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Meredith Hosted Carolinas
Psychology Conference
TIFFANY ADAMS
Editor in Chief
Twenty-nine years ago
Meredith College hosted the
first Carolinas Psychology
Conference (CPC) right here
on campus. The convention
is co-sponsored by Meredith
and North Carolina State
University. The two schools
alternate years hosting CPC
on their respective campus
es.
. This past weekend marked
the 29lh annual convention
that features undergraduate
research projects from psy
chology students from
across the nation. The pri
mary goal of this conference
is to provide students with
the opportunity to gain expe
rience by giving oral presen
tations of their research to
others in a professional set
ting,
CPC is one of the oldest
and largest of its type in the
world. While the majority of
students come from the
Southeastern United States,
they also may come from as
far away as the west coast.
Ninety-two papers were pre
sented at this year's confer
ence in various sessions held
Saturday, April 17 in the
morning and afternoon.
Projects included areas such
as school and learning, ani
mal behavior, perception,
social psychology, counsel
ing, health, gender, develop
mental psychology and sex
uality.
Each year CPC hosts an
invited address, and this
year’s speaker was social'
psychologist Jean M.
Twenge, Ph.D. from San
Diego State University. She
presented her meta-analysis
of current literature entitled
Individualism and Despair:
Birth Cohort Changes in
Personality and Life Outlook
1931-2002. Twenge earned
her BA and MA from the
University of Chicago and
she earned her Ph.D. from
the University of Michigan.
She then accepted a position
at San Diego State
University after three years
researching social psycholo
gy as a postdoctoral
researcher. She has pub
lished a total of 33 journal
articles and book chapters in
journals such as the Journal
of Abnormal Psychology,
Sex Roles, Psychology of
Women Quarterly, and the
Journal of Personality. Her
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work focuses on the role of
birth cohort and change over
time in persQnality traits.
Twenge’s meta-analysis
includes generational data
about education, self-reports
on anxiety, depression and
self-esteem, job markets and
family-life demographics
such as number of children
per mother and age of moth
er at time of birth. Her find
ings suggest that the expres
sion of personality traits
change over time perhaps as
a result of the culture of the
era. Culture implies the gen
erational differences in
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Meredith Colk^ to Host Second Annual
Day of Student Achievement
KRISTA KEARNEY
Features Editor
Tomorrow, Thursday, April
22nd marks a special event for
Meredith College students,
faculty and staff. The college
will be holding their second
annual Celebrating Student
Achievement (CSA) day. The
daylong event, which includes
student presentations, a lunch
eon and an awards ceremony,
involves students and faculty
from every academic depart
ment. Academic and leader
ship awards will be presented
and next year's Student
Government Association offi
cers are to be inducted. The
Undergraduate Research
Conference^ for,'which stu
dents will be presenting their
research, coincides with and
has become a part of CSA.
Dr. Rhonda Zingraff, pro
gram director for the
Undergraduate Research
Conference, and central player
in the planning of CSA, com
mented on her involvement in
the day of celebration.
"Planning for the annual
undergraduate research con
ference lets me know in
advance about the exciting
range of topics students will be
discussing, and it’s such a trib
ute to Meredith. What's hap
pening here may seem kind of
quiet all year, but on this one
day we'll be loud and proud
about schdlarsb'^ .and for
good reason!" Zingraff stated.
The event, in its second year,
began as a collaborative effort
between the offices of
Academic Affairs and Student
Development along with the
efforts of faculty and students
in various academic depart
ments.
Before the implementation
of Celebrating Student
Achievement, academic and
leadership awards, research
presentations and the induc
tion of Student Government
Association officers were sep
arately planned events. CSA
pulls all of these affairs into
one, daylong celebration of
student activities, achieve-
.ments'^d presentations.
Students will present their
research projects through pre
sentations given every 15 min
utes and by way of posters to
be displayed in Belk Dining
Hall's West Wing.
Presentations will be given in
various classrooms across
campus and cover a wide array
of topics, from art and psy
chology to biology and litera
ture, The day begins at 7:30
a.m. with a Fun and Fimess
Kick-off, where Sarah
Huffman, ’98, will lead an
exercise session. Breakfast in
Belk and in the Courtyard fol
lows until 8:30 a.m., when the
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