Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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An Interior
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)The work An Interior is a painted room. It grew from the proposition, ‘What if I painted wallpaper?’ This proposition is related to my ongoing interest in the psychological and social functions of decor and labour spent ... -
Internal Control Quality as an Explanatory Factor of Tax Avoidance
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-11)Internal control disclosures mandated by section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) are designed to provide information about a firm’s financial reporting quality and in doing so may offer information on firm-specific tax ... -
Interpersonal Consequences of Self-Disclosures: The effect of self-esteem on perceived risks of self-disclosure
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)Frequency of self-disclosure has been linked to many benefits for relationships, but people tend to dislike those who frequently disclose negativity. Individuals lower in self-esteem (LSEs) self-disclose less than individuals ... -
The interpersonal context of desire: Exploring associations between sexual desire, relationship satisfaction, and sexual satisfaction in romantic relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-29)Research has consistently shown that sexual desire, the motivation to seek out or become receptive to sexual stimulation, is associated with positive intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes (Chao et al., 2011; Dosch, ... -
Interpreting Balinese Culture: Representation and Identity
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)The representation of Balinese people and culture within scholarship throughout the 20th century and into the most recent 21st century studies is examined. Important questions are considered, such as: What major themes ... -
Interpreting Jane Austen for a Contemporary Audience: Lost in Austen's Reworking of Pride and Prejudice
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-16)This thesis argues that Lost in Austen, as a fantasy adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, reveals the feminist and empowering elements of Jane Austen's novels. This four-part TV series uses the element of time travel to ... -
Interpreting statements from others: The role of temperament, teasing experience, and social dominance
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)The ambiguity of our language system requires that listeners go beyond the words uttered, integrate contextual information, and recognize speaker cues in order to fully appreciate the intended meaning in messages. ... -
Interregnum: Queen Regency in the Seleucid Empire
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-03)An examination of the ancient sources indicates that there were possibly seven Queens Regent throughout the course of the Seleucid Dynasty: Apama, Laodice I, Berenice Syra, Laodice III, Laodice IV, Cleopatra I Thea, and ... -
The Intertextual Dynamics of Colluthus' Abduction of Helen
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-22)This thesis is devoted to an intertextual study of Colluthus’ late antique epyllion, the Abduction of Helen. Colluthus is a poet whose reputation has long suffered, but is currently under rehabilitation, and the aim of ... -
Intertextualität und Kanon in Walter Moers' Der Schrecksenmeister
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)This thesis will show that Walter Moers’ novel Der Schrecksenmeister, published in 2007, challenges the convention of the academic canon discussion. Der Schrecksenmeister is a work of fantasy literature; this is not a ... -
The Intimate Fandoms of Men’s Hockey Real Person Fanfiction
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-15)Using queer phenomenology, rhetorical genre theory, and fanfiction written about National Hockey League (NHL) athletes, this dissertation develops the concept of intimate publics of fandom: small, reciprocal and protective ... -
Introduction
(Société Latomus, Brussels, 2019-05-18)This introduction surveys recent trends in Seleukid scholarship and addresses the main points of discussion concerning the decline and disintegration of the Seleukid Kingdom in the course of the 2nd century BC. -
Introduction to the Bash Command Line
(The Editorial Board of the Programming Historian, 2014-09-20)This lesson uses a Unix shell, which is a command-line interpreter that provides a user interface for the Unix operating system and for Unix-like systems. This lesson will cover a small number of basic commands. By the end ... -
Intuitive Confidence Reflects Speed of Initial Responses in Point Spread Predictions
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)Previous research has revealed that intuitive confidence is an important predictor of how people choose between intuitive and non-intuitive alternatives. Two studies were conducted to investigate the determinants of intuitive ... -
Investigating Children’s Naturalistic Explorations in a Living History Museum
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-12)Researchers have taken the approach of examining children’s learning in more naturalistic settings such as museums, science centers, and zoos (e.g., Sobel & Jipson, 2015), as in-lab experiments do not resemble the situations ... -
Investigating Learner Beliefs Using the Lego Serious Play Method
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)The study of L2 learner beliefs explores the attitudes, knowledge, and assumptions students adopt when they learn a language (Kalaja & Barcelos, 2006). Previous research had focused on learner differences in areas like ... -
Investigating positive and threat-based awe in natural and built environments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-17)Staggeringly immense or beautiful awe-inspiring structures, such as religious monumental architecture, have long been important to human culture and society. With the emerging psychological literature on awe, a nascent ... -
Investigating Spatial Working Memory and Saccadic Remapping Processes in Healthy Young and Elderly Participants
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-28)Additional cognitive deficits, including impairments in spatial working memory and/or saccadic remapping processes, have recently been implicated in unilateral neglect – a neurological condition classically characterized ... -
Investigating the frequency of spontaneously generated social and temporal between-individual comparisons
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)Social and temporal comparison researchers to date have only looked at comparisons involving the self. The present investigation aims to extend comparison theory by examining social and temporal comparisons people make of ... -
Investigating the Impact of Cooperative Communication Mechanics on Player Performance in Portal 2
(Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society, 2016-06)Cooperative communication mechanics, such as avatar gestures or in-game visual pointers, enable player collaboration directly through gameplay. We currently lack a deeper understanding of how players use cooperative ...