Browsing 2009 Theses (MU) by Thesis Department "Psychological sciences (MU)"
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Alcohol consumption, executive function and risky decision making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Previous research has shown that alcohol intoxication can adversely affect behavior by impairing higher cognitive function (e.g., Giancola, 2000) and can lead to increased risk-taking (Leigh, 1999) via impaired executive ... -
An assessment of inhibition in the Simon task
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Different from some other context tasks, the Simon task is featured with a congruency effect decreasing with increasing RT. Ridderinkhof proposed a two route model to account for the negative slope of this congruency effect ... -
Autonomy development and the influence of temperament
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)This study examined how perceptions of adolescent temperament are related to parent-child conflict and the development of autonomy and how temperament might interact with sibling ordinal status. Participants were 145 ... -
Cognitive load and time based forgetting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Recently, various researchers have claimed that time does not play a direct role in shortterm forgetting. Instead, they claim that time is only related to forgetting because it is correlated with other factors that cause ... -
Dopamine and emotion processing in schizotypal anhedonia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Three studies examined emotion processing and dopamine regulation in anhedonia. In Study 1, in multiple assessments of emotional experience (e.g., naturalistic and lab contexts and social and nonsocial situations), people ... -
Effects of deep brain stimulation on implicit learning in patients with Parkinson's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis extends previous work examining the effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) on cognitive functioning by ... -
Engagement of cognitive control and down-regulation of negative affect
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Cognitive strategies can be used to regulate emotion. For example, thinking about the specific details of an emotional situation (i.e., specific thinking strategy) decreases negative affect (Philippot et al., 2006). However, ... -
Extrinsic and intrinsic values, forecasts, and experiences: an experimental approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)A study was conducted wherein participants with different values were provided with either a value-congruent or a value incongruent experience in the form of a chance to choose an Apple Itune song download, which they were ... -
The influence of positive mood and extraversion on different aspects of cognitive control
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] There is some evidence that positive mood might influence cognitive control and that extraverts might perform better than introverts when experiencing ... -
Is accuracy in fertility detection mediated by differences in the mate value of the rater and target?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)I propose the existence of a perceptual bias in men toward detecting fertility status in women of similar mate value. To test this hypothesis, 153 male undergraduates (raters) chose which of two photographs of the same ... -
A mediated moderation model of bulimic symptoms among college women
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This longitudinal study investigates under what conditions overvaluation of weight/shape is related to bulimic symptoms. In this study we examine ... -
Mood and urgency effects on activation of alcohol cognitions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Mood states influence many aspects of human behavior, including decisions to drink alcohol. Alcohol-related cognitions have been shown to be activated by positive and negative mood states (Birch, Stewart, & Zack, 2006), ... -
Remembering and forgetting concurrently : new benefits of high working memory span
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Previous studies of working memory capacity have suggested that individuals with high capacities excel at several processes, including (1) distinguishing between information that is applicable versus irrelevant to the task ... -
Sex on the rebound: motivations for sex and sexual experiences following a relationship breakup
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Despite widespread belief in the rebound phenomenon, few studies have examined sexual experiences after relationship loss. The present study uses a longitudinal, online diary methodology to examine emotional and sexual ... -
Social perspective-taking in the friendships of adolescents : implications for friendship quality and emotional adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)The current research considered social perspective-taking (i.e., taking the perspective of another person, and putting oneself "in their shoes") in youths' friendships and associations with friendship quality and emotional ...