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The Role Of Religion In Managing Existential Threat: Effects On Outgroup Attitudes
(Psychology, 2013-07-22)The increased worldview defense following mortality salience is a robust finding in terror management theory research. In some cases, this defense can take the form of ingroup favoritism, outgroup bias, and prejudice. I ... -
The Roles Of Ingroup Identification, Prior Commitment, And Group Needs In Predicting Reactions To Group Defection
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)Three experiments were conducted to explore the effects of group member defection (versus control) on reactions by ingroup members. In Study 1, emotional reactions were less positive toward defectors than toward controls, ... -
Say Sorry or Stay Quiet: The Effect of Leader Recovery Strategies on Followers
(2019-05-21)Recently, there has been a rise in reports of ethical transgressions in the workplace. Examples such as Enron and Wells Fargo highlight this trend. The current literature on workplace transgressions such as these has ... -
Self-Solicitation of a Provisional Self: The Dark Triad and Spontaneous Self-Concept Content
(2019-05-06)Higher levels of Dark Triad traits (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism) are considered to be self-defeating, maladaptive, and can potentially interfere with the ability to develop a strong sense of self. Despite ... -
Septal Stimulation Inhibits Spinal Cord Dorsal Horn Neuronal Activity
(Psychology, 2008-09-17)Deep Brain Stimulation is a useful technique for relieving chronic pain in patients that have exhausted their options. The septum has been a target for such treatment. The purpose of this study was to determine if ... -
Sex Differences in Balance Measures and Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults
(2018-06-21)The older adult population is growing at a rapid pace, with the US Census Bureau estimating older adults to comprise of 20% of the overall population by 2020. Now, more than ever, we must parse out differences within this ... -
Sex Differences In Object Location Memory: Fixed Versus Moving Through Space
(Psychology, 2007-08-23)Previous studies suggest that females possess superior object location memory than males. The present study investigated object location memory using both static and dynamic tasks. Additionally, the correlation between ... -
SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-REGION LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL RECORDINGS IN RESPONSE TO NOXIOUS STIMULI FROM FREELY MOVING RATS
(2019-12-06)Pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage” can be ignited by noxious chemical (e.g. acid), mechanical (e.g. pressure) and ... -
Smartphone and Social Media use and its Health Associations
(2018-12-10)While mobile phones offer users communication, information, and entertainment almost instantaneously, there is a growing concern about the impact smartphone and social media use has on mental and physical health. This study ... -
Some Bullied Adolescents More Susceptible To Depression
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)Prior research has documented long-term detrimental effects (e.g. emotional distress, anxiety, and depression; Kochenderfer-Ladd & Wardrop, 2001) experienced as a result of being bullied as an adolescent. Although being ... -
Spaced Retrieval Improves Retention And Transfer Of Foreign Vocabulary
(2022-05-18)One strategy that has been shown to promote long-term retention is spaced retrieval practice. In this study, we used standard and dropout procedures of spaced retrieval training to examine whether they produce superior ... -
Spacing And The Delay-retention Effect: An Alternative Explanation Of The Effects Of Feedback Timing On Semantic Learning
(Psychology, 2007-09-17)Current theoretical accounts of feedback timing effects on retention are problematic. Some predict that delayed feedback should lead to better retention; others predict that immediate feedback should lead to better retention. ... -
Specific Emotions and Altruistic Decision Making - A Study in Relational Perspective
(2016-11-28)The role of emotions in decision making processes has long been of interest to researchers due to its relevance in our daily consumption decisions. Recent experimental studies have suggested that specific emotions prime ... -
Testing Theories and Measures for Promoting Dietary Change
(2019-06-04)Many Americans do not consume enough healthy food and overconsume sugar and meat products. As a prominent food desert, this trend is particularly rife in Arlington/Ft. Worth, TX especially among low-income individuals. To ... -
The Balancing Act: An Empirical Study Introducing and Removing Constraints in Idea Generation
(2019-08-05)To stay competitive in today’s economy, organizational leaders are making creativity and innovation a key business priority. As such, organizations have become particularly interested in how to become more innovative while ... -
The Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Pain Thresholds and Anxiodepressive Behaviors in a Pre-clinical Fibromyalgia Pain Model
(2021-12-02)Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic, widespread pain disorder generally of a non-inflammatory nature. FM has many known affective and cognitive comorbidities, including fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive deficits, and mood ... -
The effects of ketamine exposure on NMDA receptor mediated synaptic transmission in the developing brain - A mechanistic study of ketamine-induced neuroapoptosis
(2015-12-09)Ketamine is a widely used pediatric anesthetic because of its high potency in pediatric patients. Side-effects produced by ketamine anesthesia in adults are also not seen in children after ketamine use. However, several ... -
THE EFFECTS OF PRIMING PATRIOTISM ON ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRANTS: DO ALL AMERICANS RESPOND TO PATRIOTIC IMAGES THE SAME WAY?
(2018-12-04)Although immigrants enrich the US culture and provide intellectual and economic stimulation, there has been a rise of anti-immigration movements, making the acculturation process more difficult for the immigrant. The purpose ... -
The Effects of Temporal Contraction and Temporal Dilation on Cognitive Performance
(2019-05-03)Temporal dilation and temporal contraction are perceived as duration lasting longer or shorter than the standard time unit, respectively. Social, cognitive, and emotional context influences temporal perception such that ... -
The Influence of Organizational Tightness-Looseness, Self-Monitoring, and Performance Standards on Creativity
(2023-06-06)My research study seeks to experimentally investigate the main effect of cultural tightness-looseness within organizations on employees’ creative performance in terms of the criteria of the specific creative process (idea ...