This month, Paxton Hicks, a second-year master’s student in the FF-TIP Lab, gave a departmental talk titled “Thank you for Trauma Dumping” to the Psychology students and faculty. He started by giving two scenarios, one of a conversation between Trisha and Andrew and the other of a conversation between Amy and Derrick. By using these Read more

Recently, in the FF-TIP lab, graduate student Samantha Hart proposed her master’s thesis topic on the potential effects of positive self-talk on artistic gymnastic performance. Within her proposal Sam sought to examine if various types of self-talk could improve gymnastic performance. During her presentation, Sam presented various literature providing the necessary background information on both Read more

Based on the earlier step-back presentation, a graduate student Marina Morris proposed her master’s thesis. Marina is going to examine how we may perceive and react to a socially withdrawn group member by framing it as a threat to cooperation within a threat management system.  Marina started by presenting a detailed history of cooperation, threat Read more