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- Becoming American.
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Amar, Monika, Program in International Affairs
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This thesis examines various aspects of modern American culture and addresses potential causes and effects of American individualism and of the current mainstream American family dynamic. Discussing the effects that Americanism can have on interaction within immigrant families, as well as on society at large via globalization, this thesis evaluates historical, political and technological aspects of American society, which attribute to present-day functioning of individuals living in America...
Show moreThis thesis examines various aspects of modern American culture and addresses potential causes and effects of American individualism and of the current mainstream American family dynamic. Discussing the effects that Americanism can have on interaction within immigrant families, as well as on society at large via globalization, this thesis evaluates historical, political and technological aspects of American society, which attribute to present-day functioning of individuals living in America and beyond. Attributing changes in the way people communicate within the family realm and with others, this thesis analyzes the detrimental effects of overuse and dependence on information and communication technologies — mainly the Internet and the mobile phone — as well as the diffusion of capitalism into various realms of American society and even on a global scale as humans have become more interconnected. The intention of this thesis is to highlight the developing elements of mainstream American culture and to expose the potential for a worldwide community with the increased progressive industrialization and urbanization of more and more countries.
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- 2014
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0337
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- Coping with Rejection: Does Rejection Affect the Motivation to Seek Power?.
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Satkunas, Ashley, Department of Psychology
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Social exclusion can threaten a person's need to belong, need for control, and need to feel that one's life has meaning. The current research investigated how rejected people reintegrate themselves into new social groups. In this experiment, rejected (and non-rejected control) participants were given the opportunity to join an ostensibly new experiment in which they would complete a group activity with two other participants. I then measured their motivation to attain a powerful or...
Show moreSocial exclusion can threaten a person's need to belong, need for control, and need to feel that one's life has meaning. The current research investigated how rejected people reintegrate themselves into new social groups. In this experiment, rejected (and non-rejected control) participants were given the opportunity to join an ostensibly new experiment in which they would complete a group activity with two other participants. I then measured their motivation to attain a powerful or subordinate position within the group. While pursuing a position of power in a new group may allow rejected people to restore control and meaning, subordinate positions in a new group may be better suited to restore belonging. The results were consistent with the latter possibility. That is, rejected participants preferred a subordinate position more than non-rejected participants, especially if the subordinate position allowed a high level of involvement in the group activity. These results suggest that rejected people interacting with a new group prefer roles in which they can contribute to the group goal without taking responsibility for group outcomes.
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- 2012
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0142
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- A Cross-Cultural Look at a Meaningful Life and a Happy Life.
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Batista, Rafael, Department of Psychology
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There are many characteristics of a good life including a sense of meaning and happiness. A historical introduction presented here illustrates this dual conceptualization as existing since ancient times. Recent work by Baumeister, Vohs, Aaker, and Garbinsky (2013) revealed key differences between a meaningful life and a happy life. Meaningfulness, for example, was associated with integrating past, present, and future thinking, whereas happiness was primarily present-oriented. While...
Show moreThere are many characteristics of a good life including a sense of meaning and happiness. A historical introduction presented here illustrates this dual conceptualization as existing since ancient times. Recent work by Baumeister, Vohs, Aaker, and Garbinsky (2013) revealed key differences between a meaningful life and a happy life. Meaningfulness, for example, was associated with integrating past, present, and future thinking, whereas happiness was primarily present-oriented. While meaningfulness and happiness have each been studied independently across cultures, a cross-cultural comparison of the two has yet to be published. Baumeister (1991) suggests purpose, values, efficacy, and self-worth are universal needs for meaningfulness. Surveying students from Turkey (n = 124) and the United States (n = 231) we replicate previous findings and present empirical data supporting universal needs for meaningfulness while arguing for the inclusion of a fifth universal need: belongingness.
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- 2014
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0412
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- Does Social Anxiety Moderate the Effects of Rejection on the Ability to Detect Real Smiles Following Rejection?.
