Browsing Psychology by Type "Master Thesis"
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Actor-Partner Effects and the Differential Roles of Depression and Anxiety in Intimate Relationships: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis.
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-01)Past studies examining the role of psychopathology in intimate relationships have largely focused on the construct of depression, both as a cause and consequence of relationship distress. In contrast, far less attention ... -
Adaptive Memory: Investigating the Survival Processing of Faces
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-01)It has been consistently found that words exhibit a mnemonic benefit when processed according to their relevance to a survival scenario (Nairne, Thompson, & Pandeirada, 2007). However, when Savine, Scullin, and Roediger ... -
Addressing Basic Psychological Needs Fulfillment, Autonomous Motivation, and Working Alliance in Psychotherapy
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-25)According to many sources (e.g., Horvath & Symonds, 1991; Martin, Garske, & Davis, 2000; Safran & Muran, 2006; Wampold et al., 1997; Zuroff & Blatt, 2006), common factors found in all psychological treatments are more ... -
Adolescent Social Functioning: The Role of Parental Reflective Functioning and Adolescent Mentalizing in Predicting Adolescent Prosocial Behaviour and Peer Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)Adolescence is a critical developmental period in which social relationships become especially influential, with social functioning producing a number of important downstream effects for adolescent’s psychological and ... -
Affective Identity Predicts Entrepreneurial Intent with Two Forms of Self-Entrepreneur Congruence
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Vocational psychologists have theorized that the congruence between self and occupations is the key to find fulfilling careers for individuals (Vondracek & Porfeli, 2011). However, the typical use of vocational interests ... -
Age-related changes in the neural and cognitive processes relating to memory retrieval under conditions of full and divided attention.
(University of Waterloo, 2006)We examined the neural and cognitive processes engaged during auditory verbal recognition performance under full attention (FA) and divided attention (DA) conditions in younger and older adults. Recognition was disrupted ... -
The Alliance as a Prerequisite to Emotional Processing in Psychotherapy
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-23)The quality of the therapeutic alliance has been shown to predict treatment outcomes across approaches to psychotherapy. However, the underlying mechanism by which the alliance leads to improvement remains to be clarified. ... -
Approach Motivation Gives Rise to Meaning in Life
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-18)Coherence, purpose, and significance have emerged as the three contributors to meaning in life. Current theories have primarily emphasized coherence as key to meaning, neglecting purpose and significance. A theoretical ... -
Are screens to blame? Children’s digital media use and emotional problems during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-03)This study examined the relationship between digital media (“screen use”) and mental health in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. A multinational sample of caregivers (n = 549) provided bi-monthly reports on their ... -
Assessing the association between the error-related ERPs and trait anxiety using mass univariate statistics
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)Enhanced error monitoring, as reflected in increased amplitude of the error-related negativity (ERN) ERP component, has been suggested to be a vulnerability neuro-marker of anxiety disorders. However, the association between ... -
Attachment and Sexual Communication Behaviour
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-06)Attachment theory is one of the major theoretical frameworks for understanding romantic relationships. Attachment styles are formed through interactions with caregivers, and shape an individual’s expectations of subsequent ... -
Auditory target identification in a visual search task
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Previous research has shown that simultaneous auditory identification of the target in a visual search task can lead to more efficient (i. e. ?flatter?) search functions (Spivey et al. , 2001). Experiment 1 replicates ... -
Automaticity Revisited: When Print Doesn't Activate Semantics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-16)It is widely accepted that the presentation of a printed word “automatically” triggers processing that ends with full semantic activation. This processing, among other characteristics, is held to occur without intention, ... -
Awe-Inducing Interior Space: Architectural Causes and Cognitive Effects
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-27)The purpose of the present work was to investigate whether religious monumental architecture facilitates religious feeling by inducing a sense of awe. In order to elucidate how church interiors elicit awe and otherwise ... -
Barking at Emotionally-Laden Words: The Role of Attention
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-02)It has long been held that processing at the single word level during reading is automatic. However, research has recently begun to emerge that challenges this view. The literature surrounding the processing of emotion ... -
Basic Processes in Reading: Spatial Attention as a Necessary Preliminary to Lexical/Semantic Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-21)The question of whether words can be identified without spatial attention has been a topic of considerable interest over the last five and a half decades, but the literature has yielded mixed conclusions. Some studies show ... -
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 ... -
Betting on the Unexpected: The Effect of Expectation Matching on Choice Strategies in a Binary Choice Task
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-17)Probability matching is the tendency to predict outcomes in accordance with their actual contingencies in a binary choice task. It is, however, a suboptimal response if the aim is to maximize correct predictions. I review ... -
Beyond the emotional impact of dissonance: Inharmonic music elicits greater cognitive interference than does harmonic music
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-29)The present research evaluates whether task-irrelevant inharmonic music produces greater interference with cognitive performance than task-irrelevant harmonic music. Participants completed either an auditory (Experiments ... -
Bicultural Identity Integration at Work: Effects of Identity Conflict on Role Conflict Perceptions and Exhaustion
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)Identifying with more than one culture has been found to confer numerous benefits, including greater psychological and emotional well-being. However, it is not clear how bicultural identity integration (BII; defined as ...