Behavior Analysis Research Lab

Louisiana State University

Nicole Hanney’s

Thesis Proposal

Undergraduate Training

Phone: 225-578-4092

Fax: 225-578-4095

E-mail: JTIGER@lsu.edu

Research Assistants

We offer a number of opportunities for undergraduates to become involved in our research lab as research assistants, either for course credit (PSYC 2999 or 4999) or by volunteering. Students will be paired with graduate students who will be responsible for individual cases or participants. The primary role of the undergraduate research assistants will be as data collectors, capturing the ongoing interactions between our clients and our therapists. Students will gain exposure to behavioral approaches to assessment, intervention, and education. Each year, several of our research assistants have gone on to graduate school or to professional positions in psychology and education. Interested students should email Dr. Tiger at jtiger@lsu.edu

Honors Thesis

Dr. Tiger has supervised a number of senior honor’s thesis over the past two years. Interested students should email Dr. Tiger at jtiger@lsu.edu. Example thesis projects are provided below.

William Jung compared the relative reinforcing effects of choice-making and differential consequences with typically developing children. This thesis was successfully defended in April of 2009.

Katherine Fenerty assessed preschool children’s preferences for choice making opportunities when choices were offered between tasks or the consequences provided for completed an assigned task. This thesis was successfully defended in April of 2009 and is currently under review for possible publication.

Nicole Hanney has proposed her honor’s thesis to teach coin discrimination and identification skills to children with visual impairments.

Sarah Slocum has proposed her honor’s thesis to assess the efficacy of and children with autism’s preferences for forward and backward chaining procedures.

 

To contact us:

Sarah Slocum’s

 Thesis Proposal