Browsing OU - Theses by Author "Gronlund, Scott"
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An examination of the effects of rater training and individual prototypes on performance ratings
Cotten, Sarah J. (2004)The performance appraisal process is often inaccurate due to various biases and psychometric errors. Rater training was developed in an attempt to familiarize raters with the dimensions used to judge performance and to ... -
Analysis of MEG as Related to Spatial Transformation and Top-Down Control of Saccade Behavior
Tate, Lindsey (2016-08)Preparatory brain activity can provide insight into goal-oriented action and inhibitory processes related to both motor and cognition. In the current study participants performed an interleaved prosaccade (PS) and antisaccade ... -
Bridging the Gap Between Humans and Machines for the Drilling Industry
Vincent, Taylor (2021-12-18)Drilling is perhaps the most revolutionary advancement humanity has ever experienced. Since its invention, man has seen extraordinary and rapid improvements in quality of life. At the core of drilling’s rapid evolution are ... -
Cascading Effects of Nudging and Education on Common Goods: An Experimental Comparison of Potable Water Recycling Interventions
Tanner, Braden (2021-08)Despite calls for research comparing different forms of choice architecture interventions, little empirical work has directly made those comparisons. Here, I evaluate two strategies on whether they increase acceptance of ... -
Components of episodic memory: connecting human behavior and electrophysiology to a rodent model
De Stefano, Lisa (2017-07)Episodic memory encoding and retrieval rely on integration of information about what an item was, as well as when and where it was encountered. Previous research from animal lesion studies using a novelty preference ... -
Criterial Variability in Eyewitness Identifications
DiDomenica, Rebecca (2022)Lineups typically induce superior performance compared to one-person identification procedures or showups. Understanding what makes the lineup a superior procedure is important to reduce identification errors, as these can ... -
Differential Effects of Informing and Framing on Beneficence in Do-Not-Resuscitate Order (DNR)
Asif, Muhammad (2023-08-04)Empirical comparisons based on ethical standards have been neglected in end-of-life decision making research. I have compared two persuasion techniques (i.e., informing and framing) on whether they protect or promote ... -
Elevated Spontaneous Blink Rate in Fragile X Syndrome Implicates Abnormal Dopaminergic Activity in FXS Pathophysiology
Woodruff, Nicholas (2019-12-13)Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) is the most common, single-gene cause of heritable Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability (ID). FXS is characterized by sensory hypersensitivity, repetitive behaviors, anxiety, ... -
Evidence for Continuous Mediation in Facial Recognition: Implications for Theories of Eyewitness Memory
McAdoo, Ryan (2016-08)It has been proposed that sequential lineups are superior to simultaneous lineups because simultaneous lineups promote comparisons amongst choices (a relative judgment strategy) and sequential lineups reduce this propensity ... -
Examining the effects of nudging and education on trust: An experimental comparison of potable recycled water interventions
Hoang, Uyen (2023-12-15)With increasing interest in applications and insights from decision sciences, it has become important to define ethical grounds governing ways to interact with those receiving behavioral interventions. Here, I seek to ... -
An exploration and evaluation of choice architecture interventions on perceptions of justice
Holt, Jenna (2024-05-10)Justice has been argued to be a key ethical principle guiding interactions with other humans. The principle is embedded in the professional ethics code for the American Psychological Association and other professional ... -
Exploring the Costs and Benefits of Collaboration
Becerra, Jessica (2021)When people are asked to recall an event on multiple occasions (e.g., comparing the details reported in an initial eyewitness interview to what an eyewitness later reports at trial), it is likely that discrepancies in ... -
The Impact of Interview Modality and Timing Effects on Memory Reports
Riggenbach, Mackenzie (2021-12-03)Following a witnessed event, eyewitnesses are typically asked to give their report of the event. However, depending on the crime, witnesses may be interviewed differently. Previous research suggests that the way in which ... -
The Implications of Feedback Sequencing on Performance and Transfer
McCollum, Duncan (2019-05-10)The goal of this study was to investigate the role of sequencing different levels of feedback specificity on performance and solving of novel problems. Prior work has shown a more successful transfer of knowledge when ... -
A Litmus Test for the Pattern-Suppression Model
Bobbitt, Thomas (2016)The current set of experiments were designed to test the pattern-suppression model, which is a component of the suppression theory of forgetting. Experiment 1 tested the pattern-facilitation hypothesis, a hypothesis derived ... -
Metaschemata and Working Memory: The Effect of Musical Knowledge on the Acquisition of Aural Skills
Monzingo, Elizabeth (2017-05-12)In the undergraduate music theory curriculum, aural skills are often regarded as more physical than cognitive, which I suspect is partially due to a lack of understanding as to which cognitive processes and tools are used ... -
Numeracy vs. Intelligence: A Model of the Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Decision Making
Allan, Jinan N. (2018-05)For nearly 150 years, psychological research and theory has documented a link between general intelligence and decision making performance. This suggests that individual differences in decision making (and other life ... -
SELF-EVALUATION OF SKILLS AND OVERCONFIDENCE VULNERABILITY: ARE MOST PEOPLE BLIND TO THEIR OWN DECISION MAKING BIASES?
Ybarra, Vincent (2018-05-11)Skilled decision making is an acquired skill that often leads to better life outcomes (e.g. wealth, health, and happiness) (Cokely et al., 2012; 2018). There is a growing body of literature centered on Bias Blind Spot which ...