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These descriptions were submitted by students for projects they presented at Scholars Day 2010.

A Time of Decisions: Roosevelt, Truman, and unconditional surrender

by Michael Bahr

Attraction Preferences: The Roles of Waist-to-Hip and Waist-to-Shoulders Ratios and the Effects of Priming Gender

by Ian LaForge

Blind Justice? An Examination of the Role of Race in Capital Punishment

by Breanna Platt

Capital Expenditures: Financial Burden to the American Taxpayer

by Anthony Moya

Capital Punishment from a Global Perspective: Justice or Human Rights Violation?

by Austin Baker

Children and the Power of Optimism

by Alyssa Kluver

Death, Extraversion, Commitment, and Sex: A Study on Terror Management

by Jalaal Madyun

Evolving Standards of Decency? An Historical Look at the Methods of Execution Used in the United States

by Melissa Sykes

Gender Differences, Self-Esteem, and High School Sexual Activity

by Jerica Wild, Kelsey Crowder, Ian LaForge and Sarah Maslonka

Good Monkey See, Good Monkey Do: The power of modeling and reinforcement in children

by Kelsey Crowder and Jerica Wild

Iowa Sex Offenders: Risk, Treatment, & Recidivism

by Aaron Lockwood and Lukas Probasko

Joy in Liberation?: The Creation of Displaced Person Camps in Europe Post-World War II

by Brittney Switzer and Tatiane Ribeiro

Juvenile Detention Centers (Iowa)

by Tashia Young

Long Distance vs. Proximal Romantic Relationships: Predicting Commitment, Investments, and Bias

by Arielle Butler

Ma le cose sono sempre così complicate in Italia? Solving Inefficiency Italian Style

by Ronald Forsell

Multitasking: The Consequences of Divided Attention

by Kelsey Myers

Perspective Taking with Gay Men and Lesbians: A look at clinicians’ and college students’ ability

by Renee Fagen

Risky Pleasure: Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors in Men and Expectancy Theory

by Desmond Owusu

Sisters of Death: The State-Sanctioned Murder of Women on Death Row

by Johannah Short

Stress and from Physical Conflicts based on Sex, Masculinity, and Color Perception

by Melissa Huntley

The Effects of Death Penalty on the Family of the Accused

by Andrew Barksdale

The Meuse Argonne Offensive

by Tyler McDanel