Poster abstracts

4th annual TriState APA PFF symposium

Jan 30, 2004

WOMAN'S LIKELIHOOD OF DATING: EFFECTS OF MAN'S INCOME AND NUMBER OF CHILDREN
Allison Gindele, College of Mount St. Joseph (Faculty Sponsor: Tim Lawson)
This study examined how a woman's likelihood of dating a man was affected by his annual income level and children. Eighty participants were asked how likely they would be to date a man who made $60,000 or $40,000 and had one or two children. The results indicated no significant effects.

THE EFFECT OF SPEECH STYLES BASED ON RACE AND GENDER ON LIKELIHOOD OF HIRING APPLICANTS Aneesha Bankhead, College of Mount. St. Joseph (Faculty Sponsor-: Tim Lavson)
I examined the effect of speech styles based on race and gender on ratings of job applicants. Participants rated the candidates after listening to the voices of either an African American or Caucasian candidate. Results revealed participants were more likely to hire a man and an African American person.

THE EFFECTS OF TECHNIQUES OF RECEPTIVE MEDTATION AND RELAXATION ON ATTENTIONAL CAPACITY, SUSTAINED ATTENTION AND HEMISPHERIC SPECIALIZATION
Jesse R. Rutschman, Earlham College (Faculty Sponsor: Kathy Milar)
The effects of receptive meditation and relaxation on dividedattention processes were compared. It was hypothesized that meditation would cause greater attentional enhancement and right-hemispheric orientation. Meditation was not found to broaden attentional capacity more than relaxation or increase right-hemispheric orientation, however increased flexibility and stability of attention were found.

CHILDREN'S INTERPRETATION OF POLITE REQUESTS AND PERSPECTIVE TAKING ABILITY
Jennifer Govostis & Cecilia Shore, Miami University
(Faculty Sponsor: Cecilia Shore)
This study examined children's, ability to understand and interpret polite requests that they personally receive and that they observe being directed toward others. It was hypothesized that in order to interpret polite requests directed toward self and others a child must be able to understand the intent of the speaker and the point of view of the listener. The ability to take another's point of view that is necessary in this interpretation is related to communicative competence, simple perspective taking, and theory of mind. Five types of tasks were administered to children ages 4 to 6: interpretation of politeness, referential communication, simple perspective taking, false belief theory of mind measures, and general vocabulary measures as a control.

CROSS-LANGUAGE CONCEPTUAL PRIMING IN ENGLISHFRENCH BILINGUALS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF PROFICIENCY
Michael Goode, Earlham College (Faculty Sponsor: Kathy Milar)
An investigation was conducted into the organization of semantic memory in bilingual English-French speakers. Participants were divided into four different French skill groupings. Repetition priming was used to prime exemplars in a category exemplar generation test of conceptual implicit memory. Partial support was found for J. Kroll's and E. Stewart's (1994) Revised Hierarchical Model of bilingual memory.

EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION AMONG COLLEGE WOMEN: THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF RAPE, ATTEMPTED RAPE, AND SEXUAL COERCION
Carrie F. Johnson & Terri L. Messman-Moore, Miami University
(Faculty Sponsor: Terri L. Messman-Moore)
Many studies examine a dimensional construct of sexual assault, including various methods of coercion as well as types of' unwanted contact, although it is unclear whether different types of sexual assault have similar effects on victims. The present study examined the impact of a dimensional construct of sexual victimization as well as different forms of sexual assault (rape, attempted rape, and sexual coercion) with a sample of 339 college women. Sexual victimization was associated with alcohol use, alcohol expectancies, marijuana use, sexual behavior, sexual functioning, depression, dissociation, self-esteem and impaired self- reference. However, results suggest that the traumatic sequelae associated with sexual victimization may be due mainly to the impact of rape and attempted rape, although all forms of sexual victimization were associated with sexual dysfunction and risky sexual behavior. Discriminant function analyses indicated that rape trauma was characterized by increased alcohol use, sexual enhancement alcohol expectancies, sexual dysfunction and dissociation. Sexual coercion trauma was characterized by global positive alcohol expectancies and risky sexual behavior. Implications for future research are discussed.

OBSERVER'S ESTIMATES OF DEPRESSED PERSONS' QUALITY OF LIFE: EFFECT OF GENDER AND TREATMENT
Erin S. Johns, College of Mount St. Joseph (Faculty Sponsor: Tim Lawson)
I examined the effect of a hypothetical depressed person's gender and treatment on interpersonal perceptions. Participants rated a man or a woman who was either receiving treatment or not. Ratings of the target's quality of life and likelihood of graduation from college revealed no significant effects of gender or treatment.

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