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Age Differences in Time Estimation and Their Relationship to Prospective Memory

This paper discusses a study conducted with 34 elderly volunteers and 34 young subjects to determine the differences in time estimation by age and their reflection in prospective memory. Kirk Rowe explains the reproduction, production, and numerical estimation tasks carried out, the scores of the subjects, and the findings of the study.

Date: December 1991

Creator: Rowe, Kirk

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Nature of Separation-Individuation and Attachment: A Psychometric Evaluation of Multiple Measures of Separation-Individuation and Attachment

This paper examines the relationship between attachment and separation-individuation through a study completed with 358 students who completed self-reports and four instruments often used to assess attachment and separation-individuation. David T. George identifies three major relevant factors that resulted from analysis of the reports: Connectedness to Parents, Level of Distress, and Sense of Self.

Date: 1967~/1990~

Creator: George, David T.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Role of Learning in Visual Field Asymmetries

This paper examines visual field asymmetries and their relationship with learning through a study of three groups of 309 people. Richard Herrington discusses the results of subjects performing two visual half-field advantage reaction time tasks, a bar graph task and a word task, as well as both tasks, with extended practice.

Date: December 1996

Creator: Herrington, Richard

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Effects of Just World Beliefs and Behavioral vs. Characterological Self-Blame on College Student’s Functioning Following Parental Divorce

This paper discusses the impact of self-blame on college students who have experienced parental divorce and determines whether separating this blame into behavioral and characterological manifestations can provide useful information for research purposes. Bryce E. Taylor explains the study that was conducted with 220 female college students who completed questionnaires for the project, and the results of the study.

Date: September 1991

Creator: Taylor, Bryce E.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Neuropsychological Predicators for Return to Work Following Brain Injury

This paper discusses a study created to determine the connection between performance on several neuropsychological measures and return to work. Connie D. Henson explains the study, which involved 134 brain injured patients treated in an outpatient neuropsychological re-entry program, and resulted in some mild correlations found while testing.

Date: July 1990

Creator: Henson, Connie D.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Do the Hemispheres Learn at Different Rates: Further Examination of Hemispheric Differences Using a Random Polygon Task

This paper examines the learning rate of the two different hemispheres of the brain and compares them through a study. Lance Hoffmeyer explains the findings derived from a test conducted through having subjects complete a random polygon task.

Date: December 1996

Creator: Hoffmeyer, Lance

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Postmarathon Affect in First-Time and Experienced Marathon Participants: An Exploratory Investigation

This paper explores postmarathon depression as experienced by first-time as well as experienced marathoners. Douglas M. Hankes discusses tests given to runners before and after a marathon and explains how the results did not substantiate other findings of anecdotal reports.

Date: 1970~/1990~

Creator: Hankes, Douglas M.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Recurrent Traumatic Stress Responses in HIV+ Women

This paper discusses the results of a study to examine how "crisis points" throughout the progression of HIV in HIV+ women contributes to stress responses of avoidant behavior, hyperarousal, and intrusive thoughts. Deborah Jones explains how stress levels were determined and stressors were analyzed throughout the course of the study.

Date: December 1996

Creator: Jones, Deborah

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Estrategias Didácticas para la Enseñanza del Enfoque Léxico y las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y de la Comunicación (TIC) en la Clase de Español como Lengua Extranjera (ELE)

The purpose of this research was to use a lexical approach, and information and communication technologies (ICT) as strategies to facilitate learning to students of Spanish as a foreign language, to answer the research questions: (1) if the use of multiword lexical units improves the lexical competence and (2) whether the use of technology is an effective strategy to facilitate learning. A lesson plan with different activities was designed and put into practice with two groups of students (exp… more

Date: May 2018

Creator: Reed, Stella L

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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A Sequential Analysis of Problem Solving Using the Thought Listing Technique

This paper provides an analysis of human problem solving through exploration of the thought listing technique. Pat McGregor separates the paper into seven sections that investigate the definitions of problem solving and decision making in psychology, its applications, related literature, and methodological issues related to research.

Date: 1966~/1987~

Creator: McGregor, Pat

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Anxiety in the Career Exploration Process

This paper discusses the causes behind anxiety in the career exploration process and explains the findings of a study conducted with 200 undergraduate college students at the University of North Texas. Nancy E. Polk explores related literature and topics such as psychological separation/attachment and self-efficacy that are involved in the creation of anxiety.

Date: 1990

Creator: Polk, Nancy E.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Self-Disclosure and the Use of the Two-Chair Dialogue Employing Supplied Versus Personal Constructs

This paper explores the differences in self-disclosure level of 45 female undergraduates in modeling of a two-chair dialogue using personal and supplied constructs. Beth Marie Peterson discusses the results of the experiment and their implications for therapy and research.