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Villegas, Mariana, Department of Psychology
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Social rejection can have detrimental effects on people's physical and psychological well-being. Most individuals respond to rejection by increasing their efforts to re-affiliate with others and become sensitive to cues of social acceptance (such as Duchenne smiles). However, socially anxious individuals tend to see new social targets as sources of future exclusion and tend to withdraw from others after rejection. The current research tested the hypothesis that unlike their less socially...
Show moreSocial rejection can have detrimental effects on people's physical and psychological well-being. Most individuals respond to rejection by increasing their efforts to re-affiliate with others and become sensitive to cues of social acceptance (such as Duchenne smiles). However, socially anxious individuals tend to see new social targets as sources of future exclusion and tend to withdraw from others after rejection. The current research tested the hypothesis that unlike their less socially anxious counterparts, people high in social anxiety would not become sensitive to cues of social affiliation following rejection. Findings showed that following rejection participants low in social anxiety demonstrated an ability to discriminate between genuine (Duchenne) and non-genuine smiles, whereas participants high in social anxiety did not demonstrate this ability. Further analyses suggested that high levels of social anxiety were associated with a biased tendency to categorize smiles as non-genuine.
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- 2013
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0195
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- Does Verb Use Affects Mood and Happiness?.
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Vera, Juan
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ABSTRACT Two important trends are occurring in respect to scientific research in the field of psychology: 1) An increased focus on replication to facilitate psychological science as a self-correcting process, and 2) The exploration of quick and cost-effective methods to collect data using online systems such as Mechanical Turk. My thesis explores both of these issues in light of a recently reported study demonstrating that verb aspect use when describing past experiences (positive or negative...
Show moreABSTRACT Two important trends are occurring in respect to scientific research in the field of psychology: 1) An increased focus on replication to facilitate psychological science as a self-correcting process, and 2) The exploration of quick and cost-effective methods to collect data using online systems such as Mechanical Turk. My thesis explores both of these issues in light of a recently reported study demonstrating that verb aspect use when describing past experiences (positive or negative) can modulate feelings of happiness and positive mood. Given the potential benefits of these findings to the understanding of well-being and methods to improve health, this thesis attempts to replicate these results online. The results generated by this thesis indicates a failure to replicate the results found in the previous study (though the general pattern of means produced the expected pattern). Verb aspect use did not significantly interact with task difficulty to influence current feelings of positive affect. However, Mechanical Turk was sensitive enough to pick up other expected relationships. Participants who completed a more difficult anagram task reported a significantly more negative affect afterward. Other expected relationships were observed with respect to satisfaction with life, happiness, and positive and negative affect. However, it is premature to suggest that the verb aspect adopted when describing previous experiences does not have an effect on mood/happiness. Methodological differences may explain the reported failure to replicate (e.g., online vs. in person). Implications and future direction are discussed in the conclusion section.
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- 2014
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0385
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- The Effect of Threat and Challenge Appraisals of Acute Stress on Subsequent Acts of Self-control.
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Ramsey, Brandon, Department of Psychology
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Past research has shown that stress has negative implications for self-control performance. The current research was designed to test circumstances under which acute stress may improve self-control performance. Research on acute stress describes two different appraisals of a stressor--challenge and threat. These appraisals types differ in perceived resource availability and perception of how demanding the task is. They also differ in their associated physiological responses. A challenge...
Show morePast research has shown that stress has negative implications for self-control performance. The current research was designed to test circumstances under which acute stress may improve self-control performance. Research on acute stress describes two different appraisals of a stressor--challenge and threat. These appraisals types differ in perceived resource availability and perception of how demanding the task is. They also differ in their associated physiological responses. A challenge appraisal leads to increased glucose release that continues for some time after the task, whereas the threat appraisal activates an extra stress axis that dampens the glucose response leading to lower glucose availability. Because of the difference in glucose release, I predicted that a threat appraisal of an acute stressor may impair self-control functioning relative to a no-stress control group, whereas a challenge appraisal of an acute stressor may improve self-control functioning relative to a no-stress control group. Participants completed a stressful speech task in which interviewers gave varied evaluative feedback to evoke a threat appraisal or challenge appraisal. Participants in a control condition completed the speech alone without evaluative feedback. Self-control performance was measured using a Stroop task. Contrary to predictions, participants in the threat condition who reported low life stress performed better on a self-control task than participants in the control condition. Participants in the challenge condition did not perform better on a self-control task regardless of perceived life stress. These findings suggest life stress may moderate the relationship between stress appraisal and subsequent self-control performance.
