Construct accessibility has been found to play an important role in the interpretation of social information. Even when a construct is primed implicitly it has been proven to have a temporary effect on person perception. The present experiment examine . . .

The purpose of this study is to examine group differences in attachment styles and relationship functioning among individuals with high and low psychopathic traits. It was hypothesized that individuals with high psychopathic traits would report greate . . .

Cognitive workload theories typically assume linear additive impacts on performance as cognitive workload increases (O'Donnell & Eggemeier, 1986; Tsang & Wilson, 1997). Meanwhile, current trends suggest inclusion of variability analysis may be of bene . . .

This study was conducted to determine the effect of hand used and input task on input device selection. Forty-two right handed subjects were tested on both hands, across three input tasks: selection, position and orientation. Input device was used as . . .

To determine how trust is affected by an interface containing the anthropomorphic representation of an intelligent agent, 593 visitors to a popular automotive Web site were surveyed on their use of an online agent-like system. The type of Personificat . . .

The effect of database linking structure on complex search task performance was examined. Database structure was either hierarchical only or hierarchical with added relational links (mixed structure). Participants were asked to provide answers to five . . .

This study examined the effects of explicit warning salience on perceived risk. The design was a 4 X 6 mixed factorial. The between-subjects variable was warning label type. Its 4 levels were reactive pictogram plus text, proactive pictogram plus text . . .

Understanding group dynamics is important in order to enhance and maintain performance of work-teams. The purpose of this thesis is to examine factors related to social loafing and social facilitation and how such factors hinder and promote teamwork. . . .

There is very little literature available regarding the relationship between neuropsychological functioning of a patient with cognitive impairment and his/her caregiver's leyel of stress or burden. The purpose of the present study was to examine the b . . .

A study was conducted for the purpose of demonstrating the effects of sex of subject, sex of target person, attributes of the target person, and search stage on the order and amount of information accession during the impression formation process. Equ . . .

Past studies have shown mixed results in the effect of presenting information in visual and auditory modalities on students' learning. Some studies suggest that presenting information in visual and auditory modalities provides more resources to workin . . .

This evaluation focused on accessing word-processing functions by testing the efficiency of predetermined key combinations often called "accelerator-commands," "keyboard-equivalents," or "keyboard-shortcuts." Only the alpha-key component of accelerato . . .

The goal of the present study wa'i to uncover interrelationships among sexual orientation, sex, attitudes toward women's roles in society, and level of dietary restraint. It was hypothesized that sexual orientation, attitudes toward traditional gender . . .

The responses of 10 mothers reported for child abuse, 12 reported for child neglect, and 12 comparison mothers, were compared on the Parenting Stress Index/Short Form (PSI/SF), the Expectations subscale of the Parent Behavior Checklist, and the Abuse . . .

This study represents an attempt to assess the relationship between unclear communication and deviant behavior. It was hypothesized that as stimuli became less discriminable, and the consequences of responses became less predictable, behavior would be . . .

Forty-six depressed and anxious cardiac patients who had suffered myocardial infarction and/or bypass surgery were given twelve weekly sessions of either supportive or behavioral therapy. Patients completed a battery of psychological assessments at fi . . .

Since the concept of locus of control was proposed by Rotter in 1954, other theorists have sought to expand upon his initial bipolar concept. Levenson (1972) proposed that locus of control is not two dimensional or bipolar but that externality can be . . .

In order to resolve some of the contradictions that exist in the area of pictorial memory and to more fully understand the processing of visual materials, a study was undertaken to examine the serial position curve when the stimuli are relatively comp . . .

This study was designed to investigate the various factors which might influence the decision-making process of clinical psychologists in relation to ethical violations. One of 27 questionnaires containing a vignette of an ethical violation by a psych . . .

The hypothesis that Graphoanalysis (GA) is a valid predictor of scores on the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey was tested by correlating Graphoanalyses of writing samples from 30 Ss, done separately by two Graphoanalysts (Gs), with results of the . . .

Results from a “science Functional Test” done on a glove-box type work station developed at NASA-Ames Research Center provided the questions addressed in the present study. An experiment was conducted to examine the optimum arrangement of access posit . . .

The purpose of the present study is to investigate both male and female subjects’ attributions of responsibility to a rape victim as a function of the following variables: (1) sex of the rape victim (female vs. male); (2) level of attitudinal similari . . .

It is through Transpersonal Psychology that--in the West--the spiritual facet of life is formally accepted as a legitimate aspect of the psychological realm of humankind. Where Eastern philosophy and religion have focused on spiritual development, and . . .

This study investigated the effects of group learning experiences on changes in cognitive complexity. Cognitive complexity is defined by Scott (1962) as the number of independent dimensions worth of concepts the individual brings to bear in describing . . .

