The purpose of the current investigation is to teach manded selection responses through joint control training to children diagnosed with autism. The goal of this study is to evaluate the role of joint control in teaching selection responses in childr . . .

Adult romantic relationships are complex, with many factors contributing to the development and maintenance of each relationship. Relationship scholars have asserted that individuals in intimate relationships depend on motivations to remain involved w . . .

Previous research on acculturation has emphasized that immigrants who integrate two cultures and use both their heritage language (HL) and English fluently tend to have better mental health and subjective well-being, comparing to those who have non-in . . .

Research has shown that instructional bias may influence eyewitness decision making when the culprit is absent, thus potentially resulting in a false identification. Historically, law enforcement has addressed this issue by reading an instruction to w . . .

The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of individual words of a sentence to its overall intelligibility. The stimulus sentences used in this study were composed of seven to nine syllables, and contained three target words, all monosy . . .

This thesis project explored what factors prevent treatment seeking for a first psychotic episode among ethnic minorities and their families. Psychotic symptoms are often debilitating and they can lead to long-term psychiatric disorders. These symptom . . .

Functional communication training (FCT) is widely used and successful intervention for treating problem behavior. However, the intervention may be limited when implemented in natural contexts (e.g., family home) due to high rates of communicative resp . . .

The bulk of research examining academic attitudes have focused on examining the degree to which People of Color are able to gain acceptance (e.g. assimilate) into the university environments’ social structure, regardless of the extent to which the gro . . .

There has been an increase in American college students reporting symptoms of depression over the last ten years. This review of literature represents an investigation of the correlates and possible interventions. Key terms were used in the search for . . .

Favorable behavior to those who are attractive, especially in the courtroom, has been the topic of media discussions as of late. We attribute positive characteristics with individuals who are physically attractive. For example attractive individuals a . . .