Instructions for preparing abstracts

Go to the SRS abstract submission page. Please note that each abstract submission requires a faculty sponsor.  Ask your faculty mentor to review your abstract before submitting it as there will be no revisions allowed after the deadline (April 14, 2008).

To submit an abstract, you will need the following information:

1. Title
2. Authors/ People leading the project and the faculty mentor's name.
3. Department
4. Abstract/ Project Description- limited to 1500 characters

The body of the abstract should contain the following information:

1. Purpose of the study.  Indicate the hypothesis or question being addressed and/or the previous work that led to the study (do not include references).
2. Method of study.  Briefly describe the general method(s) by which the hypothesis or question was addressed.
3. General conclusions.  Indicate the new information that was or is expected to be obtained from the study.

Example abstract:

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAIT OBSERVABILITY AND SELF-OTHER PRECEPTION

Amy Lingenfelter , Andrew Lehr, Sonia Park (Dr. Glenn Geher, Psychology)

Three studies addressing self-enhancement, the tendency for people to view themselves unrealistically positively, will be discussed. The first study replicated prior research suggesting that people self-enhance for most trait dimensions. The second and third studies were designed to address whether framing trait measure items as observable versus unobservable affected self-enhancement. Study 2 included a personality measure that addressed several traits in terms of explicitly observable versus unobservable indices. Data were collected from approximately 100 college students who completed these questionnaires. Results suggested that people self-enhance for most traits, while self-abasing for emotional instability. Observability was not found to have an effect. Study 3 is designed to determine if people are more likely to self-enhance for personality characteristics that are framed as observable when traits are measured using a forced-choice measure. Participants will compare themselves to several specific others. The questionnaires will incorporate either unobservable, observable, or neutral conceptualizations of several personality traits. Results are expected to demonstrate that for self-enhancement will exist more for observably-framed traits. Such findings may shed light on processes underlying self-perception.