L. Kimberly Epting, an assistant professor of psychology, and Ƶ seniors Evan Gallena, Stephanie Hicks, Kristen Riggs and junior Traci Weisberg, presented their research March 10-13 in Chattanooga, Tenn., at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association.
Hicks, Gallena, Weisberg and Epting presented “Time Constraint Differentially Affects High and Low Print Exposure Writers.” The project investigated changes in self-editing behavior as a function of different amounts of planning time, and how those changes differed for writers that were relatively high or low in print exposure.
Ƶ students Elizabeth Palmer and Sarah Borowski were also coauthors on the presentation.
Riggs and Epting presented a separate project, “Cheers vs. Jeers: Effects of Audience Feedback on Sports Tasks.” The research investigated how encouraging, discouraging, and neutral behavior from an audience affected performance of specific sports skills by college athletes. Former Hampden-Sydney College (Va.) students Joseph Knowles and Brian Rolander were co-authors on that presentation.