Application Essay To A Psychology Program At Cazenovia College

At the age of 14, I knew my mother had both a bipolar disorder and an anxiety disorder. I wanted to be someone who could help her, in addition to children, like myself, who are affected by parents with mental illness. It wasn’t until I was 17 that she was diagnosed with both, but it was not a shock; however, by this point I had found a way to thrive socially and academically due to post traumatic growth. When I first applied to the Psychology Program at Cazenovia College, I was in the mindset that I would become the person my 14-year-old self had hoped I would. However, once I started my studies I found one of my top strengths is love of learning and curiosity. As an honor student at the top 10% of my class, I contracted regular courses in order to receive honors credit for them. I had the freedom of exploring related topics of my choice for the supplementary work I created in order to receive honors credits. These assignments organically grew into complex projects. It was through this additional work for honors, that I learned I have a passion for research and want to become a life-long scholar. During my social psychology course, in my second year of undergraduate work, I had the epiphany that I want to be a social

Allison Vaughn’s research interests are most similar to mine. My thesis, Perceptions of Women’s Preference for Sexually Explicit Material: How Erotic Differs from Visual Sexual Stimulus, was a two by two factorial design exploring how women react to sexually explicit material with men oriented versus women oriented erotica and video. One could easily conclude it would have fit as a research topic in Dr. Vaughn’s research lab, Social Relationships and Health. It was recently submitted to the Eastern Psychological Association as paper presentation for their annual meeting, which will be held in New York City in