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Demonstrating the Impact of Identity-Congruence in Career Intentions: Application of Affect Control Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-04)The purpose of the dissertation was to demonstrate that identity-congruence contributes to understanding career intentions, using operationalizations of identity-congruence that avoid serious deficiencies in prior attempts ... -
The Desire to Act: Exploring Situational, Dispositional and Genetic Correlates of a Fundamental Motivational State
(University of Waterloo, 2019-07-02)Animals do not simply act to survive and maximize pleasure. They also act for the sake of action itself. Although such intrinsically motivated actions are ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom, the mechanisms by which ... -
Destination Memory: Stop Me If I Told You This Already
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-21)Consider a common social interaction: Two people must each attend to and remember the other person’s behaviour while also keeping track of their own responses. Knowledge of what one said to whom is important for subsequent ... -
Determinants of Cognitive Offloading: Toward a Metacognitive Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-22)Individuals frequently make use of the body and environment when engaged in a cognitive task. For example, individuals will often spontaneously physically rotate when faced with rotated objects, such as an array of words, ... -
Determinants of Object Persistence: The Role of Cue Type, Cue Duration and Cue Strength
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)Four experiments investigated object persistence in conscious awareness as a function of the nature of the cues that permit the object to be segregated from the background, and identified. A number of factors were manipulated ... -
Developing Knowledge of Polysemous Vocabulary
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-08)This study investigated the development of knowledge of vocabulary including multiple meanings of words during the school years. Twenty children from each of Grades 2, 5, 8, and 11 were tested for their knowledge of all ... -
The Development and Validation of a Measure of a “Tender Conscience” and Its Relation to Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-03)Cognitive behavioural models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suggest that catastrophic misinterpretations of intrusive thoughts are at the heart of this disorder’s onset and maintenance (Salkovskis, 1985; Rachman, ... -
Development of a measure of visuomotor control for assessing the long-term ef fects of concussion
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-29)Recently, researchers have found evidence that after a concussion, residual visuomotor control deficits may linger longer than working memory or psychomotor speed deficits. All of the major computer administered test ... -
Development of an Efficient and Broadly Applicable Measure of Case Conceptualization Quality
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-17)Case conceptualizations are seen as important to the provision of effective and efficient psychological interventions. In creating a case conceptualization, a clinician summarizes information obtained during a course of ... -
The development of integrating number and proportion in probabilistic decision-making
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-22)The ability to integrate multiple pieces of information and use it to guide decision-making is an essential part of everyday reasoning. While it may not seem like it, the information in our environments is often numerical ... -
Developmental and Current Relational Influences on Motivations Toward Academic Identity
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)The purpose of the present study was to assess the developmental and current relational variables that play a role in the development and maintenance of academic identity. Specifically, I was interested in identifying ... -
Developmental and Situational Factors Contributing to Changes in Eating Behaviour in First-Year Undergraduate Women
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-28)The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the importance of developmental history and current life events in predicting changes in eating behaviour in undergraduate women. The developmental variables tested were ... -
The Differential Influence of Strategy Selection and Implementation on Probability Matching in a Binary Prediction Task
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-08)Probability Matching is a common and suboptimal strategy often used by participants in a Binary Prediction Task. A plethora of research has examined why participants engage in Probability Matching and also what factors ... -
DIRECTION SPECIFIC COSTS TO SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY FROM SACCADIC AND SPATIAL REMAPPING
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-24)Right parietal lesions often lead to neglect, in which patients fail to attend to leftward stimuli. Recent models of neglect suggest that, in addition to attentional impairments, patients demonstrate impairments of spatial ... -
Disconnected Connections: Extending Peripersonal Space with a Virtual Hand
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-28)Peripersonal (reachable) and extrapersonal (beyond reach) space is linked to hand perception. Using a tool to reach farther than normal recalibrates previously unreachable space as peripersonal, evidenced by Intraparietal ... -
Disengagement during lectures: Media multitasking and mind wandering in university classrooms
(Elsevier, 2019-04-01)In university classrooms, the use of laptops or smartphones for purposes unrelated to the lecture is on the rise. Consequently, it is important to understand how frequently this behavior occurs, to track whether it increases ... -
Displays of Adaptive Body Image by Others: Examining Their Influence on College Women's Body Image
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-10)The negative impact of interacting with others who display maladaptive body image has been well documented. Only recently have researchers started to examine adaptive body image, thus the interpersonal impact of displays ... -
Dispositional Pathways to Trust: The Interactive Effects of Self-Esteem and Agreeableness on Trust and Negative Emotional Disclosure
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)Expressing our innermost thoughts and feelings is critical to the development of intimacy (Reis & Shaver, 1988), but also risks negative evaluation and rejection. According to risk regulation theory (Murray, Holmes, & ... -
Dissociating Response Prepotency and Response Conflict within Tasks of Action Inhibition among Individuals Scoring High on the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)Theories embedded within evolutionary neurobiology offer useful frameworks within which to understand cognitive impairment in schizophrenia (SCZ). The current research invokes the Dual Trends Theory (DTT), an evolutionary ... -
Distinguishing Low, Moderate, and High Test Anxiety
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-26)It is very common and understandable for post-secondary students to feel anxious leading up to a test. However, test anxiety can be a serious problem for some students. It is important to identify these individuals, given ...