Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Author "Rupp, Gabriel"
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A replication, evaluation, and criticism of unconscious thought theory.
Atkinson, Keia James (2014)Modern social psychology has incorporated into the literature a number of theories and effects that were highly counter-intuitive at the time they were introduced, yet have formed a body of literature claiming to demonstrate ... -
Blink modulation during positive and negative picture stimuli.
Jarrett, Sadie Lynn (2017)In this study, emotional response to negative and positive visual stimuli is examined using blink modulation as a behaviorally based dependent variable. The researcher exposed 58 participants to an array of predetermined ... -
Expressions of threat : micro expressions in response to facial expressions facial threat.
Lieber, Stephanie (2017)The ability to determine what is a potential threat in our environment is even more important in the current world with terrorist attacks, mass shooters, unprovoked violence, serial offenders, and overall civil unrest. ... -
Making sense : a study of the dialogical nature of consciousness in creative writing.
Copeland, Christopher Thomas (2008)The present study investigated the dynamics of a single participant's various I-positions ... using Stephenson's (1985) Q method, analysis of variance, factor analysis, and qualitative assessment of the participant's ... -
Perceived location of self.
Jones, Katherine M. (2012)Evidence suggests that the perceived location of the self is changeable. I replicated Legennhager et al (2007) where participants experienced a perceptual illusion of a relocated self, created by having a participant wear ... -
Perceived status value regarding elderly individuals : assessing cultural influence.
Reaves, Mekay L. (2009)Western societies often view elderly individuals in a more negative view than other cultures around the world. This negative view is commonly referred to as ageism. The importance of understanding this demographic has ... -
Primary motor cortex stimulation facilitates visual guidance.
Taylor, Thomas C. (2015)The choices for analyzing cognitive load performance data are often problematic as they are task-dependent and do not generalize well. This makes research into task independent variables necessary. Complexity is one such ... -
Profanity and humor : is that @!&#% funny?
Hultman, James (2011)Profanity and Humor are two complex human behaviors; both have been understudied by mainstream academics. There has even less research examining the interaction between these two topics. Three previous studies examined ... -
Psychologist-historians: historying women and benevolent sexism
Vaughn-Blount, Kelli M. (2008)Analysis of the cultural influences on psychologist-historian authors regarding general trends of benevolent and hostile sexism through the lens of women's perceived place in society at the time of a text's publication. ... -
Self-regulation, displaced aggression and power : effects of throwing fireballs at colleagues.
Chernauskas-Beecher, Shari D. (2013)Self-regulation, displaced aggression and power were examined by affective processing measured through behavior, in the context of a simulated workplace setting. Four conditions looked at the effects of self-regulation ... -
Temperatures of envy : associations between temperature perceptions and experiences of envy.
Thompson, Kristofer (2014)Envy is generally thought of as a negative emotional response involving a contrast between oneself and another. In its proper form, it can have detrimental effects upon relational interactions and attentional resources, ... -
The comparative similarities of the psychocultural roots of genocide and war.
Collins, Kimberly (2007)This study investigated the comparative similarities between war and genocide, the hypothesis being that there are similarities. The participants included 138 students from the University [of] Central Oklahoma general ... -
The thin ideal : the role of positive and negative expectancies.
Holloway, Hannah R. (2009)Media often portrays women of an unattainable stature. This unattainable stature is commonly referred to as the thin ideal. Women in media, especially fashion models, have become significantly thinner over the last several ... -
Varieties of religious perception : a Q methodological approach to the study of relgious [i.e religious] beliefs.
Kubier, Patrick (2010)Religion is at the heart of all cultures. Three of the most widely known religions are Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. To determine if differences exist, a Q-methodology study of religious beliefs was conducted. The ...