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Examining the Physiological and Subjective Effects of Near-misses in Smartphone Games
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-03)Like many gambling games, the exceedingly popular and lucrative smartphone game “Candy Crush Saga” features near-miss outcomes. In slot machines, a near-miss involves getting two of the needed three high-paying symbols on ... -
Examining the relationship between boredom and creativity
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-08)Popular sentiment expresses that boredom leads to creativity despite a lack of research investigating the relationship explicitly. Across two experiments this thesis examined the relations between both state and trait ... -
Executive functioning moderates associations between shyness and pragmatic abilities
(Wiley, 2020-09-26)While elevated shyness is associated with weaker pragmatic language abilities for some children, not all shy children demonstrate pragmatic challenges. Understanding the factors that may account for this variability is ... -
Exogenous Cuing and Perceptual Matching Judgments of Orientation and Motion
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-03)A series of experiments is described which uses a perceptual matching approach to study the effect of exogenous visual cues on perception of static and dynamic stimuli. Analogous experiments were carried out for orientation ... -
Expanding the Role of Power in Employees’ Interpretations of and Reactions to Leader Behaviors
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-13)Though research on the impact of leader behaviors is generally grounded in the notion that organizational leaders hold formal power over subordinate employees, this conceptualization overlooks the power that employees may ... -
An experimental study of hand washing in people with high and normative contamination fear
(Elsevier, 2021-01)Compulsions are the hall mark of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) but there has been surprisingly little research on their phenomenology and persistence, and much of this work has focused on checking compulsions. The ... -
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Partners’ Offers of Amends and Expressions of Responsiveness on Forgiveness for Real-life Transgressions in Romantic Relationships
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-18)Research has shown that forgiveness promotes individual psychological well-being as well as positive relationship functioning. Moreover, couples themselves report that forgiving is one of the most important reasons that ... -
An Exploration of the Correlates and Causes of Boredom
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-19)Boredom has been defined as self-regulatory signal which tells us that whatever we are currently doing is failing to keep us engaged, pushing us to seek out more satisfying alternatives. It is a negatively valenced experience ... -
Exploring associations between response inhibition and emotion: Effects of valence, motivation, information processing style and emotional reactivity
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-27)Several theoretical accounts postulate an influence of mood on response inhibition, a central component of executive function (EF) that refers to withholding pre-potent responses that are inappropriate within a particular ... -
Exploring Contributions of Liking and Wanting to the Intention-Behaviour Link
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-26)People often express intentions to pursue positive behavioural changes, but successful behaviour change is difficult to implement. Despite one’s good intentions, behaviours are not always carried out as planned (the ... -
Exploring Sequential Choice Task Strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-14)The current study provides evidence that individuals tend to adopt an integrative choice strategy when making sequential decisions under conditions of uncertainty. This contrasts with prior literature which proposes that ... -
Exploring the asymmetrical representation of causal relations in semantic memory
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)The current study provides evidence for the dissociation between two types of asymmetries in relations within semantic memory: those due to unidirectional associative strength (e.g., Kahan, Neely & Forsythe, 1999), and the ... -
Exploring the cognitive correlates of boredom in traumatic brain injury (TBI).
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-28)Boredom is a common human experience, yet little is known about its underlying neural mechanisms. This thesis first set out to investigate the construct of boredom and more closely examined its relationship to phenomenologically ... -
Exploring the complexities of value creation: The role of engagement strength
(John Wiley & Sons, 2009-03-25)Regulatory engagement theory (Higgins, 2006; Higgins & Scholer, 2009) proposes that engagement strength plays a critical role in the creation of value intensity. We discuss the ways in which engagement, in this model, can ... -
Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Gender Differences in Statistical Reasoning: A Multipronged Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)The past two decades have seen a substantial increase in the availability of numerical data that individuals are faced with on a daily basis. In addition, research uncovering the multiple facets of statistical reasoning ... -
Exploring the Relationship between Self-Regulation and Boredom
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-26)The following two studies examined the relationship between various aspects of self-regulation, boredom proneness and the experience of boredom. Prior research on trait boredom has demonstrated that it is often related to ... -
Exploring the Restorative Effects of Nature: Testing A Proposed Visuospatial Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)In this thesis, the restorative effects of exposure to nature are examined through the lens of existing restoration theories. Limitations of existing theories, such as Attention Restoration Theory and Psycho-evolutionary ... -
Exploring the utility of state-level wise reasoning: New assessment and facilitation methods
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-11)Wisdom is considered the apex of human development, exemplified in various cultural traditions by optimal, balanced judgment and decision making that benefits others and the self. Contemporary psychological accounts ... -
An eye (region) sensitivity during early face perception: The N170 is modulated by facial context and featural fixation
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-20)The N170 is a face-sensitive ERP component that also demonstrates a particular sensitivity to the eyes. Specifically, the N170 responds maximally to isolated eye regions (i.e., two eyes), as well as to eye fixations within ... -
Eye gaze and head orientation modulate the inhibition of return for faces
(Springer, 2015-11-01)The present study used an inhibition of return (IOR) spatial cueing paradigm to examine how gaze direction and head orientation modulate attention capture for human faces. Target response time (RT) was measured after the ...