The Belgian Association for Psychological Science annually sponsors
an award for the best undergraduate thesis in Psychology. The
purpose of the award is to encourage licentiate theses with an
original contribution to any field in psychology. The prize is
1,000 euros.
The Belgian Association for Psychological Sciences annually sponsors
an award for the best undergraduate thesis in Psychology. The
purpose of the award is to encourage licentiate (undergraduate)
theses with an original contribution to any field in psychology
(clinical, social, cognitive, modelling, developmental, etc.).
However, it should be stressed that the Belgian Psychological
Society wants to promote scientific approaches to psychological
phenomena. The Best Thesis winner will receive a prize of 1,000
euros.
Submission Conditions
Candidates must have a degree of licentiate (Licentiaat or Licence)
in the field of psychology, obtained in the academic year that
precedes the award year (e.g., to enter the 2003 competition,
the thesis must have been completed during academic year 2001-2002)
in the psychology department of a Belgian University.
The thesis must have been awarded a grade of at least 16/20
Candidates should be member of BAPS (or have applied to become
member before the submission deadline).
Procedure
Candidates must submit an electronic summary of the thesis, in
English, with a maximum length of 2000 words. You are allowed
to include a maximum of 3 tables or figures (these are not included
in the word count). The summary should clearly convey the theoretical
basis of your work, as well as the methods, the major results,
a discussion of your main findings, and the references cited in
the summary. Up to 3 keywords specifying the domain of the thesis
should be provided. Also clearly state your name, address, telephone
number and e-mail, as well as provide the names of your institution
and your supervisor. From 2005 onwards, submissions should be
sent to Alain Van Hiel (UG) before November 17th, 17:00h. Reception
of the manuscript will be notified within 24 hours. After a first
screening of the summaries, the remaining candidates will be notified
by the jury to send in five copies of their licentiate thesis.
Only licentiate theses written in French, Dutch or English are
eligible. By their participation, the candidates accept the general
conditions of the award.
For further information and correspondence, please contact:
Alain Van Hiel Vakgroep Ontwikkelings-, Persoonlijkheids-, en
Sociale Psychologie, Universiteit Gent Henri Dunantlaan 2 B-9000
Gent, BELGIUM.
Laureates were
| Year |
Name & Affiliation |
Thesis title |
| 1996 |
Walter Schroyens - KUL |
Het redeneren over de waarheid of valsheid van beweringen
(Meta-propositional reasoning about the truth or falsity of
propositions) |
| 1997 |
Francis Tuerlinckx - KUL |
Loglineaire formuleringen van modellen voor itemafhankelijkheden
(Modeling local item dependencies in item response theory) |
| 1998 |
Kristien Dieussaert - KUL |
Strategies for dealing with complex deductive problems: combining
and dividing |
| 1999 |
Vincent Goetry - ULB |
The role of rhythmic cues for speech segmentation in monolingual
and bilingual listeners. |
| 2000 |
Jan Vanrie - KUL |
Viewpoint-dependent versus -independent 3-D object perception:
a direct comparison |
| 2001 |
Wouter Duyck - UGent |
What number translation studies can teach us about the lexico-semantic
organisation in bilinguals |
| 2002 |
Timothy Verbeemen - KUL |
Determinants of speeded categorization in natural concepts |
| 2003 |
Stefaan Vandorpe - UGent |
The odd-even effect in multiplication: Familiarity with even
numbers or a parity rule after all? |
| 2004 |
Ineke Imbo - UGent |
New insights in the role of working memory in carry and borrow
operations |
| 2005 |
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| 2006 |
Elodie David - ULB |
Change blindness to gradual changes: an exploratory study
on facial expressions |
| 2007 |
Steven Verheyen - KUL |
Het leren van hiërarchisch georganiseerde categorieën |
| 2009 |
Astrid Vermeiren - UGent |
Tracking down the asymmetric switch cost: the case of the antisaccades |