{"id":559,"date":"2015-03-20T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T17:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2015-03-20T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T17:58:30","slug":"psychology-majors-and-alumni-present-at-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"Psychology Majors and Alumni Present at Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014<\/strong> <strong>Six Mansfield University Psychology majors, along with two alumni, presented their research at the annual Eastern Psychological Association conference, March 5-7 in Philadelphia, PA.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-1-web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=560\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-1-web.jpg?fit=1021%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1021,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1425745657&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Psychology Students 1 web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-1-web.jpg?fit=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-1-web.jpg?fit=1021%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-560 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-1-web.jpg?resize=1021%2C720\" alt=\"(L-R) Erin Ratliff, Katelyn Gavin, Marissa Zerby, Chelsey Gavin , Kaitlyn Meyer,  Annie Dunn.  Rose MacKay  is not pictured.\" width=\"1021\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-1-web.jpg?w=1021&amp;ssl=1 1021w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-1-web.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><\/a>Annie Dunn (Hallstead, PA), Chelsey Gavin (Canisteo NY), Katelyn Gavin (Canisteo NY), Rose MacKay (Mansfield, PA), Kaitlyn Meyer (Sloansville, NY), Erin Ratliff (Spring Grove, PA) and Marissa Zerby (Lock Haven, PA) presented \u201cThe Effects of Media Messages and Perspective-Taking on Prejudice Toward Individuals with Mental Illness\u201d under the guidance of Associate Professor Gretchen Sechrist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MacKay and Meyer graduated in December. All six are members of Psi Chi, the International Honors Society in Psychology. Sechrist is the advisor.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=561\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web.jpg?fit=1193%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1193,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1425745691&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Psychology Students 2 web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web.jpg?fit=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C618&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-561 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web-1024x618.jpg?resize=604%2C364\" alt=\"(L-R) Kylie Smith, Erin Ratliff\" width=\"604\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web.jpg?resize=1024%2C618&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Psychology-Students-2-web.jpg?w=1193&amp;ssl=1 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a>Ratliff and Kylie Smith (Horseheads, NY) worked with Sechrist to present their research on \u201cThe Effects of Empathy and Social Exclusion on Prosocial Behavior.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ratliff also presented her independent study, supervised by Associate Professor Karri Verno, entitled \u201cThe Influence of Attachment Style and Perceived Sexual Attraction on Mate Retention Tactics.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To learn more about the Department of Psychology at Mansfield, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/mansfield.edu\/psychology\" target=\"_blank\">mansfield.edu\/psychology<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Six Mansfield University Psychology majors, along with two alumni, presented their research at the annual Eastern Psychological Association &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=559\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Psychology Majors and Alumni Present at Conference<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-91","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":903,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=903","url_meta":{"origin":559,"position":0},"title":"MU Senior Chelsea Gavin Interning in Harrisburg","author":"Terry Day","date":"September 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Mansfield University senior Chelsey Gavin is one of 14 college students participating in The Harrisburg Internship Semester (THIS) program for the fall semester. 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