Graduate Studies in Psychology

Ph.D. is offered jointly with UNB-Fredericton. Programs in Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Applied Psychology are available.

M.A. (Experimental Psychology);
Director: Dr. Lilly Both .

The MA degree program focuses on Experimental Psychology. Students are required to take 2 statistics courses (Psychology 6013 and 6014), 4 proseminar courses (Psychology 6103, 6203, 6303, and 6403), and one additional special topics course tailored to the student's needs. In addition, all students must complete a Masters Thesis (Psychology 6997) that makes an original contribution to the body of knowledge that comprises the field of psychology. The MA degree program is of 2 years duration and is designed for students intending to pursue a PhD degree in psychology.

Admittance into the MA program is limited. Normally, entering students have a BA (Honours) degree in psychology and competitive scores on both the general and psychology section of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Applying students are also encouraged to contact individual faculty members that share their research interests.

More detailed information on the graduate programs can be found here or by emailing Dr. Lilly Both.

Current Graduate Students

  • Andrea Arsenault (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. M. Bradley)
  • Yvonne Barrett (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. E. DiTommaso)
  • Erin Bigney (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. H. Taukulis)
  • Angela Burbridge (Ph.D.) (Supervisor Dr. M.A. Campbell)
  • Donaldo Canales (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. M.A. Campbell)
  • Naomi Doucette (Ph.D.) (Supervisor Dr. M.A. Campbell)
  • Tracy Freeze (Ph.D.) (Supervisor Dr. E. DiTommaso)
  • Sheila French (Ph.D.) (Supervisor Drs. M.A. Campbell & P. Gendreau)
  • Michael Fry (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. H. Taukulis)
  • Anthony Hopley (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. C. Brunelle)
  • Ainslie McDougall (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. M.A. Campbell)
  • Angela Moser (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. H. Taukulis)
  • Bryn Robinson (Ph.D.) (Supervisor Dr. E. DiTommaso)
  • Shauna Sutherland (M.A.) (Supervisor Dr. E. DiTommaso)
  • Jennifer Woodland (Ph.D.) (Supervisor Dr. A. Wilson)

Recent Doctoral Theses

  • 2008: Claire Goggin. "Is Prison "Personality" Associated with Offender Recidivism?". Supervisors: Dr. L. Best; Dr. P. Gendreau.
  • 2007: Denise LeBlanc-Duchin. " Enduring Cognitive Effects of Chronic Oral Methylphenidate". Supervisor: Dr. H. Taukulis.
  • 2006 : Vance MacLaren. "Psychophysiological Detection of Eyewitness Recognition". Supervisor: Dr. H. Taukulis.
  • 2006 : Paula Smith. "The Effects of Incarceration on Recidivism: A Longitudinal Examination of Program Participation and Institutional Adjustment in Federally Sentenced Adult Male Offenders.". Supervisor: Dr. P. Gendreau.
  • 2005 : Cyndi Brannen. "Group Representations and the Effects of Ingroup Priming". Supervisor: Dr. E. DiTommaso.
  • 2000 : Murray Cullen. "Polygraph Examinations Using the CQT with Actual Truth Control Questions". Supervisor: Dr. M.T. Bradley.

