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The Comparison of Virtual Reality Therapy Versus Nature Therapy on Stress : A Proposed Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019)This study looks at the utilization of virtual reality (VR) technology in the therapist’s environment for stress relief. If someone is unable to access natural environments regularly, could virtual reality systems be ... -
Concurrent Exposure to Mephedrone and Cocaine Induces Behavioral Sensitization in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)Recent increases in recreational use of bath salts have led to fatalities and dangerous incidents in the United States and the United Kingdom. A common cause of these fatalities is people abusing bath salts with more than ... -
Conflicting Gender Messages: The Influence of Parents and Peer Gender Socialization on Gender Beliefs and Depressive Symptomatology
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The current study aims to explore: 1) parental and peer influence on participant's gender beliefs; and 2) the implications of individuals receiving conflicting gender messages from parents and peers on their own attitude ... -
Consensual Nonmonogamy
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)This research examined self-ratings of happiness, life satisfaction, and the Big Five personality traits of consensually nonmonogamous participants versus monogamous participants. Results indicate that conscientiousness ... -
Contextual Effects on Complementarity of the Agency Dimension on the Interpersonal Circumplex Model
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)This study examined how different situations affected the degree of complementarity on the agency dimension of the interpersonal circumplex model. Complementarity as defined by Carson (1969) is when one behavior invites a ... -
Coping Strategies of Children with Asthma and Parents of Children with Asthma: A Proposed Comparative Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2007)This paper proposes a study in which coping strategies of children diagnosed with asthma would be compared against the strategies employed by parents of children with asthma. Despite a wealth of knowledge available ... -
Correlations between Parent and Teacher Ratings of Inattention with Working Memory and Processing Speed in Children with ADHD
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2008)The present study is aimed at finding if there is a correlation between the Attention Problems scale on the CBCL, for both parent and teacher ratings, and the Freedom from Distractibility Index (FDI)/ Working Memory ... -
The Creation and Implementation of a Life Skills Therapy Plan for Kalamazoo Juveniles
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)This study designed and implemented a life skills therapy curriculum used in a mentoring program at the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home. The curriculum was designed as a preventative measure for recidivism by addressing the ... -
The Cross-Race Effect
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)The Cross-Race Effect (CRE) is the phenomenon that people are better at recognizing own-race members more accurately than other-race members. Unfortunately, when individuals incorrectly identify members of other races, ... -
Cyberpsychology: The Effect of New Media on Identity and Attachment
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)This literature review is intended to provide insightful thoughts by outlining social networking usage patterns, examining positive and negative consequences of social networking usage. It also investigated the effects ... -
Dementia and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Long-Term Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)The present study reports on the rate of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Israelis and Palestinians. A treatment efficacy study was proposed to determine whether the cause of dementia in elderly Israeli and ... -
Dementia: A Study on the Severity of Dementia and Visuospatial Examinations in the WAIS-R
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)Dementia is a state of cognitive decline, specifically dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (DAT) is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. The severity of dementia can range from normal functioning to severely ... -
Depression, Glutamate, and Ketamine: A Brave New World in Antidepressant Medications
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)Chronic stress causes abhorrent neuroplasticity in the hippocampus, amygdala, and prefrontal cortex (PFC) in both animal models and humans. Studies have shown that this can result in depression. Current antidepressant ... -
Desire as an Independent Construct Related to the ABCs of Personality Inventories
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)Personality psychology seeks to predict, explain, and describe individual variations in behavior. Personality is described as consistent and coherent patterns across time and space of affect, behavior, cognition and ... -
Developing Skills in Parents to Educate Young Adolescents about Early Sexual Activity
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Early adolescent sexual activity has increased throughout the nation at an exceeding rate: 47.8% of all teenagers report having sexual intercourse, 10% report having sex before the age of 13 years, and 14.9% of teens report ... -
Differences in Children With and Without Attachment Objects from a Hoarding Perspective
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The present study aimed to determine in what other ways children with attachment objects differ from those without attachment objects. -
Differences In Oral Narrative Scores of African-American and Caucasian Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)Examining possible racial differences between African American children and Caucasian children in Oral Narrative Assessment scores Oral narrative skills are highly predictive of literary skills which AA children have ... -
Distracted Driving: How In-Car Media Use May Affect Driving Ability
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Distracted driving is a significant cause of motor vehicle accidents, especially due to multi-tasking and cell phone use. Research has found that the use of cell phones, especially that of texting and talking, can be ... -
Diversity and Discrimination at Kalamazoo College
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)It was hypothesized that staff members at Kalamazoo College would report experiences of discrimination and harassment due to race, gender, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. All staff members were asked to take ... -
Does Training Schematic Representation Improve Ability to Solve Math Word Problems?
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The current study examines the effect of schematic representation training on math word problem solving by developing and administering a training module. First, math word problem solving ability was measured using a short ...