This study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of aural presentation of instructions upon comprehension, as measured by performance in a complex task, particularly among individuals demonstrating low reading comprehension. Subjects performe . . .

In this thesis the effects of three cognitive variables were studied as they affect the aesthetic communication process. It was assumed that aesthetic communication is the process whereby the artist through his work, communicates his feelings to the p . . .

Systematic desensitization and progressive relaxation were compared as to their effectiveness in alleviating test anxiety, in improving examination performance, and in reducing general anxiety in test anxious college students. Sixty students served as . . .

Research has suggested that higher self-efficacy is associated with not only greater improvements to mood following exercise, but also less perceived exertion during exercise. Though differences between gender and ethnicity have been reported in behav . . .

The present study was an investigation into the relationship between two personality variables: “Time perspective”,and “Self-Actualizing tendency”. The review of the literataure and introduction to the problem contained a discussion about, the theorie . . .

Predicted increases in air traffic are driving a paradigm shift in the Air Traffic Management system. The ATM research community has identified the adoption of Trajectory-Based Operations a viable concept of operation to accommodate the traffic growth . . .

The purpose of this research was to examine whether perceived mutual respect in schools (between teachers, administrators, and students) can moderate the relationship between environmental stressors (i.e., peer victimization, ethnic discrimination, pa . . .

The manifestation of discrimination has changed from overt to subtle forms, such as microaggressions-the conditions or communications that send negative messages to marginalized individuals and/or groups-yet the research on microaggressions remains li . . .

This research explored the effects of button position and screen layout of touch screens on a mobile device. Three dependent variables were measured: reaction time, errors, and perceived convenience. Thirty participants were required to select a recta . . .

This study examined adults' ability to discern children's true and false memory reports. Jury-eligible community members (N = 329) watched video-clips from children's interviews about a memory event involving a secret and rated various attributes rela . . .

In order to determine what variables contribute or detract from the interpersonal attraction of a successful career woman, 80 male and 80 female introductory psychology students from California State University, Northridge viewed one of eight differen . . .

There is a vast body of literature which has focused upon the relationship between Jewish self-rejectors and their extent of Jewish identification. Some studies have indicated the presence of anti-Semitism, lower self-esteem, and an external locus of . . .

Measurements were made of the Test Anxiety level and Achievement Motivation level of 174 third, fourth, fifth, and sixth 9rade boys. One-half the subjects, balanced for grade level, were given five, two-minute, digit symbol exercises under non-stress . . .

The issue of how to effectively deal with stress in our everyday lives is one that plagues every individual. The investigation conducted examined how individuals cope with life stresses. The purpose of the investigation was to assess the effectiveness . . .

Extant literature has demonstrated associations between exposure to community violence (ECV) and family violence and poorer mental health outcomes among youth including depressive and anxiety symptoms as well as aggressive and antisocial behaviors (Ai . . .

Several factors including acculturation, amount of education inside and outside the United States, age, and English fluency have been found to negatively impact performance on neuropsychological tests in ethnically diverse individuals. To our knowledg . . .

This study profiles the adult with muscular dystrophy and determines what psychosocial needs are important to him in the management of this physically disabling condition. Ample research exists to support the fact that physical disabilities are accomp . . .

Fear of success is a psychological barrier arising due to individuals' avoidance of perceived negative consequences of success, such as unwanted attention and pressure to perform, managing people's expectations, and peer rivalry. The present study inv . . .

Although the combination of impulsivity and depleted self-control could have unique effects on financial decision-making and temporal discounting, their combined influence has not been empirically tested. The present research addresses this gap by exa . . .

Dancers often have difficulty remembering choreography they learn in a class or workshop. This project investigates strategies dancers can use to effectively learn and remember choreography so that they will be more likely to perform it correctly in t . . .

An investigation of situational factors was made in order to compare the multiple linear and multiple logistic regression models. The study was performed in two phases. During the first phase, an artificially created data set was employed, while in ph . . .

Dementia represents a series of degenerative diseases known to cause a decline in cognitive functioning. A significant yet understudied type of dementia is frontotemporal dementia (FTD), characterized primarily by deficits in executive abilities and l . . .

Comparisons of two contemporary models used to analyze bicultural identity; the UDM (unidimensional model) and BDM (bidimensional model) show that conceptualization is not clear in the field. Thus, it is suggested that a third model, the TDM (tridimen . . .

The current study examines the effects of viewing positive and negative exemplars directly prior to an athletic performance task. It was hypothesized that participants who were given a positive exemplar (as opposed to the negative exemplar) would: per . . .

Fifty-four subjects randomly assigned to six groups in a 2x3x3 experimental paradigm were required to locate, count, and identify designated targets on displays of 40, 80, or 120 lettered, colored, and shaped items. Half of the subjects performed in a . . .

