Browsing Psychological Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2017 Spring"
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Can mindfulness meditation reduce the tendency to justify the status quo?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)System justification theory suggests that advantaged groups in society frequently express ingroup favoritism and outgroup bias, whereas disadvantaged groups express outgroup favoritism. These tendencies are likely to occur ... -
The effect of estrogen deficiency on learning and memory in two novel rat models of Alzheimer's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that results in synaptic and neuronal loss in regions of the brain responsible for memory and cognition. To date, transgenic animal models have played a crucial ... -
Electrophysiological correlates of orienting retrieval to remote and recent memories : effects of an episodic specificity induction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)The present set of experiments employed event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to investigate differences in how individuals orient retrieval to memories from different times. Experiment 1 investigated whether ERP effects ... -
Evidence-based treatment strategies in youth mental health treatment as usual : results from a national survey
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Despite widespread calls for the integration of evidence-based treatments (EBTs) into treatment as usual (TAU) for youth mental health problems, the success of such efforts is unclear. Existing survey research suggests ... -
Family relationships during emerging adulthood : longitudinal course and associations with emotional and academic adjustment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)During emerging adulthood (ages 18 through the mid-twenties), parents and siblings become more peripheral in daily life compared to earlier in development. While family relationship quality often improves significantly ... -
Reasoning and memory : multiple simple response strategies are used in visual working memory for color-orientation binding /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Recent research has examined the how effectively people use the information in working memory (WM) when reasoning about that information is required in a recognition memory task (Chen and Cowan, 2013; Hardman and Cowan, ... -
Serotonin transporter polymorphism and stress effects on gut microbiota at various time points in pregnancy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Prenatal stress (stress experienced by the mother while pregnant) has been shown to greatly affect the health of a child. Still, not all offspring who experience prenatal stress will suffer poor outcomes. Maternal genetics ...