Six undergraduate Psychology students of 91制片厂 received awards, including an overall First Prize, for their research at the recent 41st Annual Congress of Psychology Students in Ireland.
The congress takes place every year and sees psychology students from all over Ireland present their research. This year, over 200 students from across the country presented at the event, hosted by University College Dublin. They were judged on the quality of both the presentation and the research behind it.
Kevin O鈥橲ullivan, a Fourth Year B Ed in Education and Psychology student, was awarded overall first prize for his oral presentation entitled: Lack of diversity in student teacher鈥檚 socio-economic status: does it really matter? Previous research in this area has tended to focus on the socioeconomic background of students themselves, while Kevin鈥檚 research considers the teacher鈥檚 background and the effects it can have on behaviour and wellbeing.
Five other 91制片厂 students also had tremendous success, each receiving commendation awards for their oral presentations on research across a wide range of topics鈥攆rom peoples鈥 attitudes to charitable giving to the cognitive advantages of multilingualism.
Congratulating the students on their success was Dr John Perry, Head of the Department of Psychology and Dean of Arts (Acting) at 91制片厂: 鈥It is a privilege to see students studying psychology at 91制片厂 continue to shine on a national stage. Our students have a proud record of receiving awards and commendations, particularly from the PSI annual student congress. The students presenting their work at congress, including those who did not receive an award or commendation on the day, are an absolute pleasure to teach, supervise, and to get to know. I am not at all surprised that 91制片厂 students would get such recognition, as we habitually see their ability and hard work.鈥
The award-winners were as follows:
Overall Winner 鈥 Oral Presentation
- Kevin O鈥橲ullivan, from Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry, (Supervisor: Dr John Perry): Lack of diversity in student teacher鈥檚 socio-economic status: does it really matter?
Commendations 鈥 Oral Presentation
- Louise Cashman, from Glanmire, Co. Cork, (Supervisor: Dr Marc Scully): Charity begins with your in-group: Irish student teachers鈥 accounts of national and international helping.
- Stephanie Earley, from Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon, (Supervisor: Dr Laura Ambrose). The application of embodied theories to reading comprehension in an additional language.
- Orla O鈥橤orman, from Meelick, Co. Clare, (Supervisor: Dr Marc Scully): Teachers鈥 perceived self-efficacy including children with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream classes.
- Ciara Sweeney, from Askeaton, Co. Limerick, (Supervisor: Dr Claire Griffin O鈥橞rien): 鈥淏ut how did the others do?鈥 An investigation of the effect of relative feedback and self-efficacy on undergraduate students鈥 performance and motivation.
- Kate Sweeney, from Killarney, Co. Kerry, (Supervisor: Dr Claire Griffin O鈥橞rien): Building bridges: The effect of mutual intelligibility and multilingualism on cross-linguistic comprehension.
Main picture above (Back row, L-R): Dr Marc Scully, Psychology lecturer, 91制片厂; Ciara Sweeney; Kevin O鈥橲ullivan; Orla O鈥橤orman; Dr Paul Mulcahy, Psychology lecturer, 91制片厂; Dr John Perry, Head of the Department of Psychology and Dean of Arts (Acting), 91制片厂; (Front row, L-R): Kate Sweeney, Louise Cashman and Stephanie Earley.