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- 2014
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0347
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- The Effects Of Skin Tone & Hairstyle On African-American Females Perceived Attractiveness Ratings.
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Philyaw, Adira-Danique, Department of Psychology
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Skin tone variation within the African-American race can be a source of discomfort both mentally and physically for light-skinned and dark-skinned African-Americans usually weighing heavier on how African-American women are perceived in terms of attractiveness (Harvey et. al, 2005; Lester, 2000; Maddox & Gray 2002). These variations are also at the core of the skin tone bias which is defined by Maddox and Gray (2002) as being the "tendency to perceive or behave toward members of a racial ...
Show moreSkin tone variation within the African-American race can be a source of discomfort both mentally and physically for light-skinned and dark-skinned African-Americans usually weighing heavier on how African-American women are perceived in terms of attractiveness (Harvey et. al, 2005; Lester, 2000; Maddox & Gray 2002). These variations are also at the core of the skin tone bias which is defined by Maddox and Gray (2002) as being the "tendency to perceive or behave toward members of a racial [group] based on the lightness or darkness of their skin tone" (p.250). In addition to this, African-American women choice of hairstyle be it natural (i.e., afro, braids, etc.) or processed (perms, relaxer, etc.) plays an important role in the perceived level of attractiveness in African-American women. The study presented in this paper seeks to look at the effect of the skin tone bias and styles of hair on four target models' (i.e., include a light-skinned model with natural hair, the same light-skinned model with processed hair, a dark-skinned model with natural hairs, and the same dark-skinned model with processed hair) perceived level of attractiveness. Attractiveness ratings were taken from sixty-four participants using a Likert Scale of 1 to 7 (1=least attractive and 7=most attractive). The data presented within this paper found that there was a significant main effect for hair as well as skin-tone. Also, it was found that African-American participants were just as likely to show an in-group bias toward the darker-skinned target model with processed hair as the Caucasian participants were.
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- 2012
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0114
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- Ego Depletion and Changes in the Premenstrual Phase: Impaired Self-Control as a Common Source.
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Maranges, Heather, Department of Psychology
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What accounts for the stark changes in emotion, cognition, and behavior in women during the premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle? I hypothesize that, in addition to the effects of hormones, a lack of self-control may account for these changes. The metabolically expensive activity of the premenstrual phase diverts energy from metabolically expensive self-regulatory processes, making the use of self-control more difficult. In this article, I experimentally test this hypothesis with the...
Show moreWhat accounts for the stark changes in emotion, cognition, and behavior in women during the premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle? I hypothesize that, in addition to the effects of hormones, a lack of self-control may account for these changes. The metabolically expensive activity of the premenstrual phase diverts energy from metabolically expensive self-regulatory processes, making the use of self-control more difficult. In this article, I experimentally test this hypothesis with the dual-task paradigm common to self-control research. That is, participants perform one task that requires and depletes self-control—the Stroop task—followed by another task that requires self-control—a dependent measure. I randomly assigned 34 undergraduate women to either a control or ego depletion condition and to participate either during the premenstrual or postmenstrual phase of their menstrual cycles. I measured total affect, critical thinking, and aggression. Results, while preliminary, are consistent with the hypothesis that self-control depletion is not only linked to emotional, cognitive, and behavioral changes in the premenstrual phase, but also exaggerates these changes. I offer an explanation for my findings and conclude with a discussion of future work and implications.
