Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Degrees "M.A., Experimental Psychology"
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A replication, evaluation, and criticism of unconscious thought theory.
(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.
(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 ... -
Cardiac vagal tone in complex PTSD : a polyvagal perspective.
(2015)Differences in functionality, impairment, and symptoms provide support for a nosological distinction between Complex PTSD and PTSD. Based on this information, the next step is to examine biological characteristics between ... -
Developing a methodology for manipulating spontaneous blinks.
(2017)While blinking is necessary for ocular protection and lubrication, people blink much more than is necessary for routine ocular maintenance. These extra, spontaneous blinks are extremely difficult to manipulate and thus, ... -
Distance in relationships as a moderator of relationship characteristics on relationship outcomes.
(2017)Distance in dating relationships has become more prevalent now than ever before as people begin relationships while geographically close, but at times are forced to move for myriad reasons (e.g., school, employment, personal ... -
Effects of gender norms & heterosexism on adoptions & disgust.
(2015)Heterosexism affects both individual and societal prejudices, leading to discrimination based on one's sexual orientation. In the following studies, it was shown that level of heterosexism predicted homosexual discrimination ... -
Interest and motivation in learning with application for college education.
(2018)This study examined the role that interest plays in the motivation to learn. The study consisted of three phases. In the first phase participants completed an online survey to determine their interest in either sports or ... -
Interpersonal perceptions of American culture
(2008)A small study of international student perception of American culture was conducted. One of two counterbalanced videos was presented to each participant followed by questionnaires regarding attitude and attitude certainty, ... -
Motivating Morality: Linking Moral Foundations and Fundamental Motives
(2021)What motivates moral judgments? The fundamental motives model proposes that people have a set of psychological mechanisms that motivate behavior (Kenrick et al, 2011). The self protection motive functions to protect one ... -
Primary motor cortex stimulation facilitates visual guidance.
(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 ... -
Psychologist-historians: historying women and benevolent sexism
(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. ... -
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in posttraumatic growth and PTSD.
(2017)Most the human population will experience a traumatic event during their lifespan and will then cope with such trauma in a wide variety of ways. It is well documented that traumatic events are associated with both short ... -
Revising impressions with the authority moral foundation
(2021)Past research argues that judgments of morality supersede warmth or competence when forming impressions, and that some people will revise an impression based on highly diagnostic moral information. Moral Foundations Theory ... -
Temperatures of envy : associations between temperature perceptions and experiences of envy.
(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, ... -
Testing for Automatic Bias to Shoot People of Color.
(2018)Previous research of the shooter bias effect has focused on Black versus White male targets, with participants mistakenly shooting unarmed Black targets more often than White targets. In the current study, it was hypothesized ... -
The comparative similarities of the psychocultural roots of genocide and war.
(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 ... -
Validation of a social self-efficacy scale (SSE-1)
(2021)A new self report scale was developed to measure individuals' social self-efficacy, which we named the SSE-1. Social self-efficacy could be thought of one's sense of personal mastery pertaining to the act of socializing. ...