Andrea Franjic
Current student at Belmont University with a major in Psychology and a minor in German. Excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Highly organized with the ability to communicate well with other and meet deadlines.
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Andrea Franjic was recognized for studying abroad
Studied Abroad for one semester in Regensburg, Germany
Spring 2017 -
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Intern at Way Solutions
Working on creating an e-mail and text message system for clients
September 2017 - Present
Prestige Beauty Consultant at ULTA Beauty
Responsible for meeting or exceeding individual sales and coordinating events
May 2016 - February 2017
Call Center Employee at Call Center-Belmont University
Answering calls for the main university switchboard and compiling and answering e-mails for the Office of Admissions
August 2014 - Present
Dualism and Driving Behavior
Mind-body dualism is at the center of one of the oldest philosophical debates, which asks the question “what is the nature of the self?” Defined as perceiving one’s mind and body as two distinct entities, dualism advocates the separation of the self from the body. An opposing construct, physicalism, is the belief that the mind and body are inseparable. Recent studies have shown that when primed for dualism, participants exhibit fewer positive health-related behaviors, compared to those primed for the complementary construct of physicalism (Forstman, Burgmer, & Mussweiler, 2012). The present study investigates the impact of mind-body dualism on a specific health behavior, driving a car. We hypothesized that those primed for dualism will exhibit riskier driving behavior than those primed for physicalism. 30 undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory psychology course were randomly assigned to either the mind-body dualism priming condition or the physicalism priming condition. In either condition, participants read a vignette describing either mind-body dualism or physicalism. Following the priming, the participants completed a driving simulation task, and the Risky Driving Behavior Scale (Falk and Montgomery, 2009) consisting of 21 items describing their driving behavior. Results showed no mean difference between mind-body dualism and physicalism on driving simulator scores, and no mean difference on Risky Driving Behavior Survey scores. Future research should utilize a more controlled environment to establish a relationship between mind-body dualism and driving behavior.
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Sleep & Stress
The amount of stress a student goes through in college can have a tremendous effect on his or her sleep schedule. A recent study found that students have higher levels of stress and lower levels of sleep (Ari & Shulman, 2012). This study does not account for differences in circadian rhythm that could impact stress levels at a given time. Ari and Shulman have supported the findings of others that there is a relationship between sleep and stress. However, there are no current studies examining the correlation between whether a person self reports as a morning person or night person and stress level. Amount of sleep differs from morningness and can imply a different relationship between sleep habits and stress level or mood. Using a survey approach, our study will examine the correlation between results from a morningness scale and a stress scale. We hypothesize that the Stress and Sleep Scale will demonstrate a negative correlation between the morningness and scales. There was found to be a correlation between morning type people and lower stress levels, which supported our hypothesis.
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