Browsing Psychology Senior Integrated Projects by Title
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Mental Illness: A Rural-Urban Comparative Study among the Akamba of Kenya
(1988)This study was conducted in Kenya to evaluate the hypothesis that there is a difference in knowledge, attitudes and practices towards mental illness among rural and urban dwellers in Kenya. The rural area is represented ... -
Language and Literacy Development in Nature Preschools : A Comparison with Traditional Preschool Programs
(2017)Traditional schools offer a scheduled, focused environment, usually with the distinct majority of student time spent indoors, which includes many opportunities for children to play and grow. Nature preschools are schools ... -
Language Development in Preschool Children: Interactive Reading with Parents and Children
(1997)This paper looks at the development of language through interactive reading in children ages two in a half to five years old. Vygotsky's ( 1962) theory or scaffolding and Bloom, Margulis, Tinker, & Fujita's ( 1996) " ... -
Lateralized Whorf Effect of Cross-Linguistic Spatial Relations in Korean and English Speakers
(2008)The Whorf hypothesis states that language affects thought, and has been debated relentlessly in the domain of color and space for decades. Recently, a method of research considering the functional organization of the ... -
Learning from "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother", Comparison of Chinese and American Child Rearing
(2014)Amy Chua published her parenting book in 20 11 , which raised controversy and widespread discussions about Chinese and American parenting styles. Since then, "Tiger mom" .became a symbol of Chinese harsh training (Chao, ... -
Learning from the Children: Case Studies on ADHD
(1997)This paper is a report on three case studies that I conducted while living at Hogar Infantil, an orphanage in Chiapas, Mexico. I stayed at the orphanage for two months, working with the subjects five days per week, for ... -
Learning to Throw the Roll-Over Drop: A Study Evaluating the Effectiveness of Imagery
(2005)The use of imagery in sports is very common among elite and non-elite athletes alike. This proposed study will be done on thirty female high school softball pitchers and will look at the effectiveness of imagery on ... -
Length and Volumes of Frontal, Occipital, and Temporal Lobes in Multiple affected Families with Schizophrenia
(1998)Schizophrenia is a severe, life-long disabling disorder, the origins of which are unknown. However, we do know that there is a genetic basis to schizophrenia. To further examine this basis, we measured the lengths of the ... -
Lie Detection: Emotional Intelligence and the Facial Action Coding System
(2011)The current research examines the validity, reliability, and uses of the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), as well as related programs dealing with lie detection and emotional intelligence. FACS is a comprehensive ... -
The Life Satisfaction of Stroke Patients: An Important Concept in Rehabilitation
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College., 1994)This study examined the life satisfaction of stroke victims, focusing in the relationship among life satisfaction and functional abilities, side of weakness, type of therapy, gender, and marital status. Data were analyzed ... -
Life, Liberty, and the Sexual Exploitation of Women
(1990)To study the attitudes surrounding, prevalence and effect of rape in our society today I worked at the Rape Crisis Center in Washington, DC. There I was able to gain relevant experience to supplement my research on the ... -
Limitations of Mediated-Interference and Potentiation When Pairing Neutral Flavor Cues
(2022-03-01)Mediated conditioning is the phenomenon in which the elicited representation of a stimulus can modify conditioning even in the absence of the stimulus itself. This occurs when the representation of this stimulus is elicited ... -
A Literature Review and Analysis of the Effects of Religiosity on Adolescent Behavior
(2016)The purpose of this essay is to examine the existing body of research investigating adolescent behavior and the interacting factor of religiosity. Following a brief historical summary of the psychology of religion, religiosity ... -
Living, Seeing, and Growing in Oaxaca, Mexico
(2021-11-01)The author originally planned to volunteer for 50 hours as a teaching assistant in a local elementary school in Oaxaca, Mexico, when the school closed due to Covid-19. The SIP became four photo essays applying the concepts ... -
Local Hawaii: White Animosity in the Multi-Ethnic Society
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2005)White animosity exists in Hawaii, a multi-ethnic society where whites are the most identifiable out-group. The history of Hawaii is marked by colonization and Americanization, responsible for the import of numerous ethnicities ... -
Locus of Control and Adventure Programs: A Comparison of the Effects of Initiatives versus Initiatives/High Ropes Course Programs on Participants' Locus of Control
(2004)Previous research has found that adventure programs, specifically ropes courses, have had positive effects on participants, including increased group cohesion, increased selfesteem, decreased substance abuse, decreased ... -
The Long Term Impact of Growing Up in a Jewish Summer Camp : A Proposed Study
(2016)The present paper examines the many relationships between religion, namely Judaism, and a variety of factors including psychosocial development, interpersonal relationships, and personal identity formation. The research ... -
Long-term Effects of Childhood Parental Divorce on Adult Men and Women
(1996)The present study investigated gender differences in the long-term effects of childhood parental divorce. A sample of adult children from divorced and intact families was drawn from two separate studies, one studying ... -
Long-Term Hospitalization: An Evaluation at the Hawaii State Hospital
(1968)The purpose of this study was to evaluate data pertinent to a social competence, a sibling rank, and a symptom cluster analysis of patients who had not been discharged from the Hawaii State Hospital over a period of 3.5 ... -
A Longitudinal Study of Athletic Participation Effecting Student-athletes’ Academic Success
(2016)This proposed longitudinal study aims to examine the effect of the personality trait Grit and time management skills among student-athletes on the individual’s academic success. Grit is essential in persevering through ...