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Caregiver-Child Relationship: Proposing a Program for Orphanage Hogar Miguel Magone
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)The contrast in attachment styles between children reared in homes versus children reared in institutions, such as orphanages, is very strong. Orphanages and other institutions provide shelter and care for children and ... -
A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Discrete Trial Training Through a Web-Based Program for a 4-Year Old Autistic Child
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)Autism among children is growing at a rate of 30 percent each year (Baio, 2014). It is crucial to find affordable and effective means of behavioral therapy for autistic children seeing as most therapies are extremely ... -
Change Management in Sales Organizations
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)This study examines change management within an organization and the topics that need to be implemented in order to have a successful change. There were 14 participants, 5 upper management, 2 coordinators, 2 inside sale ... -
The Changes Over Time of Communication Patterns in Subjective Team-Level Person-Group Fit: A Proposed Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)Person-group (PG) fit is the interpersonal compatibility between an individual and the members of the group that they are working with (Kristoff-Brown, Zimmerman, & Johnson, 2005). There have been a multitude of studies ... -
Charter Schools and Students with Disabilities
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)School choice for students with disabilities is difficult to achieve when being “counseled out”, encouraged not to apply, or not being given the right programs as the school does not have them. Many charter schools cannot ... -
Child Initiated Learning and the Outdoor Environment: A Review of the Literature
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019)40% of U.S. children are not ready for school when they enter kindergarten. (Engle & Black 2008). Children 3-7 years old are in the preoperational stage. The No Child Left Behind Act only effective during the concrete ... -
CHILDREN’S COMPREHENSION OF GESTURE AS REPRESENTING VERBS
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)In order for gesture to be an effective learning tool, it must be understood as representational, which can be difficult for children (Marentette & Nicoladis, 2011). The current study tests this with a verb learning paradigm ... -
The Clubhouse Summer Camp: Social development for children with Autism
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2016)Research has been done to see which method of intervention best helps children with autism improve their social skills. There are many different approaches for intervention. This study investigates the efficacy of a summer ... -
Coaching Styles and Their Effects on Athletes
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)This literature review examines and analyzes the effects that various styles of coaching have on athletes. The coach has been said to be one of the most important influences upon an athlete’s motivation (Amorose & ... -
Cognitive Dissonance: Justification of Effort and its Effects on Athletic Performance in the Pool
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The proposed study sought to intersect two very different subjects: cognitive dissonance and athletics. Cognitive dissonance would be induced to see if it fostered improvement in swimmers. The hypothesis presented an ... -
College Women's Conceptualization of Effective Leadership: A Four Year Qualitative Study
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)In this study, I explore female students’ conceptualizations of effective leadership attending a selective, Midwestern liberal arts college. Using interviews from a four year longitudinal study, 17 female college students’ ... -
College Women’s Leadership Aspirations: The Influence of the First-year College Experience
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2004)Most often, men are more likely to employ a task-oriented leadership style, whereas women tend to employ interpersonal-oriented leadership behaviors (Park). Generally speaking, a task-oriented leader is concerned with ... -
A Collegiate Tennis Team's Resistance to Goal Setting
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2007)The purpose of this review of the goal setting literature was to gain a better understanding of how to set goals effectively with NCAA division III men’s tennis players. In particular, three obstacles to the goal setting ... -
Comparative Analysis of the Top Sports Recruiting Solutions
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)An increasing number of NCAA schools have seen the importance of properly managing their recruiting process and have experienced the benefits of sports recruiting solutions. These sports recruiting companies have developed ... -
Comparing Sign Language and the Picture Exchange Communication System as Effective Approaches of Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)The majority of children suffering from ASDs have no verbal or behavioral communication skills. A number of approaches have been used to teach these children a method of communication. Two popular methods that have been ... -
A Comparison of Professionals and Paraprofessionals in Crisis Line Intervention
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2004)Some support the emergence of nonprofessionals into the mental health field and others oppose their qualifications. This proposed study compared professionals’ and paraprofessionals’ effectiveness in answering crisis ... -
Comparison of Three Public Speaking Anxiety Treatment Methods in Traditional and Virtual Reality Settings
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)Public Speaking Anxiety (PSA) can treated with exposure therapy (ET), cognitive modification (CM), and skills training (ST). This experiment has been designed in order to compare these methods empirically between one ... -
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 ...