Date: August 1986

Creator: Peterson, Beth Marie

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Mediational Pathways between High School Extracurricular Participation and Young Adult Educational Attainment: A Structural Equation Analysis

Little is known about the mechanisms by which extracurricular participation in high school influences educational attainment in young adulthood. Also limited is an understanding of the different types of extracurricular participation and how various activities may manifest within the relationship. The purpose of this study was to examine the link between high school extracurricular participation and educational attainment, with social capital, parental expectations, and academic achievement pre… more

Date: December 2017

Creator: Long, Roxanne

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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"A Very Fine Piece of Writing": Parnell and the Joycean Text, 1905-1922

Charles Stewart Parnell was James Joyce's most significant political influence to a degree that has yet to be fully acknowledged or explored. This thesis proposes a "theory of Parnell" in Joyce's works up to the end of Ulysses, arguing that close attention to Parnell's evolution points to a significant shift in the evolution of Joyce's literary forms. In Joyce's juvenilia, political writings, and early fiction, Parnell always appears with a heroic, even Messianic, cast, which the most significa… more

Date: May 2019

Creator: Smith, Benjamin J.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Big Bend National Park

During the New Deal, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) put young men to work in state and national parks across the United States. One of such parks, Big Bend National Park, is the focus of this study. The CCC had two camps within the park, one from 1934 to 1937 and another from 1940 to 1942. During their time in Big Bend, the CCC constructed many projects including a road, trails, cabins, and other various structures. The purpose of this study is to delineate the role of the CCC in creatin… more

Date: May 2019

Creator: Jackson, Kimberly

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Desertion and Defection in Roman Republican Warfare

Despite their many successes, Roman leaders continually struggled with indiscipline in their own ranks as they battled Rome's opponents. Desertion and defection were steps that soldiers often undertook to avoid their obligated service. Previous scholarship has largely overlooked this aspect of Roman warfare. This dissertation analyzes why Roman soldiers began turning to desertion and defection throughout the Republican period. Such cases were generally rare in early Rome, but the expanding … more

Date: August 2022

Creator: Stampher, Matthew Joseph

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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An Explanation of Racial Attitudes Utilizing Intergroup Threat Theory and Group Empathy Theory

This project examined the effects of threat perceptions and group empathy on racial outgroup attitudes. The relationship between threat perception and increased racial prejudice has been well established within the literature, but the effect of group empathy within this dynamic has been largely undocumented. The following study utilizes data from the American National Election Study 2020 Time Series to analyze racial outgroup attitudes among subsamples of Blacks (n = 726), Hispanics (n = 762), … more

Date: August 2022

Creator: Larrison, KayLynn Marie

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Latinos for Trump? National Origin, Nativity Status, and Favorability for Trump in 2016

In this study, I examine the relationship between national origin, nativity status, and favorability toward Donald Trump among Latinos in 2016. In particular, I examine the relationship between Cubans, Dominicans, and "other" Latinos to understand how differences in national origin and nativity status influence Trump favorability. The term "Latino" is a pan-ethnic term used to describe individuals with ancestry from Latin America who share a common language, religion and culture. However, studi… more

Date: August 2022

Creator: Moreno, Vianni Alyssa

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Construction of the Fringe Extraterrestrial of Postmodernity

This study focuses on the discourse that orders and creates a logic of the extraterrestrial during postmodernity, what I term "Fringe." Using Foucault's notion of discourse, I define and theorize Fringe and its formation during postmodernity, looking at the particular features of the historical moment post-1960 that contributed to the creation and regulation of a particular extraterrestrial. I then investigate historical conceptions of the extraterrestrial from Aquinas to Kant. This genealogy o… more

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Date: August 2022

Creator: Smith, Andrew

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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"Molt"

Considered privileged by social standards, with two loving parents and a spot in an elite, all-girls private school in New Jersey, Charlie should be happy. But at Oak Crest College Preparatory, if you're not a straight-A student, you're dumb. If you're not a star athlete, you're invisible. And if you don't compete to be the best? Well, you might as well flunk out. Charlie is already failing math, and it's only October. Why not throw school—and maybe her whole life—away? Then, one day, Charlie f… more

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Date: August 2022

Creator: Susser, Carly

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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The Cost of Higher Education: Impacts of Student Loan Debt on the Life Course for Hispanic Americans

Student loan debt continues to be an issue in the U.S., with potential long-term effects on loan repayment and potential wealth accumulation. In particular, minorities face barriers in the educational system and accruing wealth. Hispanics occupy a middling position in the U.S. racial hierarchy. Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 geocode data, in this study I examined how Hispanic-White differences in student debt change over time and how student debt influences wealth. In … more

Date: August 2022

Creator: Knudsen, Jennifer L

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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La ley de memoria histórica en el cine y la novela españoles

This thesis investigates the Spanish identity crisis through structural, political and representational intersectionality by means of the Law of Historic Memory, also known as LEY 52/2007 del 26 de diciembre. This work, written in Spanish, explores relational aspects of various contemporary themes within four post-Franco novels and four Spanish films: Réquiem por un campesino español by Ramón J. Sender and its corresponding film directed by Francesc Betriu; Soldados de Salamina by Javier Cerca… more

Date: December 2018

Creator: Kennedy, Tara L

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Wrestling with the Past: How National Wrestling Lost Its Regional Heritage

Through a combination of stringent and deceptive corporate control of sources, as well as an academic blind spot on certain low-brow subcultures, there has been a lack of serious study of the various regional professional wrestling traditions that crossed the United States until the end of the 1980s. An in-depth examination of a wide range of books, newsletters, and interviews shows a rich history with a deep economic, social, and creative diversity that has been largely ignored as the industry… more

Date: December 2018

Creator: Treadway, William T.

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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Devotio Moderna and Erasmus: Transforming Piety

The relationship between Erasmus of Rotterdam and the religious movement called the Devotio Moderna, especially the latter's relevance to Erasmian piety, has been a somewhat contentious historiographical issue. This thesis examines that relationship, and asserts that the Devotio Moderna was a crucial formative aspect of Erasmus' religiosity. However, its relevance ought not be overstated, due to the humanist's significant developments away from his spiritual forerunners.

Date: July 2023

Creator: Kuplack, Ian

Item Type: Thesis or Dissertation

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