Browsing Psychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality) by Title
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A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Minority and Non-White Majority Children's Implicit Attitudes Toward Racial Outgroups
(2015-12-16)In this research I aimed to increase our understanding of the early emergence of racial biases by examining the implicit racial attitudes of minority and non-White majority children in two cultures. In Study 1, minority ... -
An Examining of Economic Stress and its Impact on Financial Risk-taking Through Perceptions of Control
(2018-05-28)The current project consists of two studies that explore the theoretical framework linking economic stress and financial risk-taking, with a focus on the importance of perceived control. Specifically, it was hypothesized ... -
Are Bicultures More Than the Sum of Their Parts? Exploring Context Sensitivity in Relation to Cultural Frame Switching and Well-Being
(2016-09-20)Identifying with multiple cultures is increasingly common. In negotiating their two cultures, biculturals engage different cognitive systems depending on contextual cues a phenomenon called cultural frame switching. ... -
Attitudes Towards Children of Divorce Among European Canadian and South Asian Canadian Young Adults: The Role of Divorce Norms and Cultural Identification
(2018-03-01)Since the latter half of the 20th century, divorce has become relatively common in individualist cultures (e.g., European countries), while it is still rather uncommon in collectivist cultures (e.g., South Asian countries). ... -
Cultural Differences in Indecisiveness
(2015-12-16)East Asians endorse naïve dialecticism, a lay belief system that tolerates contradictory information (Peng & Nisbett, 1999). Accordingly, individuals of East Asian (vs. European) cultural backgrounds are more likely to ... -
Culture and Baby-Naming in a Multicultural World: Identity and Pragmatic Motivations Predict Choices and Preferences of Baby Names Among Bicultural Individuals
(2019-03-05)Changes in the repertoire of first names represent a cultural product of multiculturalism. As societies become increasingly diverse, choices of names can be construed and examined in the context of cultural identifications ... -
The Effects of Ostracism on Self-Regulation for Sociotropic and Autonomous Individuals
(2014-07-09)The present study investigated individual differences in the relation between ostracism and self-regulation. Previous research shows that being excluded leads to reduced performance on tasks that require self-regulation. ... -
Effects of Self-Distancing and Mindfulness Instructions on Anxiety and Approach Motivation
(2015-12-16)Two experiments tested the effects of self-distancing and mindfulness instructions on approach motivation and state anxiety. Following Kross and Ayduk (2011), we expected that the self-distancing and mindfulness instructions ... -
Examining Adolescent Daughters' and their Parents' Implicit Math-Gender Stereotypes
(2018-11-21)Women continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields, and research suggests that math-gender stereotypes may be a contributing factor. In the present research I examined daughters and parents implicit math-gender stereotypes ... -
Familial Abuse of South Asian Immigrant Women: Analysis of the Narratives of Victims
(2015-12-16)This qualitative study examines the familial violence experiences of South Asian immigrant women in Toronto. An important focus of the investigation was the contribution of honour ideology toward these experiences. Ten ... -
Forlorn and Fervent: Religious Radicalization of the Meek
(2015-08-28)Compensatory Control Theory posits that the belief in an orderly and willed world that is under the control of external or personal forces is an innate human need, and people will use whatever sources of control are at ... -
Having the Time of Our Lives? How Threat Appraisal is Influenced by the Subjective Nature of Time
(2015-12-16)Temporal construal is the cognitive process that determines an event’s location in time and the experience of its distance from the present. The greater the temporal distance, the more likely events are represented in ... -
Holding Grudges: Developing Theory and Measurement
(2019-03-05)The aim of this dissertation was to develop a theory of holding grudges and a questionnaire to measure their occurrence. In Part 1 I used semi-structured interviews to identify six underlying components of holding a grudge: ... -
Inducing the Use of Racial Labels: The Impact of Defying Colourblind Norms on Explicit Prejudice
(2017-07-27)In society today, there exist strong norms against outwardly expressing prejudice and mentioning group differences such as race is often discouraged. Though people who act according to these colourblind norms appear to ... -
Police Response to Developmental Disability
(2018-03-01)Individuals with developmental disabilities (DD) are at considerable risk for encounters with the criminal justice system. This study examined the experiences and perceptions of people with DD, and caregivers of people ... -
Pro-Black, Pro-White, or Proactive: Examining Predictors of Implicit Racial Bias in Black Participants
(2017-07-27)The majority of research examining implicit racial bias has focused on the biases held by White participants (Jost, Banaji, & Nosek, 2004). By contrast, the implicit racial bias of minority group members has been largely ... -
Racial Stereotypes, Identity, and Identity Denial among East Asian Canadians
(2015-01-26)The model minority stereotype ascribes East Asian minorities with positive characteristics such as intelligent and hardworking, and at the same time, with negative traits like socially-awkward and emotionally-reserved. ... -
Reflecting and Shaping the Self through Avatars: The Relationship between Avatars, Identity, and Personal Needs
(2018-03-01)Individuals frequently engage with virtual environments through the use of characters that represent the self, known as avatars. This dissertation focuses on two primary research questions: (1) how do avatars reflect ... -
Retaliatory Aggressive Driving: A Justice Perspective
(2015-01-26)Aggressive driving behaviours such as rude hand gestures, horn honking, tailgating, or causing damage to another vehicle continue to be a threat to motorist well-being. Based on the General Aggression Model and the ... -
Sitting with It: Examining the Relationship Between Mindfulness, Sustained Attention, and Boredom
(2018-11-21)Concentrating on a stimulus or an activity seems like a trivial ability. Sustaining attention for extended periods of time, however, is a challenging experience which becomes increasingly difficult with time. When sustaining ...