Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Type "Doctoral Thesis"
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“The Art of Getting Drunk:” Martial Masculinity, Alcohol, and the British Army in the Canadas in the War of 1812
(University of Waterloo, 2023-02-14)This thesis argues that alcohol consumption, both real and perceived, played a key role in the construction and negotiation of masculine identities within the British army in the Canadas during the early nineteenth century. ... -
The Asian-White Leadership Gap: Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Explanations Based on Leader and Follower Stereotypes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)Despite demonstrating high levels of academic and professional competence, Asians are underrepresented in North American organizational leadership roles. The limited research on this issue has found that Asian Americans ... -
Aspects et portée dialogiques de l'écriture romanesque (1994-2010) de Michel Houellebecq
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-30)Ma thèse porte sur l’esthétique et l’idéologie dans l’œuvre romanesque de Michel Houellebecq en me fondant principalement sur la notion barthienne du plaisir et celle du dialogisme bakhtinien pour faire ressortir la ... -
Asylum and the Politics of Irregularization: Refugee Claimants and Toronto’s Everyday Places
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-25)While Canada is touted as having a universal healthcare system, not all of its residents have access to it, particularly precarious status noncitizens such as refugee claimants. As a signatory of international refugee ... -
ATTENTION AND THE PARIETAL CORTEX: INVESTIGATIONS OF SPATIAL NEGLECT, OPTIC ATAXIA, AND THE INFLUENCE OF PRISM ADAPTATION ON ATTENTION
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-25)Some authors have argued that the primary function of the posterior parietal cortex is to control visual attention and awareness, whereas others have argued that the posterior parietal cortex is specialized for controlling ... -
Aural, Ocular, and Sequential Rhetoric in Two Contemporary American Stories, in Prose and Film: Patterns of Anxiety in Fight Club and The Road
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-21)The dissertation rhetorically examines anxiety and fear in Fight Club and The Road, in their both cinematic and prose versions, texts that reflect a mood of contemporary American society that has been characterized by ... -
Authenticity and Enhancement
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-31)Wanting to change ourselves is nothing new; the means with which we are able to do so are. With our ever-advancing technology, the physical and mental aspects of ourselves that we can target and change are continually ... -
Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case Study in Causation and Explanation in Psychiatric Conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-28)This thesis discusses epistemological and ethical issues in classifi cation and diagnosisof psychiatric conditions, and briefly discusses realism about psychiatric conditions. I use autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as a case ... -
A “BAD APPLE” OR A “SPOILED BARREL”?: OBSERVING OVERT RACISM PREDICTS DIVERGING PERCEPTIONS OF RACISM AND RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-03)Blacks and Whites draw different interpretations of the blatant racism that they witness, even when their reactions appear to be identical. Across three studies, we hypothesized that Blacks would endorse the idea that ... -
Baring Your Soul: The Good, the Bad, and the Bad Again
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-06)People with lower self-esteem (LSEs) exhibit a paradoxical pattern of self-disclosure (Wood & Forest, 2016). On one hand, they self-disclose less overall than people with higher self-esteem (HSEs), seemingly to protect ... -
Basic Processes in Reading: The Role of Spatial Attention in Visual Word Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-01)The present thesis is concerned with the role of spatial attention in visual word processing. Eleven experiments are reported each of which consists of the combination of a manipulation of spatial attention (i.e., cue ... -
Being a South Tyrolean: Examining Identity in Conversation and Linguistic Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-26)In this dissertation, I examine the role of language in the enacting of identity in the German-speaking community in the province of South Tyrol, Italy. Within this province on the border between Austria and Italy, the ... -
The benefits and boundary conditions of drawing on episodic memory
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)Drawing, as an encoding strategy for to-be-remembered words, has previously been shown to provide robust episodic memory benefits in young adults. In this dissertation, I provide experimental evidence that drawing enhances ... -
'The Best Covered War in History': Intimate Perspectives from the Battlefields of Iraq
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-28)This study examines combat operations from the 2003 invasion of Iraq from the “ground up.” It utilizes unique first-person accounts that offer insights into the realities of modern warfare which include effects on soldiers, ... -
Beyond Academia: Examining the Versatile Career Paths of PhDs
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-14)This dissertation employs a mixed-methods approach to examine the career transitions of Canadian PhDs. Moving beyond dichotomous definitions of PhD outcomes (as “academic” or “non-academic”) this research aims to identify ... -
Beyond causality: Heuristics for inferring possibility
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-07)Deciding what is possible is an essential human ability, and our judgments about possibility often appear effortless and straightforward. But how do we actually decide whether something is possible or impossible? This ... -
Beyond positive affect: enhancing our understanding of diminished positive emotions and experiences in social anxiety
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-28)Social anxiety disorder (SAD) has been found to be associated with decreased positive affect (PA) that is not attributable to depression or comorbidity with other disorders (e.g., Kashdan, 2007). Despite this, little is ... -
Black Frontiers: Race, Region, and Myth in African American Westerns, 1854-1954
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-04)Up until the 1960s the African American West remained largely unexamined in scholarship and, when examined, was marked for its historical absence or, as Eric Gardner notes, “limited to brief biographical asides focusing ... -
Blending in at the Cost of Losing Oneself: The Cyclical Relationship between Social Anxiety, Self-Disclosure, and Self-Uncertainty
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-18)Recent research has demonstrated that high social anxiety is associated with uncertainty about one’s self views and self-concept (Moscovitch et al., 2009; Stopa et al., 2010; Wilson & Rapee, 2006). However, no research has ... -
Bourassa’s War: Henri Bourassa and the First World War
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-26)This dissertation examines the perspective of French Canadian nationalist Henri Bourassa during the First World War from 1914-1918. Bourassa was one of the best-known voices rejecting the war’s purpose and value in Canada. ...