Previous studies on database data models have produced conflicting results. It was hypothesized that reported results differed due to different methodologies used to study the effect of data model on information retrieval. To test this hypothesis thre . . .

Registered Nurses' perceptions of Doctors' relative use of French and Raven's six bases of social power were investigated. Seventy-two Registered Nurses from six Los Angeles hospitals were presented with eight written stories in which a doctor orders . . .

The relationship between metabolic control and depression, anxiety, locus of control, illness duration, family environment, and the interaction of locus of control and illness duration was investigated. In addition, the relationship of metabolic contr . . .

56 mothers and their children aged 10 through 16 received the power inventories developed for this study and I-E control scales. All scores on the power and I-E scales were intercorrelated. These show that mothers' use of power is positively correlate . . .

Recent research has shown that cognitive abilities are associated with bodily states, and that wearing formal clothing, relative to casual clothing, causes people to think more abstractly. In Study 1, we examined whether wearing formal clothing, which . . .

The present study was directed toward the question of whether the presence of a trait in the perceiver would influence his perception of the same trait in a real stimulus person. The trait for investigation was nurturance, as measured by the EPPS. Stu . . .

This experiment examined the stress reactions and coping styles of 140 college students using a test of autonomic balance to measure stress, and a modified form of Rahe’s life-change/illness questionnaire to measure both stress reactions and coping st . . .

Social supports have been found to be mitigating factors against the deleterious effects caused by anxiety due to a stressful situation. This study is to determine whether awareness of the availability of help in such a situation is such a social supp . . .

An examination of the literature on the French and Raven (1959) bases of social power revealed that the effect of the outcome of compliance on various aspects of the powerholder-target relationship had been ignored. Past research had examined the effe . . .

The present study does not find support for a defensive attribution model which includes a race manipulation. It was hypothesized that within situations of highest relevance to the white subjects the following would happen: (1) If the defendant is whi . . .

Conflicting findings have raised the problem of whether or not attribution of responsibility increases as the severity of consequences increases. In the present experiment the degree and direction of assignment of responsibility to a male or a female . . .

The present study is concerned with the relationship between Riesman's (1950) concept of inner-directed and other-directed personality types, as reflected in differing susceptibility to conformity pressure, and Rotter's (1966) concept of internal and . . .

Understanding how emotion regulation varies may educate caregivers to facilitate children to better cope with stressful experiences in order to prevent future long term mental problems. The purpose of this study was to examine how habitual use of spec . . .

There is intense debate surrounding the opportunities and dangers of smartphone use. A substantial literature demonstrates smartphones' associations with a variety of negative outcomes like anxiety and depression, while contrasting literature extols t . . .

This study atempts to assess the relationship between stimulus person similarity and attribution of responsibility. It was hypothesized that where both high stimulus person similarity to the perpetrator of a negative accident and high situational rele . . .

To determine the relative potency of physical attractiveness and attitude similarity on degree of liking and desire to date, and secondly, to find support for time estimation as an alternative method of measuring romantic attraction, forty male subjec . . .

This project applies human factor principles and techniques to the analysis of the contemporary instructional design process. The major steps in the analysis included: (1) the definition of instructional design and the role of the instructional design . . .

The social strain theory of deviance is a social-psychological model which explains the occurrence of deviant behavior through the interaction of the individual with common social factors. The empirical support tor this theory is reviewed, with emphas . . .

Descriptions of self and ideal partner were collected from 65 students at a large western state university. Subjects rated themselves and their ideal partner on the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). Subjects also filled out the Myers-Briggs Typ . . .

Masters of Arts in Psychology, Community/Clinical Advocates of psychological androgyny suggest that the development of masculine and feminine characteristics in a single individual is advantageous to one’s psychological well-being in contemporary soci . . .

The purpose of this study was to develop a scale that would measure the preferences of community college students for a competitive or a cooperative classroom environment. Items that were used in the development of the scale were taken directly from t . . .

Twenty psychology students from California State University, Northridge, served as subjects in an experiment designed to determine differential interference effects with verbal and motor responding. Responses were made to Stroop color-word stimuli (i. . . .

This study explored the relationship between childhood maltreatment, personality disorders, moral emotions (guilt/shame), and moral behaviors (lying). This study consisted of 190 participants from a diverse undergraduate university. Childhood maltreat . . .

This study was conducted to gather information on college students' learning as a function of three independent variables which involve the integration of programmed learning principles with instructional, television lessons. Factorially varied were t . . .

Eighty-two learning disabled community college Ss participated in two studies comparing auditory and visual differences in reading comprehension. In the first study, the intraindividual differences of 40 Ss were assessed by comparing their visual and . . .

Allostasis suggests that variation in an organism's physiological response to the environment optimizes functioning and balance, and when this variation is non-existent or impaired it can lead to negative health outcomes. Experiencing chronic negative . . .

