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Identifying Patterns in Course-Taking that Predict Student Leaving: A Comparison of Different Predictive Algorithms
(2018-07)
Higher education institutions continue to face the problem of student attrition, which in turn impacts graduation rates overall. This has numerous drawbacks not only at the university or student levels but has far-reaching ...
Word of God or word of honor? Honor, religion, and retaliation
(2017)
The psychology of religion has long attempted to clearly identify religion’s effects on individuals’ beliefs and attitudes. Many of these results have been contradictory, with some indicating religion to have prosocial ...
Examining the effects of nudging and education on trust: An experimental comparison of potable recycled water interventions
(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 ...
Popularity and Gender Prototypicality: An Experimental Approach
(2019-12-13)
These studies investigate links between conformity to gender norms and adolescents’ peer popularity. Previous research has established that popularity is associated with physical attractiveness in both boys and girls, as ...
Examining charisma: The influence of leader emotions and contextual variables on follower perceptions and performance
(2020-12-18)
Charisma has historically been poorly conceptualized in the literature, making it difficult to advance research in the charismatic leadership domain. In addition, charisma is typically associated with a leader’s use of ...
A DYNAMIC, SELF-REGULATORY EXAMINATION OF EMOTIONS AND COMPLEX TASK LEARNING
(2017)
The purpose of this laboratory study involving undergraduates learning a complex videogame was to address gaps in the empirical literature regarding the role of emotions in self-regulated learning by testing opposing ...
Exploring the Costs and Benefits of Collaboration
(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 ...
Peer Relations and Aggression: Precursors to Adolescent Delinquency and Risk-Taking Behavior
(2019-05-10)
Adolescent problem behaviors are an important area of investigation because of the long-term implications of engaging in risky and delinquent behaviors. Past research has focused on overt aggression and peer rejection as ...
The effect of fantasy context on moral action and judgment
(2019)
Prior research has suggested that individuals import facts from the real world into fictional worlds and that the likelihood of importation depends on both the type of fact and the fictional context (Weisberg & Goodstein, ...
Going the Distance: Will Family-to-Work Role Conflict Mediate the Relationship between COVID-19 Distance Learning and Career Expectations and Turnover Intentions?
(2021-12)
In response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations pivoted to teleworking and schools implemented distance learning, resulting in many parents finding themselves teleworking while also overseeing their ...