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Expanding Beyond The Foundations Of Decision-making: Perceptual Differences Of Risk Between Resources
(Psychology, 2011-03-03)This research examined how resources such as life, food, and money are calculated in decision-making. Presently, the field assumes that various types of resources have the same value when a choice is being made. The study ... -
An Experimental Test Of Extended Contact Hypothesis: Its Boundary Conditions And Psychological Processes
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)The extended contact hypothesis states that contact with an ingroup member, who has an outgroup friend, facilitates favorable outgroup attitudes (Wright, Aron, McLaughlin-Volpe, & Ropp, 1997). An experimental manipulation ... -
An Experimental Test Of The Reformulated Contact Model
Intergroup contact is generally accepted as an effective means of reducing negative outgroup attitudes. However, the nature of the psychological processes underlying the effects of contact is a point of much debate. In an ... -
Exploring Predictors of Information Exchange: A Behavioral Validation of the ISSIE Scale
(2018-08-08)A multitude of factors have been found to influence the prevalence of information exchange behaviors among team members. However, there are no scales that have measured individual motivational and cognitive differences ... -
EXPLORING SEX DIFFERENCES IN CONDITIONED PLACE AVERSION
(2023-05-22)Substance use disorder is a chronic condition characterized by cycles of intoxication, withdrawal, and relapse. Negative affective and somatic symptoms commonly accompany cessation of substance use. These symptoms can be ... -
EXPLORING SEX DIFFERENCES IN MORPHINE WITHDRAWAL-INDUCED ALTERATIONS OF THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA
(2016-05-13)Opioid withdrawal syndrome is a feature common to chronic opioid use that often serves as a powerful motivator of continued drug use. GABA-ergic neurons in the tail of the ventral tegmental area (tVTA) are implicated in ... -
Exploring Sex Differences In Psychostimulant-induced Activation Of The Tail Of The Ventral Tegmental Area
(Psychology, 2014-07-14)It is well established that women and men respond differently to drugs of abuse. Women begin use at an earlier age, progress through the stages of addiction more quickly, and are more vulnerable to relapse than men. Through ... -
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAIN AND PROSPECTIVE MEMORY
(2021-05-07)The relationship between pain and memory has been explored through multiple perspectives and approaches. One area that has been less defined is the impact of pain on prospective memory. While studies have found a negative ... -
Facilitation Of Surgical Decisions Within A Functional Restoration Program For Chronic Disabling Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders
(Psychology, 2013-03-20)Preventing delayed recovery is an important treatment goal in the treatment of chronic disabling occupational musculoskeletal disorders (CDOMDs). However, when CDOMD patients are potentially eligible for elective surgical ... -
Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail: The Effects of Forecasting Valence on Creativity
(2023-08-16)Forecasting is a central component of evaluating creative ideas for their success. Little is known, however, about variables that influence the effectiveness of predicting outcomes while evaluating creative ideas. Previous ... -
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
(PPM Communications, Inc.Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2004)Back pain is a widespread public health problem, affecting a staggering 80% of Americans at some point in their lives. Each year, an estimated one out of every 14 people will seek medical care for back or neck pain, amounting ... -
Failure to Complete a Functional Restoration Program for Chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Prospective One-Year Outcome Study
(The American Congress of Rehabilitation MedicineDepartment of Psychology, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2005-08)This large prospective study determined that noncompleters of interdisciplinary tertiary rehabilitation for CDOMDs had comparatively poor socioeconomic outcomes in the year after discharge from treatment, especially on ... -
False And Veridical Memories And Stereotype Threat: A Cognitive Understanding Of A Social Phenomenon
(Psychology, 2011-03-03)In 1995, Steele and Aronson found that when asked to simply indicate their race prior to a memory test (Study 4) black participants performed significantly worse on a memory test than when not asked to indicate their race. ... -
Finally, My Thesis On Academic Procrastination
(Psychology, 2012-04-11)References to procrastination have been dated back to as long as 3,000 years ago. However, research on procrastination is ironically enormously behind the curve in active research on its antecedents and effects. Academic ... -
FROM HUMBLE BRAGS TO INSINCERE FLATTERY: AN EXAMINATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT
(2021-08-02)The purpose of this research was to develop and validate a self-report measure of social media impression management (SMIM), which could be used to examine the prevalence rates of these behaviors among job seekers, as well ... -
Gender Differences In Emotional Labor
(Psychology, 2011-10-11)This study examined the differences in emotional labor efforts between men and women. Emotional labor refers to the incongruity between experienced emotions and displayed emotions. This "faking" or "acting" that takes place ... -
Gender Differences In Science, Math, And Engineering Doctoral Candiates' Mental Models Regarding Intent To Pursue An Academic Career
(Psychology, 2009-09-16)Across university departments in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, there has been a long-standing problem of underrepresentation of women at all professorial ranks. Despite efforts over the ... -
Generations: The Dividing Line Between Preferences For Leadership Styles
(Psychology, 2011-07-14)This research examined what effects the characteristics of the Millennial generation had on the preferences for leadership style by investigating which qualities in leaders were more highly valued within this generational ... -
Great Expectations: Anticipating a Reminder Influences Prospective Memory Encoding and Unaided Retrieval
(2023-05-11)Reminders are effective ways to improve prospective memory (PM) – our ability to remember to complete a future action – but reminder use may have unintended consequences. Recent work in retrospective memory has shown that ... -
Group heterogeneity influences complex and novel outcomes
(2018-08-07)Research on diversity impacting group performance, especially creativity, has yielded varied, inconsistent outcomes. One initial issue that researchers face is identifying and measuring diversity within groups. Further, ...