Senior theses:

Dr. Ault chaired the committees of the following senior theses (listed by area):


Adult Behavioral Medicine

Coping Strategies and the Progression of Illness in AIDS Patients
Jennifer McClure, 1990


Adult Cognition and Behavior

Case Studies of Male-to-Female Transsexuals: A Review
Marika B. Cohen, 2006

Creating an Effective AIDS Public Service Announcement for Adolescents by Manipulating Communication Variables
Jordie Poncy, 2006

Adult CognitiveEffects of Schemas on Text Reprocessing
Stephanie Erickson, 2000

Factors that Influence Ethiopian Families' Education and Healthcare Decisions
Samia Mohammed, 1999

Effects of Family Environment Versus Family Structure on the Self-Esteem of College Students
Kirsten Petersen, 1998

The Relationship of Androgynous Names and Nicknames to Sex-Role Orientation
Carey McAlister, 1997

Relationship Between Religiosity, Locus of Control and Self-Esteem in Elderly Women
Lillian Montgomery, 1996

Success Fearing, Sensation Seeking and Conflicting Goals
Sydney Smith, 1992

Self-Efficacy and Goal Commitment
Heather Stewart, 1989

Longitudinal Assessment of the Learning Behavior Dilemma and the Learning Context Questionnaire
Elizabeth Ruehl, 1986

Assessing the Effects of Social Desirability on the Learning Context Questionnaire
Jennifer Spencer, 1984

Moral Development in College Students: How Does Content Influence Decision
Sherri Lind, 1984

The Reliability of Merging Based on Benchmarking and Overlapping Ratees Using a Scaled Comparison Format
Catherine Crosland, 1984

The Reliability of Scaled Comparison Analysis
Lynne Rogich, 1984

College Students' Referrals of Friends to Help-Givers as a Function of Problem Characteristics and Sex of Referring Students
Bryna Watson, 1982


Child Clinical

Effects of Chronic Illness on Elementary School Children’s and Adults’ Understanding of Psychogenic Bodily Reactions
Lauren A. Stutts, 2005

Art and Autism: An Invitation into an Autistic Mind
Stephanie Barfield, 2001

Matching Objects to Emotions: Impairments in Young Children with Autism
Debra Berry, 2000

Children with Autism and Social Interactions: Meta-Analyses of Interventions
Amy Palmer, 1995


Child Cognitive

Interviewing Preschoolers: Using Observational Learning to Improve Response Accuracy
Evelyn A. Chapin, 2005

How Averageness and Weight of Faces Affect Children's and Young Adults' Judgments of Facial Attractiveness
Alissa Greenberg, 2004
2004 Workman Psychology Award, Davidson College

Reality Monitoring for Similar Sources in Children
Jennifer Frymiare, 2002
2001 Workman Psychology Award, Davidson College

Children's Reliance on Paralinguistic and Facial Cues in Judgments of Emotions
Elena Sakkalou, 2002

Fantasy and Reality: Developmental Changes in Understanding
Rachel Christian, 1992
1992 Workman Psychology Award, Davidson College

The Effects of Rhythmic Music and Variable Sequence on the Memorizing Abilities of Second and Third Grade Children
Kimberli Gaillard, 1992

Effect of Cognitive State on Children's Conceptualization of God
Jacqueline Bussie, 1991


Child Cognitive/Clinical

An Observation of Children's Attention to and Memory of a Sexual Abuse Prevention Puppet Show
Cynthia Fair, 1987

Deaf Children, Attention, and the CEFT
Krista Wruck, 1983


Child Language

Children Can Learn, Les Enfants Peuvent Apprendre; Die Kinder Konnen lernen; Los Ninos Pueden Aprender
Jennifer Bowden, 1998

Preschoolers' Pragmatic Use of Politeness: The Tendency to Imitate and Generalize Requests
Courtney Hale, 1997


Child Social

Risk-Taking Behavior in Children: A Gender and Socioeconomic Study
Sarah Valla, 2004

The Self-Care Arrangement: Preparation, Decision Process, and Risk Assessment
Jennifer Bruckman, 1996

The Effects of Empathy and Participation in a Model's Donating on Children's Subsequent Donations
Catherine Dumas, 1983

Children’s Own Evaluations and Their Perception of Adults’ Evaluations of Lying and Truth-telling
Sarah C. Preston, 2006