
If it's difficult to pronounce, it must be risky: Fluency, familiarity, and risk perception. Song, Hyunjin; Schwarz, Norbert; Psychological Science, Vol 20(2), Feb, 2009. pp. 135-138. [Journal Article]
9)
Does looking at pictures
of beautiful models make a person feel better or worse? It might depend upon our sensitivity to our
own facial expressions!
The impact of media images of
super-slender women on women's self-esteem: Identification, social comparison,
and self-perception. Wilcox, Kathy; Laird, James D.; Journal of Research in Personality, Vol 34(2),
Jun, 2000. pp. 278-286. [Journal Article]
10)
Are happy words
identified as happy more quickly when they are at the top of a screen, and sad
words identified as sad more quickly when they are at the bottom? Is there a link between spatial position and
affect?
Why the sunny side is up: Associations between affect and vertical position. Meier, Brian P.; Robinson, Michael D.; Psychological Science, Vol 15(4), Apr, 2004. pp. 243-247. [Journal Article]