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- 2014
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0391
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- Factors of Attraction and Relationship Satisfaction: The Love-is-Blind Bias and Perceived Risk of Infidelity.
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Shults, Jeanie, Department of Psychology
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Attraction and relationship satisfaction have been topics of increased investigation over the past several decades (Yela & Sangrador, 2001; Buss & Schmitt, 1993; Hall & Taylor, 1976). The love-is-blind bias hypothesizes that individuals within fulfilling relationships exhibit the phenomenon of rating their partner's attractiveness higher than self-ratings of their own attractiveness, a product of positive partner illusions (Swami & Furnham, 2008; Gagné, & Lydon, 2004). Using the Relationship...
Show moreAttraction and relationship satisfaction have been topics of increased investigation over the past several decades (Yela & Sangrador, 2001; Buss & Schmitt, 1993; Hall & Taylor, 1976). The love-is-blind bias hypothesizes that individuals within fulfilling relationships exhibit the phenomenon of rating their partner's attractiveness higher than self-ratings of their own attractiveness, a product of positive partner illusions (Swami & Furnham, 2008; Gagné, & Lydon, 2004). Using the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS) and novel measures for attraction and perceived infidelity, this study applied the love-is-blind hypothesis against relationship satisfaction and perceived risk of infidelity. The creation of two new subscales for measuring the love-is-blind bias, self-perceived love-is-blind bias (SPB) and externally-perceived love-is-blind bias (EPB) were instrumental in computations. Significant positive interactions between both scales of the love-is-blind bias and both attraction, and relationship satisfaction were found. Perceived risk of infidelity was negatively related to all positive scales. The findings suggest a system of interactions among the love-is-blind bias, perceived risk of infidelity, relationship satisfaction, and overall partner attraction. Preliminary analysis suggests perceived past infidelity may also predict lessened relationship satisfaction in current relationships.
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- 2013
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0205
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- Feeling the Future: Induced Disgust Affects Predictions of Future Experiences.
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Kristal, Alexander C., Department of Psychology
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People's ability to predict their future hedonic states is important for guiding behavior; yet, previous work has shown that prospection can be biased by present physiological states. In two experiments we test whether emotional experiences can similarly bias prospection. Study 1 tests the effects of disgust on people's predicted enjoyment of food, money, and social activities. Study 2 replicates and extends our findings by testing whether present experiences of sadness similarly bias people...
Show morePeople's ability to predict their future hedonic states is important for guiding behavior; yet, previous work has shown that prospection can be biased by present physiological states. In two experiments we test whether emotional experiences can similarly bias prospection. Study 1 tests the effects of disgust on people's predicted enjoyment of food, money, and social activities. Study 2 replicates and extends our findings by testing whether present experiences of sadness similarly bias people's predictions about the future. Results show that present experiences of disgust reduced the predicted future preference for food consumption, but not money or social experiences. These data show that when people form predictions about the future they reference their present feelings, but only when those feelings are relevant to the prediction at hand.
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- 2015
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0475
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- Influence of Parenthood on Perceptions of Warmth and Competence.
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Del Carlo, Maria, Department of Psychology
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The effects of gender and parenthood on perceptions of warmth and competence were investigated in this study. When women become working mothers, their perceptions of warmth increase, but at the cost of reduced perceived competence, whereas men who become fathers gain perceived warmth, in addition to perceived competence (Cuddy, Fiske, & Glick, 2004). In this study, participates read a short description of a candidate for a server position for a restaurant and then viewed one of four pictures ...
