b'Department of Psychological ScienceHe Said She Said: The Effects of Confessor Sex and Breakup Reasons on Public JudgementJose A. Palacios GonzalezSponsor: Dr. WhatleyThe societal discussion regarding the fluidity of gender has increased awareness and support for those still discovering their gender identity. Nonetheless, ignorance surrounding transitioning has contributed to negative feelings toward these individuals. Aggression and violence toward those with an alternative gender identity is often discounted while maintaining relevancy to those in the affected community. I examined whether ones gender identity would impact justification of aggression toward another and sympathy toward the victim. 194 participants read a scenario where a couple on a date is arguing where the sex of the aggressor (male aggressor or female aggressor) and victims confession (reconciling with an ex-partner or coming out as transgender) were manipulated. Participants then rated the amount of sympathy for the confessor and the justification of the aggressors actions. As predicted, the transgender confession garnered less sympathy, but only in the arrangement where the confessor was male. When the confessor was female, the sympathy was much higher than the ex-partner confession. As predicted, participants believed male aggressors were more justified in their reaction in both confession scenarios. The results are discussed in reference to intimate partner violence within the transgender community and theoretical implications.Identification of Variables in a Study of How College Students and Parents use EmojisKattie L. Aycock and Aasha R. VernonSponsor: Dr. TalorThe purpose of this project was to identify factors which could impact use of emojis by college students in Generation Z (born beginning in the mid-1990s) and their parents, Generation Y (born 1981 to 1995) and Generation X (born between 1965 to 1980). Emojis impart emotional and contextual information into a text message. The Unicode Technical Committee classify emojis into different meaning groups including face and people emotions, food and drink, objects and symbols. As emojis denote emotional content, the relationship of the texter to recipient is important to the meanings which will be conveyed. This project will compare Generations emoji use between five conversations with a parent or guardian of their choice and their best friend. In text messages, we will count the number of sentences, emojis, combinations of emojis, the times of the texts, and the meaning of the text conversations. The pattern of emojis used will then be related to the relationship status of texter to recipient.55'