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The relationship between children's executive functioning, theory of mind, and verbal skills with their own and others' behaviour in a cooperative context: Changes in relations from early to middle school-age
(Wiley, 2017-02-28)Learning to behave in socially competent ways is an essential component of children's development. This study examined the relations between children's social, communicative, and cognitive skills and their behaviours during ... -
The Relationship between Metamotivational Knowledge and Performance
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-20)Self-regulation research increasingly highlights the performance trade-offs of different motivational states. For instance, eager motivation promotes performance on divergent creativity tasks (e.g., brainstorming), and ... -
The Relative Performance of International Students and Their Academic Program Choices
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-18)Canada is increasingly looking to international students as a source of postsecondary tuition revenues and new immigrants. In Chapter 1, we examine the relative course grades of international undergraduate students in an ... -
Relics of Roman Identity: Antiquities Collection and Cultural Memory in the Palazzo del Bufalo, Rome, c. 1450 – 1600 CE
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-15)The rapid urban development in Renaissance Rome meant constant excavation and the daily (re)discovery of antique arts and artefacts from the city’s rich classical past. As Rome’s new population began to unearth the domain ... -
Religion in the Ranks: Religion in the Canadian Forces in the 21st Century
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)Religion in the Ranks offers insights into the role of religion in the modern bureaucratic institution of the Canadian Forces and the nature of religious identity among its personnel. This study of religion in a modern ... -
Religion, Land and Democracy in Canadian Indigenous-State Relations
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-22)Many indigenous communities perceive an intimate connection between land and religion, and land has, and continues to remain, at the heart of indigenous-state relations. This dissertation examines how philosophies of land ... -
Religion, Non-Belief, Spirituality and Social Behaviour among North American Millennials
(2019-09-19)This report stems from the SSHRC-funded research project Surveying Millennials’ Nonreligious Homophily and Social Distance, led by principal investigator Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, assistant professor in the Department of ... -
RELPH: A Computational Model for Human Decision Making
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-19)The updating process, which consists of building mental models and adapting them to the changes occurring in the environment, is impaired in neglect patients. A simple rock-paper-scissors experiment was conducted in our ... -
Remembering Faces in Different Places: The Influence of Context on Face Memory
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-25)How context affects memory is the central focus of the six experiments making up this PhD thesis. In these experiments, pictures of faces were presented in an incidental encoding phase, paired with a variety of indoor and ... -
Renaissance Texts, Medieval Subjectivities: Vernacular Genealogies of English Petrarchism from Wyatt to Wroth
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-03)This dissertation investigates the symbolic presence of medieval forms of textual selfhood in early modern English Petrarchan poetry. Undertaking a systematic re-reading of a significant body of English Petrarchism through ... -
Renaturalizing the Individual with Borderline Personality Disorder
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-24)Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is among the most troubling Personality Disorders. Individuals with the disorder have exaggerated fears of abandonment, distorted self-identity and problems in interpersonal relationships, ... -
Renegotiating Family-School Relationships Among Indigenous Peoples in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-07)Academic success in public schools is facilitated by strong bonds between families and schools, including a shared sense of purpose and mutual trust and understanding (Lareau, 1987, 2000, 2002, 2011; Lareau and Weininger, ... -
Rentier 2.0: Entrepreneurship Promotion and the (Re)Imagination of Political Economy in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)This dissertation provides an examination of the recent phenomenon of entrepreneurship and innovation promotion in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Through the use of the structured, focused comparison method, ... -
Renunciation and the Householder/Renouncer Relation in the New Kadampa Tradition
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)Founded by the Tibetan-British monk Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1991, the New Kadampa Tradition – International Kadampa Buddhist Union (NKT-IKBU) is a fast-growing and controversial transnational Buddhist network that has ... -
Repairs of Time References in Psychodiagnostic Talks
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)This paper explores interaction in psychotherapy. The main object of research are the situa-tions in which patients show difficulties in formulating time frames or temporally organiz-ing life events. The data was collected ... -
Reparatursequenzen in L2-Prüfungen: Positionierung und Fokus auf Form
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)In this thesis, repair and positioning are examined with respect to second language learners. The data employed in this analysis consists of oral examinations taken by students of German. These data comprise 22 tape ... -
Replacing Sound Assumptions: Rediscovered Narratives of Post War Northern British Columbia
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Through a close analysis of a regional public radio archive, this dissertation reveals how residents of northern British Columbia defined their identities, expressed discontent, and revealed their aspirations and expectations ... -
Representational Queerness Within Marvel’s Loki: Liminality through Identity, Genre, and Medium
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-02)Loki, a prominent Norse god and more recently prominent Marvel character, is entwined with an understanding of liminal queerness. Part of the broader notion of liminal queerness is its relationship to questions of identity ... -
Representations of Violent Women in Popular Culture and World Politics: The Mothers, Monsters, Whores, and Penitents of Young Adult Fantasy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-21)As young adult fiction has surged in popularity over the past decade, a popular new sub-genre has emerged. These novels feature high-fantasy stories with young female heroines who are fighters, assassins, spies, and rebel ... -
La represéntation des femmes espagnoles dans la Relation du voyage d'Espagne (1691) de Madame d'Aulnoy
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-01)Cette analyse a pour objet d'étude la Relation du voyage d'Espagne (1691) de Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Bameville, comtesse d'Aulnoy. L'objectif de ce travail consiste à définir la represéntation faite par Madame d'Aulnoy ...