The ethics of experimentation with human subjects is a topic of continuing controversy. Justification for possibly unethical procedure such as deception, is found by experimenters in subjects' reports that the experiment was a worthwhile experience an . . .

Warnings on consumer products are typically the only devices used to elicit safe product use. Manufacturers have a legal duty to warn about predictable product dangers. and currently the legal system heavily emphasizes the importance of such written p . . .

There are unsettled debates in the literature regarding the strength of top-down and bottom-up processing in visual attention. Control of top-down visual attention was assessed in both younger and older adults using a visual search task. In the task, . . .

For decades, studies have shown that people are better able to distinguish ownrace faces compared to other-race faces, a phenomenon known as the Other-Race Effect (ORE). Research suggests that perceptual experience and social context factors may play . . .

Much research indicates that people form impressions of others based on very little information. Previous research suggests that a social stigma exists toward divorced men and women, and there are also a variety of negative stereotypes associated with . . .

Working memory is a construct central to cognition as it serves as the theoretical bridge between short term and long term memory. Current models of working memory describe function and organization differently based on structural or neural activation . . .

Participants were 112 undergraduate students (75 women and 37 men; M age = 22.1 years, range = 18-46 years). The majority of participants identified Latino/a (68.4%) and having friends (70%) or family (39%), known to be gay or lesbian. This study cont . . .

Simulations were conducted to evaluate the statistical power and Type I error control provided by several multiple-comparisons procedures in two-group designs. Stepwise Bonferroni-based procedures, which are known to control the familywise Type I erro . . .

Thesis (M.S.) California State University, Los Angeles, 2012

Follow-Up Study, Nodal Number, Response Time, Retention Test, Stimulus Equivalence, Training Structures

Working memory is a construct central to cognition as it serves as the theoretical bridge between short term and long term memory. Current models of working memory describe function and organization differently based on structural or neural activation . . .

Given the rapid growth of online learning resources, combined with recent research findings on the positive effects of observing gesture during a learning experience, these studies aimed to examine the impact of deictic gestures (i.e., pointing action . . .

Attributions, Death, Health, Prevention, Religion

Throughout vertebrate evolution, asymmetries in the ability to inflict costs and defend resources (i.e., formidability) likely impacted individual fitness and collecting information about formidability (e.g., size, strength, fighting ability) would ha . . .

The present study addressed the roles that oxytocin and empathy play in moral judgment on actions involving the killing of one person to save the lives of a larger number of people. Additionally, the study sought to determine whether trait empathy and . . .

This study explored correlates and predictors of procrastination in a large sample of adults. It explored procrastination as a multidimensional construct consisting of arousal, avoidant, and decisional procrastination. These sub-forms of procrastinati . . .

Previous research has documented that human females report a number of preference changes for sexual partners and sexual activity during the high- relative to low-fertility days of the ovulatory cycle. Less studied, however, are the effects of female . . .

Yoga has become an increasingly popular form of exercise in the West with promising findings of improved physiological and psychological well-being. However, researchers have expressed concern in its efficacy in a clinical setting. This study aimed to . . .

Previous research has found a consistent association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms. However, it is not well understood why some individuals are more vulnerable to depressive symptoms following a stressful life event than others . . .

Research suggests that a critical cognitive mechanism involved in false memory is semantic memory. Humans are highly susceptible to false memory error which poses a problem for the reliability of eyewitness testimony. To combat this problem researcher . . .