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lens of medical anthropology and social cultural anthropological theory. I will also be researching a form of Andean healing using the Cuy, or guinea pig, performed by the local curanderos as well as other healing practices found throughout the region. The importance of domesticated guinea pigs dates to their original domestication in 5000 BCE in the Altiplano region of Peru and Bolivia. From this area, domesticated guinea pigs spread to the coast and northward to Ecuador by 500 BCE. Presentation Type and Session: Oral – Social Sciences Persistence of Enhanced Anxiety-Like Behaviors After Predator-scent Exposure In Rats Moje Omoruan, Psychology and Daniel Moscov, Psychology Faculty Mentor: Professor Jean DiPirro, Psychology Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as defined by the American Psychiatric Association, is characterized by three hallmark symptoms that persist for a duration of greater than one month. These symptoms include re-experiencing of the traumatic event, increased anxiety/arousal, and avoidant behavior. The present study was designed to add to our working rat model of PTSD (i.e., predator-scent exposure) to better encompass the persistence of enhanced anxiety-like symptoms that occur after exposure to traumatic stimuli in humans. We hypothesized that exposure to a combination of two aversive stimuli (predator scent and acoustic startle) would produce a higher level of persistent enhanced “anxiety” than would exposure to either stimulus alone, or to neither stimulus. The subjects were 48 adult male Long-Evans (hooded) rats. Anxiety-like behavior in rats was assessed using an elevated plus maze 24 hours after exposure to aversive stimuli. The analysis of the data is ongoing. The results will be used to improve our current rat model and to help to validate its usefulness in the study of PTSD. Presentation Type and Session: Poster V Personality and Color Preference Bryanna Trottman, Psychology and Lisa Bores, Psychology Faculty Mentor: Professor Howard Reid, Psychology Our study is using the “Big Five” personality inventory and a 36-slide power point presentation to examine whether or not different personality traits correlate with how a person relates to colors. Previous research has examined colors in relation to a person’s emotions. However, there has been no research reported which examined colors in relation to the Big Five personality traits. We are also taking into consideration the specific characteristics of hue, value and intensity. Specifically, we are having the subjects fill out a personality questionnaire, followed by watching a 36-slide power point presentation. Each slide of the presentation will consist of a specific color (hue), value and intensity combination. After examining each slide for approximately 10 seconds, the subjects will use a scale of one to five to rate how much that slide represents Psychology and Social Sciences themselves. Our prediction is that the subject’s personality will be correlated with their hue, value and intensity preference. Presentation Type and Session: Poster II Princess Priming May Have an Adverse Effect On How Women Self-Identify With Math Katherine Mosier, Psychology Faculty Mentor: Professor Jennifer Hunt, Psychology Princesses’ characteristics in Disney © and other stories reinforce communal or traditional gender roles by focusing mostly on beauty and helplessness, rather than intelligence and autonomy. Due to its pervasiveness, “princess culture” may be a contributing factor to the low number of women found in STEM-fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematical fields). We are investigating whether priming our participants with princess traits will negatively affect their math self-concept, or cast doubt about their math interests and abilities on an implicit (non-conscious) level. To test our predictions, we are conducting an experiment in which college students are primed with princesses, superheroes, or by thinking about themselves. They then complete the Cultural Icon Survey (CIS) and an Implicit Association Test (IAT). The CIS assesses the degree to which participants identify with princesses. The IAT is a computerized word-association task that measures participants’ math self-concept. We expect to find that participants in the princess priming condition will have the lowest identification with math, especially if the participant has a high preexisting identification with princesses. Presentation Type and Session: Poster II Psychology of Food, Impulse, Political Preference and Personality Christina D’Orazio, PSY 499: Food and Politics Faculty Mentor: Professor Howard Reid, Psychology It has been speculated that personality characteristics play an important role in a person’s food cravings and how they make choices regarding diet and exercise. This study seeks to find how food choices are determined by impulsivity and other personality characteristics, such as depression, anxiety, self-control, and moderation. This study also added another variable, political party preference, to find out if there is a relationship between an individual’s impulsivity, food choices, and political party preference. Three hundred (300) students from Buffalo State College age 18 and over will fill out a questionnaire containing 105 questions. The questionnaire will ask the participants to provide information about their food choices, impulsivity, and political party preference as well as their level of depression and anxiety, self-control, and moderation. Presentation Type and Session: Poster II 119
