Psych Students at the UMN Undergraduate Research Symposium

The Undergraduate Research Symposium is a research fair that gives undergraduate researchers across all University of Minnesota campuses the opportunity to present their research to the community. This semester, the symposium was held virtually. The Department of Psychology had many students present. Their presentations can be viewed below.

• Preliminary Analysis: Is Persecutory Ideations Associated with Jumping to Conclusions? - Areeb Kidwai (BS)
• The Effect of Relevant versus Irrelevant Anxiety on COVID-19 Information Seeking - Maykala Owens (BS)
• Relationship Between the Big Five and Identity Coherence/Confusion - Robert Dean (BS), Gail Fraser (BS)
• Differences in Cortisol Levels in Adolescents with a History of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts - Victoria Papke (BS)
• How previous engagement in racial justice issues relate to physiological responses of White Fragility - Yuqing Lui (BS)
• A Comparison of Memory Aid Use by Adults with and without Traumatic Brain Injury - Abby Popp (SHLS BA, 2nd major Psych BA)
• Family Socioeconomic Status and Adjustment to College: A Social Capital Perspective - Hannah Qu (BS)
• Police Violence and the Mental Health of Black Americans: A Within-Group Analysis - Carrie DuBose (BA)
• Investigating COVID-19 Risk Behaviors of University of Minnesota Students, Staff, and Faculty - Katherine Yao (NSCI BS, 2nd major Psych BS)

Composed by Flora Pollack, communications assistant.