Empathy is associated with numerous parenting and personality variables, but inconsistencies in definition, conceptualization, and measurement have created issues in generalization and making comparisons. The psychometric properties of empathy scales . . .

Five methods of scoring cardiac arrhythmia (mean heart rate, standard deviation of instantaneous heart rate, Kalsbeek's S/N score, a cumulative tolerance score, and a cumulative difference score) as well as self-paced and adaptive versions of the seco . . .

A series of cluster analyses were performed on a sample of 125 learning disabled (LD) children, based on scores on a battery of 26 psychometric measures. The sample was randomly divided in half. Each half was separately subjected to two methods of ord . . .

Twenty subjects rated the annoyance of helicopter noise signals using two psychophysical procedures. Various noise measures were applied to simulated helicopter signals used in prior research to determine the most effective means of accounting for the . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between schizotypy, anhedonia, and CNV amplitude. Schizotypy is considered a subclinical manifestation of the same psychotic symptoms identifiable in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and lies o . . .

Adult females were recruited from two sources (a college campus and online through a survey recruitment website) to participate in a study examining the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adult victimization. Participants were given quest . . .

The present study was designed to determine: 1) if subjects can be trained to estimate task performance times; 2) if training by a paired-comparison paradigm would produce more accurate estimates than training through performing the actual task; and 3 . . .

Phobic Evaluation Questionnaires completed by 258 agoraphobics seeking treatment were analyzed. Factor scores were derived from three separate scales within the questionnaire; situations symptom and fear survey. The main factor on the fear survey scal . . .

The purpose of this study was to add to the body of knowledge on deaf discrimination, deaf identify, parental support, parental intrusiveness, and depressive symptoms in deaf or hard-of-hearing emerging adults. Self-report survey data were collected f . . .

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what happens to marital satisfaction in husband and wife when a child is produced who is not genetically linked to the father; to determine the effects, if any, of the use of artificial insemination with do . . .

Students (n = 90) were assigned to hold either warm or cold therapeutic pads, and then wrote an essay about a past academic experience. Analysis using Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC) revealed that participants who held warm pads used significantl . . .

This study was done to distinguish the cognitive and emotional differences between the Type A and Type B behavior patterns, and assess relationship of disease to these personality types. It was an attempt to further delineate, these two types of perso . . .

The purposes of this study were (1) to examine the relationships between attachment styles, personality constructs, and religiosity to guilt-proneness in order to recognize factors that may influence the initiation and resolution of guilt; (2) to exam . . .

This study explored the relationship between intrafamilial sexual abuse and self-concept development by examining the scores received on the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale by 85 female residents (ages 14-22) of a juvenile detention facility who were div . . .

This study explored the implications for a cognitive theory of depression derived from research using the Velten Mood Induction Procedure (VMIP). The VMIP (Velten, 1968) was developed to induce depressed, elated and neutral moods in subjects who read . . .

As computers have advanced, so has their ability to instruct and inform their users. The current study examines computers' influence in an obedience paradigm. Participants (N = 305), under the pretext of calibrating a motion capture device, were instr . . .

In his theory of the individual "life style" Alfred Adler considered early recollections (ERs) invaluable in determining the characteristics of a person is style of life. The purposes of the present study were two-fold: (1) to demonstrate the close re . . .

In order to investigate the effects of learned helplessness training on mood and also determine which gender and sex-role orientation have higher self-esteem and findout about their attributionl styles for negative and positive outcomes, 80 (44 women . . .

The effects of expectation of discussion and rating scale type on errors of leniency in performance evaluations were examined. Forty-eight undergraduate psychology students observed three interviews between a graduate student and a "stooge" posing as . . .

An emotional trauma that happens to the young child at any age from birth to four or five years causes Narcissistic injury if other factors in the mother-infant relationship are detrimental to the welfare of the infant. Of the factors which can cause . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine neighborhood, friend, and family influences on alcohol and drug of Latino and Armenian adolescents. Self-report survey data were collected from 368 Armenians (Mage = 16.2, 56.5% girls) and 748 Latinos (Mage = 1 . . .

The purpose of this study was to examine whether feelings about language brokering, moderated by frequency of heritage language use with co-ethnic peers, are a significant predictor of feelings of ethnic identity among immigrant-background Latino/a ad . . .

A study was conducted to investigate the effects of filmed models on children's decisions regarding distribution of reward in a dyadic situation. The principal question was: would children us an equality or equity norm when dividing a reward? Children . . .

Recent studies have suggested that the regular practice of a form of meditation known as Transcendental Meditation has a positive effect upon the psychological functioning of the individual. Unfortunately, these studies have not controlled for both mo . . .

This thesis examined the correlation between demographic predictors and variables based on changes in sexual behavior. Subjects were 143 gay men who participated in a "safe sex" seminar given by the Shanti Project in Los Angeles. Participants filled o . . .