120 Psychology and Social Sciences Racism Against Indigenous Students At the Universidad San Francisco De Quito Erica Hernandez, Anthropology Faculty Mentor: Professor Lisa Anselmi, Anthropology Race relations in Latin America vary widely in severity according to the geographical area that is being studied. Nationally, Ecuador is considered a mestizo nation. However, it is also an ethnically diverse country with minority groups of Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian people. The Indigenous population in Ecuador continues to overcome the racial inequalities that have afflicted the country since colonial times. Previous studies have explored racism in primary and secondary schools in Ecuador; however, there is a lack of literature regarding Indigenous students at the university level. This pilot project examined how indigenous students at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, a private institution, perceive racism and discrimination and its connection to traditional Indigenous clothing. It is hypothesized that those who wear traditional Indigenous clothing are more likely to experience racism and discriminatory actions against them than those who wear regular or mestizo clothing. Presentation Type and Session: Poster III Religious Coping With Academic Stressors and Student Self-Efficacy Pamela Mordick, Psychology Faculty Mentor: Professor Jill Norvilitis, Psychology This study examines the relationship between external and internal religiosity of college students and students’ ability to cope and adjust to school and their level of academic self-efficacy. Prior research indicates that greater stress in life may negatively affect physical and mental health, and repeated stress may lead to personal failure. However, some studies show that religious and spiritual coping may reduce stress and depression. Further, effective problem solving has been shown to be a significant protective factor against the negative effects of stressors. In addition, those who have less self-doubt in their abilities have a greater self-efficacy and students who start school with a strong sense of academic self-efficacy excel toward their goals more so than their classmates. The present study will combine these concepts and examine the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic religious coping skills and college students’ academic achievement and adjustment. Data are being collected and results will be presented at the Student Research and Creativity Celebration. Presentation Type and Session: Poster V Safe Space: A Creative Approach To Bullying Intervention In a Virtual Environment Ted Mallwitz, Creative Studies Faculty Mentor: Professor Cyndi Burnett, Creative Studies Bullying is an ever present and growing concern for educators, parents, and students. The Internet presents new mediums for bullying through social networking and online communication. If the Internet has become part of the problem of bullying, then how might it also present new solutions? This research is aimed at presenting new means for online bullying intervention and prevention through the use of the virtual collaboration software Qube (formerly Openqwaq). Through the creation of virtual communities for schools students can interact with educators, counselors, and peers to address bullying issues. The use of this online medium may be able to create a virtual safe space where students feel comfortable coming forward about bullying as well as present a forum where educators can communicate with students in new ways. This presentation will include a brief introduction and video presentation of the Safe Space to be created using the Qube software. Presentation Type and Session: Oral – Social Sciences The Sex Offender Registry: Policy, Punishment, and Effectiveness Ciera Sundquist, HON 400: All College Honors Colloquium Faculty Mentors: Professor Kathleen Contrino, Criminal Justice and Professor Andrea Guiati, Director, All College Honors Program We can access it online, find it in newspapers, get email alerts, and even download apps for our phones, but is the sex offender registry really effective in preventing offenders from recidivating? Sex offender registries were created in order to protect society, especially children, against sex offenders but the effectiveness of these laws has come into question. This is, in part, due to the fact that sex offender registries operate on the theory of rational choice, while sexual offenders may be motivated by other criminological theories. In order for a punishment to be effective it must be grounded in the same criminological theory as the offense connected to that punishment. However, root causes of Pedaphilia and the deterrent effects of a sex offender registry may not be related theorectically thus making registries ineffective. This poster will primarily examine criminological theories and policies behind the sex offender registries in order to come to a more complete understanding about them. In addition this poster will present theories and motivations behind pedaphilia, as well as data related to recidivism rates, in order to discuss the effectiveness of sex offender registry policies. Presentation Type and Session: Poster I
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