Browsing Psychological Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2014 Spring"
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Attempts to reduce the high false alarm rate in older adults' associative memory
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Whereas memory for individual items stays relatively intact with age, associative memory, (e.g., memory for pairs of items), seems to show a noticeable decline (what is known as older adults� associative memory deficit). ... -
Experience, awareness, and regulation of mixed emotions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Literature on relationships of emotions to psychological adjustment has mainly focused on unitarily valenced affect (i.e., positive or negative emotions). ... -
Experimentally exploring how the awareness of existential freedom influences support for autocratic leadership styles among individuals high and low in neuroticism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)The present dissertation builds on classic existential philosophy and psychological theory to suggest that personal freedom can be burdensome to the self and may, ironically, motivate people to displace their freedom to ... -
Individual differences in alcohol sensitivity and their effects on subjective state and craving in naturalistic environments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)Sensitivity to the effects of alcohol has long been studied as a risk factor for developing an alcohol use disorder. Several theories exist regarding the profile of subjective responses that constitute the highest risk: ... -
Predicting risk of mathematical learning difficulties in preschoolers : the role of symbolic and nonsymbolic quantitative knowledge
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)There is extensive debate over whether children's mathematical learning difficulties are the result of deficits in the inherent system for nonsymbolic representations of quantity or in their ease of learning quantitative ...