Browsing M.A. Psychology by Title
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Age-related changes in ERPs associated with context-based and response-based interference
(Brock University, 2005-11-04)Age-related differences in information processing have often been explained through deficits in older adults' ability to ignore irrelevant stimuli and suppress inappropriate responses through inhibitory control processes. ... -
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 ... -
Asymmetrical balance of power in preadolescents' mutual friendships
(Brock University, 2001-07-09)Dyadic friendShip' asymmetry was examined in relation to gender, friendship quality, and friendship status. Sixty-nine grade five children and their mutual, same-sex, friends participated in a laboratory session comprised ... -
Attachment and alcohol : testing a motivational model of problem drinking /
(Brock University, 2004-07-14)The purpose of this study was to replicate and extend a motivational model of problem drinking (Cooper, Frone, Russel, & Mudar, 1995; Read, Wood, Kahler, Maddock & Tibor, 2003), testing the notion that attachment is a ... -
"Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference" : further exploration of attitude alignment in the context of close relationship dyads /
(Brock University, 2006-05-19)One hundred and five primarily Caucasian undergraduate couples were tested to study the phenomenon of attitude alignment, or the way in which individuals change their opinions to achieve greater attitudinal congruence ... -
Autonomic prediction of error-related ERP components in perceptual and conceptual tasks in older and younger adults
(Brock University, 2002-07-09)In studies of cognitive processing, the allocation of attention has been consistently linked to subtle, phasic adjustments in autonomic control. Both autonomic control of heart rate and control of the allocation of ... -
Behavioural and neural correlates of emotion recognition as a function of psychopathic personality traits
(Brock University, 2011-10-14)Psychopathy is associated with well-known characteristics such as a lack of empathy and impulsive behaviour, but it has also been associated with impaired recognition of emotional facial expressions. The use of ... -
Beyond g : putting multiple intelligences theory to the test /
(Brock University, 2005-07-14)The purpose of this study was to investigate Howard Gardner's (1983) Multiple Intelligences theory, which proposes that there are eight independent intelligences: Linguistic, Spatial, Logical/Mathematical, Interpersonal, ... -
Blocking Top-down awareness of Kanizsa Figures: An ERP Investigation into Bottom-up Processing of Illusory Contours
Neural models of the processing of illusory contour (ICs) diverge from one another in terms of their emphasis on bottom-up versus top-down constituents. The current study uses a dichoptic fusion paradigm to block top-down ... -
Can low domain knowledge be compensated for when using the internet? /
(Brock University, 2006-05-19)Previous researchers have found that learners do not benefit fi-om using the Internet when domain knowledge is low. The purpose of the current study was to investigate possible methods to compensate for low domain ... -
CCK, dietary variety, and food intake in rats /
(Brock University, 2001-07-14)Among the environmental factors that can affect food intake is the extent of dietary variety available in the environment. Numerous studies have demonstrated that variety in a meal can increase the amount of food consumed ... -
Charting developmental EEG gamma changes in the auditory modality /
(Brock University, 2006-05-19)The oscillation of neuronal circuits reflected in the EEG gamma frequency may be fundamental to the perceptual process referred to as binding (the integration of various thoughts and perceptions into a coherent picture). ... -
Children's Lie-Telling and Self-Awareness as an Honesty Promoting Technique
(Brock University, 2014-11-06)The present study investigated how social-cognitive development relates to children’s lie-telling and the effectiveness of a novel honesty promoting technique (i.e., self-awareness). Sixty-four children were asked not to ... -
Children's rights and parenting beliefs : a study of attitudes, values and emotions
(Brock University, 1999-07-09)The conceptualization of childhood has changed over the centuries and appears to be undergoing further change in our post-modern culture. While the United Nations Convention on the Right of the Child is designed to give ... -
The Co-occurrence of Depressive Symptoms and Alcohol Use for Adolescent Boys and Girls: An Investigation of the Role of Self-Regulation and Approach Behavior
(2013-04-02)While many studies have been conducted on adolescent depressive symptoms and alcohol use, much of the research has examined these behaviors separately rather than examining their co-occurrence within individuals. In the ... -
Cognitive consequences of expressive suppression : effects of sex and emotional valence
(Brock University, 2011-05-17)The present research was designed to examine whether sex and/or emotional valence pl aya role in the cognitive consequences (e.g., memory) of expressive suppression. Seventy-two (36 male and 36 female) undergraduates ... -
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). ... -
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 ... -
The convergence of psychopathy, self-rated vulnerability, and other-rated vulnerability
(Brock University, 2011-10-14)Previous research has found that victims of crime tend to exhibit asynchronous movement (e.g. Grayson & Stein, 1981), and the fact that victims display different body language suggests that they may be sending ... -
Cortical and autonomic modulation of attentional control /
(Brock University, 2008-05-21)Whereas the role of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in cognitive control has received considerable attention, much less work has been done on the role of the ACC in autonomic regulation. Its connections through the ...