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Written Emotional Disclosure about Potential Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-28)According to leading psychosocial models of worry, the reduced imagery and concreteness of worries may prevent emotional processing and ultimately maintain fear. Given that Pennebaker’s written emotional disclosure paradigm ... -
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, ... -
The Stroop Effect: Why Proportion Congruent has Nothing to do with Congruency and Everything to do with Contingency
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-17)Participants are slower to identify the print colour of incongruent colour words (e.g., the word ORANGE printed in green) than of congruent colour words (e.g., ORANGE printed in orange). The difference in time between these ... -
Grapheme-Colour Synaesthesia Influences Overt Visual Attention
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-17)Synaesthesia is a fascinating condition in which ordinary stimuli elicit extraordinary sensory experiences. For example, specific tastes may elicit unusual tactile sensations and standard black letters may elicit highly ... -
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 ... -
Visual Word Recognition: Evidence for Global and Local Control over Semantic Feedback
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)Two semantic priming experiments in the context of lexical decision are reported that examine the joint effects of stimulus quality, semantic context, and strength of association when all these factors are intermixed in a ... -
BELIEVABLE BUT NOT MEMORABLE: EXAMINING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BELIEVABILITY AND MEMORABILITY OF EVIDENCE AS IT AFFECTS INFERENCES
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Dual-process theories of reasoning (e.g., Gilbert, 1991; Stanovich & West, 1997) posit that decisions are mediated by two cognitive systems: a fast and automatic system which sometimes relies on past knowledge, and a ... -
Inducing Slips of Action: Creating a Window Into Attention Failures
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Many of our daily activities are achieved through goal-oriented routines which illustrates the adaptability and efficiency of information processing. Nevertheless, slips of action do occur. This study was designed to ... -
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 ... -
Confronting the intractable: An evaluation of the Seeds of Peace experience
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-04)This study investigated the impact of participation in the Seeds of Peace International Summer Camp program on attitudes toward perceived enemies and in-group members. Specifically, individuals’ social dominance orientation, ... -
Why and when workplace interactions can go wrong: Multilevel mediation and moderation of workplace social stressor-strain relations
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-16)Negative interpersonal workplace behaviours are an important but relatively infrequently studied occupational-stressor. The present research investigated the connection between these behaviours and employee well-being. ... -
UNDERLYING COGNITIVE PROCESSES IN READING, MATH, AND COMORBID READING AND MATH LEARNING DISABILITIES
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-24)The performance of 223 Grade 4 children, with Average overall IQ and no disability (ND), or reading disability (RD), or math disability (MD), or reading/math disability (RD+MD), was compared on theoretically-derived factors ... -
Verbal Repetition in the Reappraisal of Contamination-Related Thoughts
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a therapeutic approach that emphasizes the alteration of the relationship one has towards one’s thoughts, rather than attempting to change the content of thoughts. It seeks to promote ... -
What you don't know can help you: Intuitive processing of incomplete visual stimuli
(University of Waterloo, 2008-02-12)Intuition is an innate ability through which human beings acquire knowledge about the world around them. Throughout history people have speculated about how intuition operates and about the accuracy and usefulness of ... -
ATTENTION AND THE PARIETAL CORTEX: INVESTIGATIONS OF SPATIAL NEGLECT, OPTIC ATAXIA, AND THE INFLUENCE OF PRISM ADAPTATION ON ATTENTION
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-25)Some authors have argued that the primary function of the posterior parietal cortex is to control visual attention and awareness, whereas others have argued that the posterior parietal cortex is specialized for controlling ... -
Predicting Smoking Behaviour Among Pregnant Smokers Using the Reasons Model and Self-Determination Theory
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-06)The dangerous health effects of smoking during pregnancy and during the postpartum period are well-established, yet a significant proportion of pregnant women continue to smoke despite being aware of the health risks and ... -
Overcoming acceptance insensitivity: Increasing low self-esteem individuals' perceptions of value to their partners
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-09)People with low self-esteem (LSEs) often have doubts about how much their romantic partners love and value them. These doubts, which undermine their relationships, are difficult to overcome because LSEs tend to downplay ... -
How interactions with sexist men can undermine women's performance in engineering and mathematics
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-14)The present research examined how interactions with sexist men can trigger stereotype threat among women, undermining their engineering and mathematical performance. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the literatures on ... -
Motivational Differences in Feedback-Seeking Intentions: A Cultural Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-17)Two studies examined cultural differences in the propensity to seek performance feedback using an experimental policy-capturing design. Findings demonstrated differences between European-Canadians and Chinese participants ... -
How Members of Majority and Victimized Groups Respond to Government Redress for Historical Harms
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-21)Scholars speculate that government apologies and compensation for historical injustices promote forgiveness and reconciliation, as well as psychologically benefit members of the victimized group. However, they have not ...