2013 alumni

Meet our PhD alumni and explore their research topics

To find out more about our PhD alumni, please visit their thesis submissions via the links below.

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Alexis Garland

A Bird's-Eye View: Core Knowledge in Wild North Island Robins of New Zealand

Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Low

Secondary supervisor: Dr Kevin Burns

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Allanah Casey

Investigating the relationship between Psychopathy, Fear Conditioning, and Facial Affect Recognition

Supervisor: Prof Devon Polaschek

Secondary supervisor: A/Prof Gina Grimshaw

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Anna Greenhow

The Impact of Experiencing Outcomes on Delay and Probability Discounting

Supervisor: Dr Maree Hunt

Secondary supervisor: Prof David Harper

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Denise Kirby

Being Mindfully Present in the Moment: Influences on Psychological Functioning

Supervisor: Prof Paul Jose

Secondary supervisor: A/Prof John McDowall

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Eryn Newman

Nonprobative Photos Inflate the Truthiness and Falsiness of Claims

Supervisor: Prof Maryanne Garry

Secondary supervisor: Dr Maree Hunt

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Jeffrey Foster

The Consistency of Repeated Witness Testimony Leads Triers-of-Fact to Over-Rely on the Power of a ..

Supervisor: Prof Maryanne Garry

Secondary supervisor: Dr Maree Hunt

The Consistency of Repeated Witness Testimony Leads Triers-of-Fact to Over-Rely on the Power of a Single Voice

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Jessie Wilson

Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Cultural Competency Research: The Revision and Expan...

Supervisor: Prof Colleen Ward

Secondary supervisor: Prof Ron Fischer

Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Cultural Competency Research: The Revision and Expansion of the Sociocultural Adaptation Construct

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Judith Bird

The Role of Trait Impulsivity and Novelty-Seeking as Predisposing Factors to the Acquisition and ...

Supervisor: Prof Susan Schenk

Secondary supervisor: Dr Joyce Colussi-Mas

The Role of Trait Impulsivity and Novelty-Seeking as Predisposing Factors to the Acquisition and Reinstatement of MDMA Self-Administration

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Julie Seguin

The Effect of Emotion on Time Perception for Complex Visual Stimuli

Supervisor: A/Prof Gina Grimshaw

Secondary supervisor: Prof David Harper

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Kirsty Fraser

Thought-action fusion and inflated responsibility in psychopathology

Supervisor: A/Prof John McDowall

Secondary supervisor: Dr Matt Crawford


Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Megan Banks

Narrative identity: The construction of the life story, autobiographical reasoning and psychol...

Supervisor: Prof Karen Salmon

Secondary supervisor: Prof Paul Jose

Narrative identity: The construction of the life story, autobiographical reasoning and psychological functioning in young adulthood.

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Mohsen Joshanloo

Conceptions of Happiness across Cultures

Supervisor: Prof Garth Fletcher

Secondary supervisor: Prof Paul Jose

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis. This thesis was submitted to the restricted archive and is only accessible to VUW students and staff.


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Olivia Notter

Building Resilience in At-Risk Adolescents: Comparing the mechanisms and outcomes of two school-...

Supervisor: Prof Paul Jose

Secondary supervisor: Prof Karen Salmon

Building Resilience in At-Risk Adolescents: Comparing the mechanisms and outcomes of two school-based prevention programmes

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Rachael Collie

Clarifying the Association Between Narcissistic and Psychopathic Personality in Offenders: ...

Supervisor: Prof Tony Ward

Secondary supervisor: Dr Jim Vess

Clarifying the Association Between Narcissistic and Psychopathic Personality in Offenders: Evidence for Descriptive Variants

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis. This thesis was submitted to the restricted archive and is only accessible to VUW students and staff.


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Rebecca Bell

The Contribution of Cognitive Impulsivity to Criminal Risk

Supervisor: Prof Devon Polaschek

Secondary supervisor: A/Prof Gina Grimshaw

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.


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Rewa Murphy

(De)Constructing 'Body Love' Discourses in Young Women's Magazines

Supervisor: A/Prof Sue Jackson

Secondary supervisor: Prof Ann Weatherall

Link to the Institutional Repository record of this thesis.