Show moreThe effects of gender and parenthood on perceptions of warmth and competence were investigated in this study. When women become working mothers, their perceptions of warmth increase, but at the cost of reduced perceived competence, whereas men who become fathers gain perceived warmth, in addition to perceived competence (Cuddy, Fiske, & Glick, 2004). In this study, participates read a short description of a candidate for a server position for a restaurant and then viewed one of four pictures (a female shown alone, a female holding a baby, a male shown alone, a male shown holding a baby). Following this, participants rated the candidate on several traits related to warmth (warm, sincere, etc.) and competence (skillful, capable, etc.). It was hypothesized that the male holding the baby would be perceived as higher in warmth compared to the same man shown without the baby, but that his competence would be rated high regardless of the picture. It was also hypothesized that the female holding the child would be rated higher in warmth compared to the same woman shown alone. Finally, it was also expected that participants would rate the woman with the baby lower in perceived competence, compared to the woman alone. The results were mixed. The male target with the child was perceived as warmer compared to the same male shown alone and his competence ratings didn't change. This finding supported one of the hypotheses of the study. However, there were no differences observed the in female target's perceived warmth or competence in either of the picture manipulations.
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- 2013
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0279
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- Mate Value as a Predictor of Relationship-Specific Attachment.
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Newberg, Amy, Department of Psychology
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Attachment style refers to the manner in which people form close social relationships with others. In addition to one's global attachment style, people also possess relationship-specific attachment styles. However, the factors within a relationship that can shape relationship-specific attachment have been relatively unexplored. The current work seeks to examine one such factor—mate value—that is, a person's overall level of desirability as a romantic partner. Whereas people who have a low...
Show moreAttachment style refers to the manner in which people form close social relationships with others. In addition to one's global attachment style, people also possess relationship-specific attachment styles. However, the factors within a relationship that can shape relationship-specific attachment have been relatively unexplored. The current work seeks to examine one such factor—mate value—that is, a person's overall level of desirability as a romantic partner. Whereas people who have a low mate value may be particularly anxious in their relationships because they are aware that their partner may have more desirable alternatives, people with high mate value may be particularly avoidant in their relationships because they may have access to many relationship alternatives of their own. In the current work, romantically involved participants received false feedback about their mate value (high mate value, low mate value, or no feedback) and then completed a measure of relationship-specific attachment. I hypothesized that a high mate value would lead to relatively more relationship-specific avoidance and low mate value would lead to relatively more relationship-specific anxiety. I also examined the subsidiary hypothesis that effects of mate value would be moderated by trait-level attachment, such that one's general tendency to be avoidant or anxious would be exacerbated by high or low mate value feedback, respectively. Results did not support my hypotheses. I found no main effect of condition or interaction with trait-level anxiety on relationship-specific anxiety. I also found no main effects of condition on relationship-specific avoidance. However, results revealed that among individuals high in trait avoidance, high mate value feedback (compared to controls) led to less relationship-specific avoidance. Potential interpretations of my results are discussed.
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- 2013
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0273
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- Predicting Fruit and Vegetable Intake with the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Literature Review.
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Klama, Jennifer, Department of Psychology
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This literature review analyzed studies that used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict fruit and vegetable intake, a preventative health behavior. The TPB consists of four psychosocial constructs (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavior control, and intention) which are proposed to predict behavior. A total of nine studies matched the research criteria in this review, with a total of 3,397 participants from the general adult population. After analysis, perceived behavioral...
Show moreThis literature review analyzed studies that used the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to predict fruit and vegetable intake, a preventative health behavior. The TPB consists of four psychosocial constructs (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavior control, and intention) which are proposed to predict behavior. A total of nine studies matched the research criteria in this review, with a total of 3,397 participants from the general adult population. After analysis, perceived behavioral control was identified as the most common predictor of intention, and intention was the strongest predictor of fruit and vegetable intake. This review discusses the measurement successes of the studies; the importance of measuring beliefs which are the foundation of TPB constructs; as well as the importance of properly testing the fit of the model when the TPB is supplemented with additional constructs, such as self-efficacy. This review discussed the characteristics, methods, and results of the studies in order to inform future research and interventions promoting fruit and vegetable intake.
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- 2013
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0223
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- Shooter Bias: The Implications of Race and Socioeconomic Status.
