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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 ... -
Divergent effects of distance versus velocity disturbances on emotional experiences during goal pursuit
(American Psychological Association, 2017-07-01)Disturbances are factors outside of a person’s control that influence goal progress. Although disturbances are typically included in theoretical accounts of goal pursuit, relatively little empirical research has explicitly ... -
Diversity Climate Perceptions and Employee Turnover Intentions: The Importance of Racial Group Identification
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)The workplace diversity climate shapes our perceptions of our workplaces and influences our intentions to leave or stay with an organization. In two studies we test how two variables – racial group membership and racial ... -
Do cognitive processes mediate the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and health related outcomes?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressful life events that occur during development. It is well-established that ACE exposure has negative downstream implications for a broad range of health-related behaviors, ... -
Do Inclusive Norms and Diversity Statements Increase Intended Allyship and Advocacy Against Discrimination?
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-14)Many companies signal support for diversity (e.g., via statements and training) yet show group-based disparities, with people of color or women underrated or underpaid relative to White or male coworkers. For White women, ... -
Do Older and Younger Adults Use and Benefit from Memory Aids?
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-01)This research examines age differences in the use and value of memory compensation strategies for everyday memory tasks. Chapter 1 reviews the literature on memory compensation and aging. According to Selective Optimization ... -
Dodging Monsters and Dancing with Dreams: Success and Failure at Different Levels of Approach and Avoidance
(SAGE Publications, 2013-07-01)Many models of motivation suggest that goals can be arranged in a hierarchy, ranging from higher-level goals that represent desired end-states to lower-level means that operate in the service of those goals. We present a ... -
Does Affirming the Self Decrease the Desire to Join a Gang?
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-18)Young people are being lured into gang life through many factors including bad decision making and the influence of their peers. My study suggests that there are alternatives to coercive suppression through law enforcement ... -
Does caring for yourself lead to seeking care from others? Investigating the relationship between self-compassion and interpersonal emotion regulation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-11)The benefits of self-compassion for intrapersonal emotion regulation have been well-documented, but few studies to date have examined how self-compassion might relate to the use of interpersonal strategies that aim to ... -
Does Posture Influence the Stroop Effect ?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-23)Rosenbaum, Mama, and Algom (2017, Psychological Science, 28, 1864-1867) reported that participants completing the Stroop task (i.e., name the hue of a colour word when the hue and word meaning are congruent or incongruent), ... -
Does the Squeaky Wheel Get the Grease? Negative Expressivity and Partner Responsiveness in Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Feeling that a partner is responsive to one’s needs is crucial to intimacy (Reis, Clark, & Holmes, 2004). Just as the well-known expression, “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” suggests that people who voice the most ... -
Does unfairness have a ripple effect? The impact of independent and interdependent self-construals
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-22)In the present research, I examine whether independent and interdependent self-construals influence behaviour toward innocent others following unfair treatment from an authority. Fairness researchers have documented many ...