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155POSTER 51THE ROLE OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY LITERACY IN SHAPING ATTITUDES: A SURVEY STUDYISABELLA MORAN (KEENE STATE COLLEGE), HARLAN FICHTENHOLTZ (KEENE STATE COLLEGE) In the current age of neurodivergent awareness, it is important to monitor the effect advocacy and representation has on the public. Three surveys adapted from Scior & Furnham (Intellectual Disability Literacy Survey, 2011) were given to students at Keene State College to assess gender and treatment bias towards unlabeled intellectually disabled individuals. Significant differences in attitudes towards the prompt character were found between groups that correctly identified an intellectual disability versusthose that did not.POSTER 52PSYCHOLOGY PEER MENTORING: THE ROLE OF ATTACHMENT QUALITY AND SELF-EFFICACYELAINA GEORGELIS (SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY), AZIZA PORTER (SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY), ASHLEY SEIBERT (SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY) Peer mentoring programs are beneficial as they may increase student involvement and inclusion within universities. This study investigates how attachment quality and mentor self-efficacy influence mentormentee relationships. Eighteen participants, nine mentors and nine mentees, filled out surveys assessing their attachment style, perceptions of mentor selfefficacy, and perceptions of mentor support. Findings suggest that mentors with greater anxious attachment, and mentors with higher self-efficacy, are likely to provide greater mentor support. (70)POSTER 53UNDERSTANDING AREA: EVALUATING THE ORDER OF AREA MEASUREMENT INSTRUCTIONDAN O'CONNOR (WILLIAMS COLLEGE), ELIZA L. CONGDON (WILLIAMS COLLEGE) Children often have long-lasting misconceptions about area measurement, partially because of an overreliance on procedure-based instruction. While optimal mathematical instruction should involve procedural and conceptual components, few studies have investigated whether the order of procedural and conceptual instruction matters, especially regarding area measurement. Sixty second-graders will receive procedural-first or conceptual-first area measurement instruction alongside other cognitive assessments. Preliminary observations show that children benefit differently based on instruction-type, perhaps due to individual differences in cognitive profiles.POSTER 54PARENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON COUNSELING SERVICE VIA INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS FOR AUTISTIC STUDENTSHONGRU CHEN (TUFTS UNIVERSITY), ZIYAN XIE (TUFTS UNIVERSITY), EILEEN CREHAN (TUFTS UNIVERSITY) Many autistic children receive counseling services via the Individualized Education Program to support their educational experience and developmental process. Literature shows the unique needs autistic students possess for their service providers, highlighting the need to better understand their needs and goals. This study investigated parental satisfaction levels, needs, and goals regarding counseling services their autistic youths receive via IEP. Parents identified the need to improve service access and quality and various socioemotional goals for service.POSTER 55UNVEILING LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL: A FOCUS ON SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC FACIAL FEATURES THROUGH EYE-TRACKINGCYNTHIA KIM (UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY), LISA KORENMAN (UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY) Past research demonstrates that masculinized faces were generally preferred and selected in leadership roles (Korenman et. al., 2019; Re & Rule, 2017). Our study used eye-tracking technology to investigate what sexually dimorphic areas of interest on the face people tend to focus on when making judgements on leadership potential. The findings revealed a significant fixation on the nose area, irrespective of facial sexual dimorphism.POSTER 56DAILY ANGER PREDICTS MOMENTARY VARIATIONS IN AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURELEAH BACCHUS (SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY), BRANDON DIAL (SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY), ELIZABETH BRONDOLO (SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY) Blood pressure (BP) reactivity is frequently studied as a biomarker of hypertension (HTN) risk and is assessed through ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitors. Some research has identified links between anger coping and BP reactivity, but this research assessed anger retrospectively and BP in the 155Saturday, March 8