This year, 2 students presented research at WPUPC hosted by Mercyhurst College.
For those interested in seeing RMU students "in action" at a conference, please take a peek at the
PHOTO GALLERY!
The links below (will be) are to the pdf versions of the poster handouts. You will need a pdf viewer (e.g., Adobe Acrobat)
in order to view these files.
Juliet Pishinsky: Thorndike asked employed and unemployed
volunteers how little money they would be willing to accept as compensation to suffer certain pains, deprivations,
frustrations, and repulsive acts. The employed consistently demanded unreasonably more money than the unemployed. The
present study attempted to account for such excessive requests by manipulating evaluator perspective: Impartial judge vs.
Wronged victim. Results showed that, much like Thorndike's employed subjects, wronged victims asked for relatively huge
amounts. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed. Andrew Russell: About 13 percent of the population claims to
experience cross-sensory events (synesthesia). Our previous work demonstrated synesthetic responses among college
students. When students provided colors for each day of the week, consistent patterns emerged. The present study extends
those findings by examining the extent that color-preferences remain stable over time (beginning vs. end of the semester).
Our results show that students generally did not pick the same colors at both tests. Despite that, overall color patterns
remained relatively stable across tests. Reasons for this outcome are discussed.