Recent Master of Arts Theses

  • 2009: Brandie Stewart: "An Examination of Cleveland and McGill's Hierarchy of Graphical Elements". Supervisor: Dr. L. Best.
  • 2009: Jennifer Woodland: "An Investigation of Visuohaptic Integration: Visual vs. Haptic Dominance; Unimodal vs. Bimodal Exploration; Common vs. Uncommon Sources". Supervisor: Dr. A. Wilson.
  • 2008: Elizabeth J. Hickman: "Data Analytic Practices Amongst the Most Eminent Psychological Researchers of the 20th Century". Supervisor: Dr. L. Best.
  • 2008: Derek Pasma. " Assessing the Relation Between Attachment and Psychopathic Traits in a Sample of Adolescents: is It Mediated by Delinquency?" Supervisor: Dr. M.A. Campbell.
  • 2007: Aren Hunter: "An Electrophysiological and Behavioral Examination of the Perception of Scatterplots in Naïve and Knowledgeable Participants". Supervisor: Dr. L. Best.
  • 2007: Stephanie Jones: "The Horizon Line, Linear Perspective, Interposition, and Background Brightness as Determinants of the Magnitude of the Moon Illusions in Images". Supervisor: Dr. A. Wilson.
  • 2006 : Laurie Green. "Gender Influences and Methodological Considerations in Adolescent Risk-Need Assessment: A Meta-Analysis". Supervisor: Dr. M.A. Campbell.
  • 2005 : Erin Crandall. "The Use of Exogenous Cues And Endogenous Dichotic Cues in Generating Auditory Inhibition of Return". Supervisor: Drs. D. Voyer & H. Taukulis.
  • 2004 : Denise LeBlanc-Duchin. "Behavioral Effects of Caffeine in Methylphenidate-Treated Rats". Supervisor: Dr. H. Taukulis.
  • 2004 : Sheila French. "Reducing Prison Misconducts: What Works!". Supervisor: Dr. P. Gendreau.
  • 2004 : Katherine McGuire. "Attachment and Religiosity: Examining the Compensational and Revised Correspondence Models of Adult Religiosity". Supervisor: Dr. E. DiTommaso.
  • 2003 : Melissa Burgess. "Romantic Love and Relationship Satisfaction: The Roles of Attachment, Caregiving and Sexuality". Supervisor: Dr. E. DiTommaso.
  • 2002 : Jennifer A. Stapleton. "The Influence of The Threat of a Polygraph Test on Deception Ability". Supervisor: Dr. M.T. Bradley.
  • 2002 : Michael Black. "The Effects of Examiner Differences and Control Question Differences on Laboratory Polygraph Tests". Supervisor: Dr. M.T. Bradley.
  • 2002 :Tara McHugh. "Natural History of Cognitive, Affective, and Physical Symptoms of Postconcussion Syndrome Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury". Supervisor: Dr. R. Laforce, Jr.
  • 2001 : Cyndi Brannen. "The Role of Attachment and Interpersonal Competence on Individuation: A Mediational Approach". Supervisor : Dr. E. DiTommaso.
  • 2001 : Paula Smith. "Prediction of Psychiatric Rehospitalisation and Relapse: A Meta-Analysis of Risk Measures". Supervisor : Dr. P. Gendreau.
  • 2000 : Patti Giberson. "Effects of Venlafaxine on Noradrenaline- and Serotonin-Medicated Behaviors in a Murine Screening Test of Antidepressants". Supervisor : Dr. H. Taukulis.
  • 1999 : Shelly Goodwin. "Visual processing disturbances in first-time stroke patients with left or right hemispheric damage to the parietal lobes". Supervisor : Dr. A. Wilson.
  • 1998 : Susan Ivy Doiron. "Potential neural sensitization in children with a history of methylphenidate treatment". Supervisor : Dr. H. Taukulis.
  • 1998 : Glenn Allan Gray. "Does coercion play a significant role in community treatment programs that reduce offender recidivism". Supervisor : Dr. P. Gendreau.
  • 1998 : Sharon Rachel Kincade. "Age, sex, and cognitive style in the Ponzo illusion". Supervisor : Dr. A. Wilson.
  • 1997 : Vance Victor MacLaren. "Conditioned expectation and significance in psychophysiological detection of concealed information". Supervisor : Dr. M. Bradley.
  • 1995 : Claire Ellen Goggin. "Prediction of psychiatric rehospitalization : a meta-analysis". Supervisor : Dr. P. Gendreau.
  • 1995 : Tracy Anne Little. "A meta-analysis of the predictors of adult offender recidivism". Supervisor : Dr. P. Gendreau.
  • 1988 : Mary Theresa Trueman. "An estimation of collinearity and distance judgements within the Poggendorff figure and its variants". Supervisor : Dr. A. Wilson.