Browsing Arts (Faculty of) by Title
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Television in Literature
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)In this master thesis I discuss a topic which is highly neglected. We do see people reading all the time. When we see a person holding a book in his or her hands in the bus, we associate this person as being smart and ... -
Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-09)Tell All The Truth But Tell It Slant is an exhibition of sculpture and drawings that focuses attention on the socio-political turmoil brought about by the ruling system in Iran. It also speaks to a shared melancholia in ... -
Telling the Stories, Branding the Land: Examining Regional Narratives and Texts in Northern Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-23)This ecocritical study analyzes literary works and narratives related to northern Alberta. It establishes correlations between the way the land, history, and culture have been represented in these buried texts and the ... -
Tempering optimistic bias in temporal predictions: The role of psychological distance in the unpacking effect
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-20)People typically underestimate the time it will take them to complete tasks, even when they are familiar with the process of executing those tasks (the “planning fallacy”; Kahneman & Tversky, 1979; Buehler, Griffin & Ross, ... -
Temporal Dynamics in the Interpersonal Behaviour and Perceptions of Romantic Partners
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-14)The current study investigates romantic partners’ perceptions of their own and their partner’s interpersonal behaviour as they unfold continuously over the course of an interaction. In particular, we examine the types of ... -
Temporality and the Phenomena of Addiction and Recovery: Phenomenology, Symbolic Interaction and the Meaning/Interpretation Debate
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)This thesis is a hermeneutic phenomenological investigation of the phenomenon of addiction, particularly alcohol addiction. My thesis draws heavily from the phenomenological school of hermeneutic phenomenology, in particular ... -
Tenderly and Fearfully Made
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-23)This paper is a reflection on my research into line in space, and how the contemporary Modernist white cube gallery operates as a inhabited space for this research. -
Testing the Biosocial Theory of Borderline Personality Disorder: The Association of Temperament, Early Environment, Emotional Experience, Self-Regulation and Decision-Making
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-14)Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), as defined by the DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000), is a multifaceted mental illness characterized by pervasive instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, affect and behavior. Despite ... -
Testing the spatial affordance hypothesis: Evidence from factor analysis, mathematical models, and behavioural analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)This thesis attempts to explain the apparent link between how we navigate the world around us and the physical properties that define that world. Despite a number of works indicating the substantial effect of the layout ... -
Textes missionnaires dans l’espace francophone
(Canadian Society for Renaissance Studies / Société canadienne d'études de la Renaissance, 2015-05)Guy Poirier aborde, dans cet article, les points de réflexion qui ont amené à la création du partenariat « Textes missionnaires dans l’espace francophone », et notamment les questions liées aux nouvelles études sur les ... -
“That’s Gold, Jerry, Gold!”: The Sophisticated Contradiction at the Heart of Stand-Up Comedy
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-15)This dissertation examines the word “sophisticated” by re-situating it within the Greek tradition and explicating how such a move informs a study of humor and amusement. In regard to “techniques and theories,” the OED ... -
A Theological Assessment of Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer on the Christological Foundations of Ethics
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-23)This thesis aims to contribute to an answer to the question, “What would a philosophy, and more specifically, an ethics, based on Christ, look like?” My first contention is that we find, in the ethical thinking of Karl ... -
A theoretical and empirical investigation into the economic relationship between forested watersheds and water treatment costs
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-13)Forests around the world are believed to perform important chemical and nutrient retention functions. Chemical concentration levels have been found to be lower in surface water bodies located in areas with a higher forest ... -
A Theory of Gamification Principles Through Goal-Setting Theory
(Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2018-01-03)Goal-setting theory has been used for decades to explain how to motivate people to perform better in work-related tasks, but more recently gamification has also gained attention as an alternative method to increase engagement ... -
Therapeutic Benefits of an Enhanced Video Feedback Intervention for Socially Anxious Individuals
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-29)Video feedback (VF) has been widely integrated into cognitive behavioural treatment protocols for socially anxious individuals due to its presumed efficacy in improving negative self-perception and reducing underestimations ... -
Therapeutic Benefits of an Enhanced Video Feedback Intervention for Socially Anxious Individuals
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)Video feedback (VF) has been widely integrated into cognitive behavioural treatment protocols for socially anxious individuals due to its presumed efficacy in improving negative self-perception and reducing underestimations ... -
“They Built a Kingdom”: Developing a Free Reformed Church Community in Southern Ontario, 1950-1976
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-29)This thesis investigates the establishment and development of a religious community of immigrants from the Netherlands to Canada, whose lives centered around a small denomination called the Free Reformed Churches of North ... -
Thinking the Impossible: Counterfactual Conditionals, Impossible Cases, and Thought Experiments
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-22)In this thesis I present an account of the formal semantics of counterfactuals that systematically deals with impossible antecedents. This, in turn, allows us to gain a richer understanding of what makes certain thought ... -
The Third Distinction of Michael Scot's Liber quattuor distinctionum: a window into the social world of astrologers in the early thirteenth century
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)Michael Scot remains an under-studied figure of the early thirteenth century, in particular with regard to his main original work, the Liber introductorius. This work has never been comprehensively edited, although several ... -
Thirsty Land into Springs of Water: Negotiating a Place in Canada as Latter-day Saints, 1887-1947
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-17)This dissertation examines how Latter-day Saints—originally an American tradition—expanded into an international religion beginning with their settlement on Canadian soil. The “Americanization thesis” promoted by scholars ...