Sources: Mary Cain, 785-532-6884, mecain@k-state.edu;
and Don Saucier, 785-532-6881, saucier@k-state.edu
Note to editor: Marisela Gutierrez is a graduate of Junction City Senior High School; Rosemary Ha is a graduate of Salina High School Central; and Michael Parrish is a graduate of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School.
News release prepared by: Megan Wilson, 785-532-6415, media@k-state.edu
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
K-STATE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS PRESENT AT ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIDWESTERN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
MANHATTAN -- Students from Kansas State University's psychology department gave presentations at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association May 3-5.
All students presented posters unless otherwise noted. Some students did not present but were authors of papers or posters presented, as noted. Students involved with the meeting, all psychology majors, are:
From Greater Kansas City: Sara Smith, graduate student, Overland Park, "Homosexual Threat and Meta-stereotypes of Homosexuals" and "The Effects of Contact on Sexual Prejudice Towards Homosexuals"; and Whitney Dawley, December 2006 bachelor's graduate, Shawnee, author of "Effects of Visual Stimuli on Sucrose-Reinforced Responding in Rats Raised in Enriched Versus Impoverished Environments."
Jericho Hockett, May 2007 bachelor's graduate, Liberal, "Affective Consequences of Discrimination For and Against Majority Group Members."
From Manhattan: Michael Parrish, December 2006 bachelor's graduate, "Individual Differences in Response to Nicotine Conditioning and Reinstatement"; Amber Axelton, May 2007 bachelor's graduate, "Homosexual Threat and Meta-stereotypes of Homosexuals" and "The Effects of Contact on Sexual Prejudice Towards Homosexuals"; and Bernardo de la Garza, graduate student, "Perceptions of Code Switching."
Lisa Duong, December 2006 bachelor's graduate and counselor at K-State at Salina admissions office, Salina, "Attitudes Toward Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities" and "Homosexual Threat and Meta-stereotypes of Homosexuals"; Ramon Chavez, December 2006 bachelor's graduate, Topeka, "Perceptions of Code-switching"; Steven Pittenger, senior, Wamego, "Individual Differences in Response to Nicotine Conditioning and Reinstatement"; and Adam Steiner, May 2007 bachelor's graduate, Wichita, "Individual Differences in Response to Nicotine Conditioning and Reinstatement" and "Dose Dependent Effects of D-cycloserine on Operant Responding."
From out of state: Margaret Gill, graduate student, Coralville, Iowa, "Dose Dependent Effects of D-cycloserine on Operant Responding" and oral presentation, "Effects of Visual Stimuli on Sucrose-Reinforced Responding in Rats Raised in Enriched Versus Impoverished Environments"; Rosemary Ha, graduate student, Radcliff, Ky., "Dose Dependent Effects of D-cycloserine on Operant Responding" and "Individual Differences in Response to Nicotine Conditioning and Reinstatement"; Bridget Kuzila, December 2006 bachelor's graduate, Lincoln, Neb., "Affective Consequences of Discrimination For and Against Majority Group Members"; Jessica McManus, graduate student, Maineville, Ohio, "Attitudes Toward Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities"; Marisela Gutierrez, senior, Killeen, Texas, author of "Effects of Visual Stimuli on Sucrose-Reinforced Responding in Rats Raised in Enriched Versus Impoverished Environments."