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Moore, Samantha, Department of Psychology
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Previous research examining decisions to shoot using computer simulations has found that people tend to be biased toward shooting Black suspects (i.e., participants tend to be quick to shoot Black suspects and to mistakenly shoot unarmed Black suspects). Additionally, research has found that White people tend to perceive poor Whites as a threat and respond negatively toward poor White people. The present work examines influences of both race and socioeconomic status on decisions to shoot...
Show morePrevious research examining decisions to shoot using computer simulations has found that people tend to be biased toward shooting Black suspects (i.e., participants tend to be quick to shoot Black suspects and to mistakenly shoot unarmed Black suspects). Additionally, research has found that White people tend to perceive poor Whites as a threat and respond negatively toward poor White people. The present work examines influences of both race and socioeconomic status on decisions to shoot during a computer simulation task. The results indicate that socioeconomic status level of the suspect influenced participants' responses to the shooter task, while race of the suspect had little impact. Specifically, participants' were faster to shoot armed low socioeconomic status individuals as compared to armed high socioeconomic status individuals. These findings suggest that stereotypic associations between low socioeconomic status people and criminality may influence decisions to shoot.
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- 2013
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0200
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- Social Nesting: Social Bonding during Pregnancy.
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Brady, Anna C., Department of Psychology
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Pregnancy is a physiologically and psychologically stressful time for women. To alleviate some of the costs associated with pregnancy and infant caregiving, women may engage in social-nesting (i.e. forming close social bonds with others) as parturition nears. To assess what factors might promote social-nesting behavior, pregnant women answered questionnaires about their pregnancy and about their social behavior. Nulliparous pregnant women (those who had not yet had a child) who were 1) closer...
Show morePregnancy is a physiologically and psychologically stressful time for women. To alleviate some of the costs associated with pregnancy and infant caregiving, women may engage in social-nesting (i.e. forming close social bonds with others) as parturition nears. To assess what factors might promote social-nesting behavior, pregnant women answered questionnaires about their pregnancy and about their social behavior. Nulliparous pregnant women (those who had not yet had a child) who were 1) closer to their due date and 2) experiencing pregnancy-related complications were expected to exhibit social-nesting behavior, as assessed by the state of their relationships with close others at the time of measurement, compared to before they were pregnant. Results provide preliminary support for the social-nesting hypothesis, and indicate that the degree to which women bring close others even closer during pregnancy is influenced by 1) their level of parenting experience, 2) how close they are to their due date, and 3) whether they may be in particular need of assistance from others with regards to raising their newborn.
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- 2014
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0465
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- When Forgiveness Matters: Correlating Forgiveness with Achievement Motivation and Willingness to Disclose in the Workplace.
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Belluccia, Anthony, Department of Psychology
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A large body of literature demonstrates the effects of a forgiving employer. This study was the first to provide information about forgiveness in the workplace as it relates to achievement motivation. Specifically, the objective was to determine whether a supervisor's forgiveness for issues related to employee tasks can affect achievement motivation on those tasks; and additionally, forgiveness' predictive effect on willingness to disclose information in the workplace. Given the role of...
Show moreA large body of literature demonstrates the effects of a forgiving employer. This study was the first to provide information about forgiveness in the workplace as it relates to achievement motivation. Specifically, the objective was to determine whether a supervisor's forgiveness for issues related to employee tasks can affect achievement motivation on those tasks; and additionally, forgiveness' predictive effect on willingness to disclose information in the workplace. Given the role of operant conditioning in business relationships and the tendency for an offender to keep offending if forgiven consistently, this 220 participant correlative study tested the prediction that forgiveness and achievement motivation would be negatively correlated, and that forgiveness and willingness to disclose would be positively correlated. Two bivariate correlations conveyed a moderate positive correlation between forgiveness and achievement motivation, disproving my first hypothesis, but a stronger positive correlation between forgiveness and willingness to disclose information in the workplace, confirming my second hypothesis. These findings join others in displaying the potency of a forgiving culture on the honesty of employees, and contributes to the understanding of forgiveness as it relates to achievement motivation, which establishes an unprecedented correlation.
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- 2015
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- FSU_migr_uhm-0561
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