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WLU Psychology senior, Nicole Currie will be presenting her research at the South Eastern Psychological Conference on April 1, 2016 in New Orleans, LA. Nicole’s research, titled “Influence of Parenting Style on Self-control in College Students” shows how student relationships with their parents as children and adolescents can influence will power and decision making processes […]

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In October, Dr. Tifani Fletcher attended a West Virginia Rural Health Association conference in Roanoke, West Virginia, where she shared a poster presentation titled “Attitudes and Perceptions of Smoking during Pregnancy and Prenatal Care Cessation Education in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.” Fletcher has also submitted a proposal for the South Eastern Psychological Association’s […]

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The Psychology Club and Psi Chi have been busy this semester. In addition to participating in a Suicide Prevention Awareness Walk, the groups donated two baskets for the “Pink Out”10/21 raffle. All proceeds of which went to Wheeling Hospital Breast Cancer. They also took a trip to the Carnegie Science Center in September and held […]

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Psychology students Tiffanie Wilson and Nicole Currie have submitted poster presentations to the South Eastern Psychological Association Conference. Wilson’s presentation is titled “Influence of Different Priming Stimuli on Altruism and Prosocial Behavior,” and Currie’s is titled “Influence of Parenting Style on Self-control in College Students.” Both women will be presenting at the conference in March […]

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This year, six students were inducted into the West Liberty chapter of Psi Chi, the psychology honors society. They included Nicole Currie, Christa Harshberger, Haley Kleinedler, Taylor Linn, Michelle Myers,  and Tiffanie Wilson. In addition to welcoming new members, inductee Haley Kleinedler was also awarded a scholarship.  

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Two West Liberty psychology students were awarded first and second place in the Psychology Undergraduate category at the 2015 West Virginia Academy of Sciences Annual Conference. Junior Tiffanie Wilson took first place in the competition while Caitlyn Burt, a senior, placed second. Wilson, T., & Fletcher, T. R. (March 2015). Priming and Altruism Behaviors: A    […]

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Congratulations to the West Liberty University’s Psychology program’s Jeopardy team. They took first place in the Jeopardy tournament held at the 2015 Tri-State Undergraduate Psychology Conference held on April 17th at Marshall University.             Several students also participated in poster sessions at the conference.

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