This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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This past week, Paxton Hicks, a first-year graduate student and former undergraduate research assistant and lab manager of the FF-PTG Lab, presented a step-back presentation regarding his current thesis project on the depenetration processes of self-disclosure. Paxton began his presentation by informing the lab of the existing research on the topic of self-disclosure. He found
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Recently, Amber Efthemiou, a senior undergraduate research assistant and lab manager here in the FF-PTG Lab, gave a step-back presentation online regarding her senior thesis investigating attitudes towards older adults’ mental health. In her presentation, she explored the two forms of empathy, cognitive and emotional, and presented some of the data collected from herongoing study
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This week, the FF-PTG Lab had its first meeting of the Winter 2024 semester! We discussed the many exciting plans we have for the new semester and are looking forward to continuing to work on our many ongoing projects. We also met for dinner after the meeting and celebrated Jamal’s birthday!
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We would like to introduce and give a warm welcome to the newest member of the FF-PTG Lab, Wyatt Clark! He is a junior psychology student here at Oakland University. Wyatt’s research interests surround clinical psychology and neuropsychology. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, Wyatt plans to apply for a master’s program in either clinical counseling
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We want to congratulate two of our lab members, Natlie Safo and Paxton Hicks, for graduating this past week! Natalie Safo will continue her involvement with the FF-PTG Lab during the Winter 2024 semester by collaborating with her fellow lab members on projects relating to her current research. During the Fall 2024 semester, she will
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Kana will be giving a talk in Tokyo next week (in Japanese). On Tuesday, the 19th, she will be talking about future directions of PTG research and the studies that are ongoing in the FF-PTG LAB. On Thursday, the 21st, she will be talking about the ways to strengthen papers for publication, including the benefits
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Recently, Jamal Madison, a first semester undergraduate research assistant here at the FF-PTG Lab, gave a presentation regarding a study that investigated the connections between narcissism, selfie-taking, and exercise. This study explored how a specific type of exercise, weightlifting, related to levels of narcissism. Additionally, it looked at how selfie-taking tendencies were associated with weightlifting.
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Taylor Elam, second year PhD student, has recently presented her master’s thesis defense presentation titled, “I’ll Believe it When I See it: Assessing the Differences in Perceptions of Moral Behavior”. Elam begins by explaining the idea of person perception, which is the general tendency to form impressions of others which ties into impression formation. However,
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Natalie Safo, a third semester undergraduate research assistant, presented her Honors College Thesis Defense to the FF-PTG Lab this past week. All of her hard work designing this project, collecting data, and running statistical analyses to interpret her results culminated in this presentation. Natalie shared the hypotheses, methodology, results, and future directions of her Honors
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Paxton Hicks, a first-year graduate student and former lab manager, captivated our attention with his recent presentation on his thesis proposal titled “Depenetration Process of Self-Disclosure”. Paxton is intrigued by the exploration of Self-Disclosure, a deliberate process involving the communication of personal information to another individual, and its impact on intimacy. The concept of intimacy,
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