Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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The Role of Psychological Distance in Forgiveness
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-20)My aim in the present research was to expand the literature on how to promote forgiveness by considering the role of psychological distance. Participants responded to interpersonal conflict vignettes in six experiments. ... -
The Role of Regulatory Focus Motivation in Experiencing Relationship Success
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-26)Successful close relationships lie at the heart of people’s health and happiness. Relationship science has argued for several critical relationship qualities that are essential for the maintenance and well-being of romantic ... -
The role of self-esteem and agreeableness in self-reported capitalization outcomes
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-26)Variation in self-esteem and agreeableness may determine who benefits most from capitalization. The present study investigated the role of self-esteem and agreeableness in capitalization processes in romantic relationships. ... -
The role of social information in infants’ and toddlers’ linguistic representations
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-31)In seven experiments I demonstrate that social group information plays a role in infants’ and toddlers’ speech processing. In Chapter 2, I provide evidence that 16-month-old infants index social information to their ... -
The Role of Working Memory in Deductive Reasoning: A Dual Task and Individual Differences Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)The ‘belief bias’ effect is one of the most pervasive findings in the study of syllogistic reasoning. Here, participants respond “valid” to more believable than unbelievable conclusions, regardless of the actual validity ... -
The Roles of Daily and Trait Self-Compassion in Mitigating Symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa: Findings From a Two-Week Daily Diary Study
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-12)Background: For individuals with bulimia nervosa (BN), eating pathology is largely affected by daily experiences (Crosby et al., 2009). Yet, little is known about protective factors that can mitigate bulimic symptoms ... -
Roman Catholic Women Religious and Organizational Reform in English Canada: The Ursuline and Holy Names Sisters in the Diocese of London, Ontario, 1950-1970
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-16)Adding to a growing body of research on women and religion in English Canada, this historical study offers a glimpse inside convent culture in 1950s and ’60s Ontario, an area seldom studied by Canadian historians. The ... -
Romantic Attraction towards Men and Women Consistent with Gender Stereotypes: The Role of System and Personal Control Threat
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-25)During times of economic and political uncertainty, people often feel a lack of control and security. Three studies demonstrate that the motive for a sense of control can increase the desire for a romantic partner who is ... -
Rome, the Seleukid East and the Disintegration of the Largest of the Successor Kingdoms in the 2nd Century BC
(Société Latomus, Brussels, 2019-05-18)Although Antiochos III Megas had been defeated by the Romans in 191/90 BC, his son Seleukos IV managed to consolidate it, and his youngest son Antiochos IV Epiphanes (175– 164) even became the most powerful monarch of ... -
Rumination-content and Attention in Depression
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-17)Abstract Cognitive theories of emotional disorders predict that individuals suffering from an emotional disorder exhibit increased interference for stimuli that are idiosyncratic to their disorder (Williams, Mathews, & ... -
Ruptures in Canada’s Nationalist Narrative: Situating Toronto’s Former-Yugoslav Immigrants in the Indigenous-Settler Context
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-20)With the increasing prevalence of Indigenous discourses in the public consciousness, it becomes clear that the role of immigrants in the Indigenous-Settler dynamic has yet to be understood, and is particularly understudied ... -
A Russian Way of War? Westernization of Russian Military Thought, 1757-1800
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)The present study constitutes one of the first attempts to establish the extent to which Russian military thought became westernized by the end of the eighteenth century. The task is an important one in light of Soviet and ... -
Salacious Sade and Perverted Poe: Perversity and the quest for knowledge from 1740 to 1895
(University of Waterloo, 2014)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of perversity within the Self as a quest for individual knowledge. Libertine and Gothic literature will be characterized as an individualized reflection on society’s ... -
Salvaging on the Coast of Erebus Bay: An Analysis of Inuit Interaction with Material from the Franklin Expedition
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-02)Over the course of the 19th century, many European explorers sailed in search of a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. These journeys brought them into territory occupied by Inuit, who both traded with the ... -
Scared of compassion: Fear of compassion in anxiety, mood, and non-clinical groups
(British Psychological Society, 2020-05-04)Objectives. Fear of receiving compassion from others, expressing compassion to others, and being compassionate towards oneself have been identified as potentially important factors in the persistence of depression, stress ... -
The science of navigation: An analysis of behavioural differences between good and poor wayfinders
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-15)Everyday experience suggests that certain people can find their way to a destination easily, while others have considerable difficulty. This dissertation focused on gaining a greater understanding of navigational strategies ... -
Scripting Resistance: Governance through Theatre of the Oppressed
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)Theatre of the oppressed (TO) emerged out of a rights-repressive context to challenge the way cultural institutions are created and reproduced, and to enact alternative social and political relationships. More than a form ... -
Scripting the Right to be Canadian: Immigrant Experiences, Policies, and Practices in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-22)The ways that categories of immigration are drawn and standards of successful citizenship are measured in Canadian society influence the ways that people script themselves to appear as worthy immigrant applicants and ... -
Search Party
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-17)Search Party is an installation and video exhibition that explores my identity—how it is constructed and consumed, and how representations of landscapes and discourses of ‘Canadiana’ play in its formation. Since moving ... -
Searching for a perceived gaze direction using eye tracking
(Association for Research in Visison and Ophthalmology, 2011-02-01)The purpose of the current study was to use eye tracking to better understand the “stare-in-the-crowd effect”—the notion that direct gaze is more easily detected than averted gaze in a crowd of opposite-gaze distractors. ...