APS Convention 2014

May 22^nd to the 25^th marks the date for the 26^th Annual Convention for the Association for Psychological Science. The event provides a remarkable opportunity for students, professors, and researchers of psychology to showcase their most recent work. The event brings the best minds of psychology from around the nation to give seminars, hold symposiums and workshops, and to present awards. Brigham Young University–Hawaii was represented at the event by nine students, their professors, and their research accomplishments. Mostly, the convention is attended by graduate students and their professors, so to be an undergraduate attendee is a privilege. Aside from having one’s name and hard work out there to be seen, students who attend have the opportunity to interact with professors of various graduate programs, and to catch a glimpse into the world of post-graduate higher learning. Being a part the association gives students the chance to participate in future endeavors to understand the science of human behavior.

The following are the projects presented at the conference and their respective authors (in no particular order):

“Education assessment in the Pacific: Empowering one nation to help others”

Frank C. Worrell, L. Naomi Rasmussen, Haley A. Thomas, Hoyee Au- Yeung, Amy Junghyun Lee, Seini C. Ita, Daniel T. Kinikini, Alexa R. Tuita, Sela Unga, Megan L. Costantino, Lisa M. Thompson, Bonnie C. Allred, Ronald M. Miller University of California, Berkeley & Brigham Young University-Hawaii

“BMI as a Function of Evolutionary Pressures”

Hoyee Au- Yeung , Amy Junghyun Lee, L. Naomi Rasmussen, Boyd Timothy, Ronald M. Miller

“A Comparative Study of Samoan and Caucasian Undergraduate Students”

Davis Kealanohea Kane, Amy Junghyun Lee, Christopher J. Joyce, Camalita Fiona Joyce, Cara A. Nebeker, Alexis C. O. Cruz, Aaron Ka Yu Fong, Taylor L. Bobbitt, Jeremie Douglas Oliver, Ethan Gameren, Eric Orr, Ronald M. Miller

“Analyzing Personality Changes Affected by Socialization of Different Ethnic Groups”

Amy Junghyun Lee

“Blood Type and Personality: A Self Fulfilling Prophecy?”

Boyd Timothy, Zacharias Dupaix, Scott L. Kemsley, Kyle E. Madsen, Natalie E. DeMartini, Amy Jung Hyun Lee, Ronald M. Miller

“Collectivistic/Individualistic Cultures, Capaldi’s Sequential Theory, and the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma”

R. Tedd Johnson, David W. Staves, Emily Wong, Ronald M. Miller

“Religious Factors Contributing to Marriage Satisfaction, Goal-Oriented Thinking, and Depression of Students”

Eric Orr, Amy Junghyun Lee, Koon Kan Fung, Cho Yuk Chan, Alexis C. Cruz, Davis Kealanohea Kane, Ronald M. Miller