Browsing M.A. Psychology by Issue Date
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A comparison of electrophysiological changes during the sleep onset period of psychophysiological insomniacs, psychiatric insomniacs and normal sleepers
(Brock University, 1995-07-09)The EEG of the sleep onset period of psychophysiological insomniacs, psychiatric insomniacs and controls was compared using power spectral analysis (FFT). Eighteen drug-free subjects were equally divided into three groups ... -
An electrophysiological examination of intentional and inadvertent sleep onset : the effect of intention on the sleep onset process
(Brock University, 1995-07-09)The main purpose ofthis study was to examine the effect ofintention on the sleep onset process from an electrophysiological point ofview. To test this, two nap conditions, the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) and the ... -
A social-cognitive model of monitoring and its relationship to behaviour in a naturalistic observation : development and individual differences
(Brock University, 1995-07-09)years 8 months) and 24 older (M == 7 years 4 months) children. A Monitoring Process Model (MPM) was developed and tested in order to ascertain at which component process ofthe MPM age differences would emerge. The MPM ... -
Assessing the psychometric properties of dream content questionnaires
(Brock University, 1995-07-09)The present study was the first of its kind to systematically explore the psychometric properties of dream content questionnaires as measures of dream experience. One hundred and six University students filled out the ... -
Electrophysiological quantification of sleepiness and the sleep onset period in normal sleepers and narcoleptics
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Negative and positive priming in poor and good readers : an ERP study
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The relation of attentional, emotional, and social regulation to cognitive competence, from infancy to school entry
(Brock University, 1995-07-09)Recent research on the sources of cognitive competence in infancy and early childhood has highlighted the role of social and emotional factors (for example, Lewis, 1993b). Exploring the roots of competence requires ... -
Weight-preoccupation, personality and depression in university students : an interactionist perspective
(Brock University, 1996-07-09)The present research was designed to examine Beck's (1983; 1987) cognitive diathesis-stress model of depression in a new context. Specifically, this cross-sectional study investigated whether Beck's cognitive-personality ... -
The effects of language complexity in a counterattitudinal appeal to laypeople : an application of the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion to a legal issue
(Brock University, 1996-10-02)The effects of a complexly worded counterattitudinal appeal on laypeople's attitudes toward a legal issue were examined, using the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion as a theoretical framework. This model ... -
ERP and cardiovascular correlates of source memory discrimination in older and younger adults /
(Brock University, 1997-05-21)There is much evidence to support an age-related decline in source memory ability. However, the underlying mechanisms responsible for this decline are not well understood. The current study was carried out to determine ... -
Physiological reactivity and the perception of emotional stimuli as they relate to social adaptive functioning after traumatic brain injury / y Melonie Jane Hopkins.
(Brock University, 1997-05-21)Traumatic brain injury (TBI) often affects social adaptive functioning and these changes in social adaptability are usually associated with general damage to the frontal cortex. Recent evidence suggests that certain ... -
A model of personality and health : coping styles as a moderator in the perfectionism-health connection
(Brock University, 1997-07-09)The purpose of this study was to examine a model of personality and health. Specifically, this thesis examined perfectionism as a predictor of health status and health behaviours, as moderated by coping styles. A community ... -
Cognitive set, absorption, and achievement as moderators of the perceptual closure effect in picture priming /
(Brock University, 1997-07-14)The present study examined individual differences in Absorption and fantasy, as well as in Achiievement and achievement striving as possible moderators of the perceptual closure effect found by Snodgrass and Feenan (1990). ... -
Factors affecting a woman's decision to leave an abusive relationship : the theory of planned behaviour /
(Brock University, 1998-05-21)The present study tested the appHcabiUty of Ajzen's (1985) theory of planned behaviour (TPB), an extension of Fishbein and Ajzen's (1975) theory of reasoned action (TRA), for the first time, in the context of abused women's ... -
Predictors of academic achievement and social competence in adolescence : facilitation, inhibition and general cognitive processing /
(Brock University, 1998-05-21)The relevance of attentional measures to cognitive and social adaptive behaviour was examined in an adolescent sample. Unlike previous research, the influence of both inhibitory and facilitory aspects of attention were ... -
Electrophysiological analysis of the sleep onset period : a comparison between subjects with long term insomnia complaints associated with mild traumatic brain injury and matched controls /
(Brock University, 1999-05-21)The purpose of the current undertaking was to study the electrophysiological properties of the sleep onset period (SOP) in order to gain understanding into the persistent sleep difficulties of those who complain of ... -
Parental goals among Italian-Canadian and Anglo-Canadian families : their connection to socialization practices and the quality of parent-young adult relationship /
(Brock University, 1999-05-21)Parenting goals are the behavioral, cognitive, and affective outcomes that parents implicitly or explicitly strive to achieve during specific interactions with their children. In the present study, intergenerational ... -
Speed of perceptual processing, spatial ability and executive functions underlying fluid intelligence in childhood and adolescence /
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Young children's behavioral responses to the distress of others /
(Brock University, 1999-05-21)The relationship between child temperament and parenting factors in the development of prosocial behavior during the toddler years was investigated by examining children's helping behaviors and responses to the distress ...