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Male Competitive Intent leads to Aggression against Female Confederate after Social Stress
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019)Male aggression is a prominent issue in society today, but it is difficult to accurately study aggression in experimental settings. For that reason, this proposed study conceptualizes competitive intent as a precursor ... -
Marijuana and Other Coping Strategies Used by HIV/AIDS Patients Reporting Anxiety, Depression, and Pain
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)Using data on anxiety, depression, and pain in patients from a large, urban, primarily African-American HIV primary care clinic, coping strategy responses were analyzed in regard to symptoms and demographic data. Over ... -
Mathematical Manipulatives and Gesture as Simulated Action: Observing Learning Through Gesture
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)The importance of gesture to the gesturer themselves has been demonstrated in increasing lexical retrieval, spatial recall, and accuracy on visuospatial problem-solving (Chu & Kita, 2011; Stevanoni & Salmon, 2005; ... -
The Media’s Influence on Self-Objectification and Perfectionism in Women
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)Self-objectification causes symptoms such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, self-criticism, and negative mood. The symptoms of perfectionism result in similar problems. Using the format of a previous experiment, ... -
Mental Imagery and Enhancing Sport Performance Post-Injury
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)This study explores the effects of mental imagery on the enhancement of performance of injured athletes. Two Kalamazoo injured athletes were selected to participate in active mental imagery sessions. Previous research has ... -
Minorities in Higher Education: the Impact of Experiencing Discrimination, Institutional Belonging, and Campus and Racial Climate on Academic Achievement
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2014)A review of the psychological literature pertaining to factors which affect a person of color’s academic achievement while offering specific suggestions for the Kalamazoo College campus to improve the experiences of students ... -
Moral Decision-Making: Empathy as an Indicator for Utilitarian or Deontological Moral Judgments
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2015)The aim of the present study is to further examine empathy in relation to moral decision making. More specifically, this study investigates how empathy can be related to utilitarian or deontological moral judgments.. ... -
Mortality Salience and Self-Stereotyping
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2006)Terror Management Theory (TMT) suggests that when individuals are confronted with mortality salience, a variety of behaviors, social attitudes and cognitions are affected. In situations of human vulnerability, an individual’s ... -
Moving Management Away From Incentive Plans and Towards Intrinsic Motivation
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)A popular practice in management is to offer financial incentives to employees. The promise of rewards is supposed to be an effective motivating force but rarely examined are the cognitive effects that incentives have on ... -
Music Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology for Autistic Children
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2012)Children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are communicatively impaired, with particular difficulties with pragmatics, the component of language that involves the social understanding of what to say and what ... -
Music Videos and Gender Beliefs: How Black Males Then View Black Females
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)CNN provided that 73 percent of Black births are “nonmarital” and that 67 percent of those Black children live in a household where the father does not live with them. This is the reason why Black males watch more television ... -
Nature Versus Nurture: The Modern View An In Depth Societal Reflection Through Film
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)Through an in depth explication of Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and Alan Parker’s Pink Floyd’s The Wall the ongoing scientific and psychological debate of Nature Vs. Nurture is explored. Both films ... -
Nature’s Cure: Herbal Remedies in the Treatment of Depression
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2013)Herbal remedies have been studied as a safe and effective alternative to treat depression. Numerous trials were gathered to compare efficacy and tolerability of these herbal remedies to placebo and common antidepressants. ... -
Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Autism: Future Clinical Implications
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2019)Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are considered to be the most heritable of all mental disorders with a highly variable genetic landscape consisting of 200 to 1,000 genes. ASD is often regarded as a neurodevelopment ... -
Neuromarketing: A Future Step In Market Research
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)In order to market a product, service, or build a brand name successfully, there must be an accurate understanding of the consumer’s desires for efficient marketing. For this reason, companies greatly depend on the utilization ... -
Nicotine Induced Circadian Entrainment as a Novel Target for Smoking Cessation
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 2009)Circadian rhythms are daily fluctuating levels of behavioral and biological activity. Specific time cues, called zeitgebers, mediate these rhythms , most common of which, is the sun. Circadian rhythms have been shown to ... -
Oasis: A Proposed Study and Review of Suicide Prevention Programs Amongst Young People
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people, ages 15-24, in the United States (Drapeau & McIntosh, 2015). Suicide prevention techniques and programs are important for young people because they are ... -
Occupational Stress and Burnout Syndrome Among Nursing Professionals: a Proposed Study Addressing Compromised States of Mental Health and Improving Patient Outcomes
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)The following proposed study will examine the effects of therapeutic intervention on mental and physical health states of practicing nurses. Nurses are particularly susceptible to increased occupational stress, which can ... -
Online Computerized Behavioral Activation Treatments on Depression
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2010-04)Online cognitive behavioral therapy has been recently developed to help cut costs of treating depression, make treatment widespread, and provide another alternative to treating depression. Research confirms that online CBT ... -
An Overview of Treatments for Rape and Sexual Assault Survivors: A Literature Review
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2017)Rape and sexual assault are severe crimes that can lead to mental illnesses such as PTSD, depression, and anxiety. In recent years, there has been an increase in attention towards colleges and universities, where these ...
