Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Levine, Daniel S."
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An Investigation of Critical Thinking Outcomes in an Online Developmental Psychology Learning Environment
Natishyn, Michael C.; 0000-0002-4213-1979 (2017-01-18)Critical thinking (CT) has become a hot topic in academic and mainstream media, where the development of these skills may influence efficacy and productivity in educational and career environments, potentially impacting ... -
Effects of Emotion and Social Desirability on Intuitive, Gist-Based Decisions
Taylor, Wyn E.; 0000-0002-4591-2201 (2018-08-31)People often make what appear to be inconsistent, irrational choice preference shifts from sure-to-risky (or from risky-to-sure) options depending on how the choices are framed—this is a form of decision bias called the ... -
EFFECTS OF NUMERACY AND FINANCIAL LITERACY ON UNDESIRABLE FINANCIAL AND RELATED ACADEMIC OUTCOMES IN COLLEGE STUDENTS
Govindarajan, Sriram (2016-05-31)Numeracy was a better predictor of financial delinquency than financial literacy. The relationship between numeracy and undesirable academic effects was fully mediated by financial delinquency. It was also found that in a ... -
An Examination Of The Relationships Between Response Scale Length, Label Format, Reliability, And Validity
Hamby, Tyler NealThis research examined the impact that two qualities of scales--the number of response options and the response scale label format--have on reliability and validity. Based on a meta-analytic pilot study, I expected that ... -
The Impact Of An Intensive Physical Exercise Program (IPE) On Mental Processing Speed And Postural Control In Older Adults
Biggan, John R. (Psychology, 2012-07-25)One in three Americans over the age of 65 fall each year. In 2000, this equated to an annual cost of $19 billion in healthcare costs and this cost is expected to rise to $54 billion by 2020. One factor related to the ... -
Induced emotions on shoot decisions
Snowden, Audrey Kaye; 0000-0003-0551-576X (2017-04-24)The purpose of this experiment was to examine the effect of emotion on shoot decision bias. Student participants from The University of Texas at Arlington were randomly assigned to one of five emotion induction conditions ... -
Repeated Decision-making With High And Low Affect For Monetary And Social Resources
Ramirez, Patrick A. (Psychology, 2013-07-22)This research was a continuation of studies that considered the role of affect for repeated decision-making under two different conditions while maintaining similar magnitudes of gains and losses. For the two situations ...