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Senior Thesis

Dr. Multhaup chaired the committees for the following Psychology senior theses and co-supervised the following Center for Interdisciplinary Studies theses (listed by area and in reverse chronological order):

Aging

Testing Intentional Worlds Theory: Assessing the Responses of African American Children and College-Age Adults to Black History Month Displays from Different Cultural Worlds
Jordan Starck, 2012
--2012 Palmer Award for senior demonstrating extraordinary service activity
--Supported by a Davidson Research Initiative Award (Davidson College) to Jordan Starck

The Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and Preferences for Advertisements
Ellen Garfield, 2007
--Supported by an Abernethy Award (Davidson College) to Ellen Garfield

Cognitive Aging

The Effects of Divided Attention and Age on Magical Thinking and Semantic Categorization
Nadia Brashier, 2012
--2012 Workman Award for most well-rounded, accomplished senior
--Supported by a Davidson Research Initiative Award (Davidson College) to Nadia Brashier
--Retirement Research Foundation / APA Division 20 (Adult Development & Aging) Award for Completed Research at the Undergraduate Level
--Awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship with application made during senior year

Does Visual Imagery Ability Contribute to Individual Differences in the Age of Adults' First Memories?
Hannah Lawrence, 2012
--Supported by an Abernethy Award (Davidson College) to Hannah Lawrence

Taking Your Brain to the Gym: Does Cognitive Training Impact Cognitive Aging?
(Anum) Zehra Jaffri, 2011
--Supported by a Davidson Research Initiative Award (Davidson College) to (Anum) Zehra Jaffri

Testing the Use-It-Or-Lose-It Hypothesis of Cognitive Aging
Kelly Giles, 2009
--2009 Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Recipient
--Supported by funding to Kelly Giles from 
• the Davidson Research Initiative (Duke Endowment through Davidson College), 
• the Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research Award,
• the Retirement Research Foundation/APA Division 20 (Adult Development & Aging) Undergraduate Research Proposal Award,
• the Virginia Association on Aging Student Research Scholarship from the Southern Gerontological Society

A Developmental Look at the Field and Observer Perspectives of Former Division I Athletes' Autobiographical Memories
Danielle Hemerka, 2008

Memory

Using Color to Test Boundary Extension as a Source Memory Error [co-chaired with Dr. Munger]
Katherine Ness, 2012
--2012 Sigma Xi Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
--Supported by an Abernethy Award (Davidson College) to Katherine Ness

The Effect of Accountability on Unconscious Plagiarism
Blaire Weidler, 2010
--2010 Workman Award for most well-rounded, accomplished senior
--Supported by an Abernethy Award (Davidson College) to Blaire Weidler

Testing the Revised Hierarchical Model of Bilingual Memory with an Academic-Style Misinformation Paradigm
Rivka Ihejirika, 2009

The Effects of Viewing Multiple Pairs of Advertisements on Evaluations of Advertised Pro-Social Goals
Mary La Montagne, 2009

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

Science Non-Fiction Writing in the Community
Cathryn Westra, 2011

Gerontology: Creating Pathways to Promote Older Americans' Civic Engagement
Sarah Frey, 2008
Supported by funding to Sarah Frey from the Davidson Research Initiative (Duke Endowment through Davidson College)