Psychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)
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Perceived Racial Bias and Perceptions of Trust
(2021-03-08)With recent increased attention to a long history of racial injustice in society, it has become imperative to learn about the perceptions and experiences of racial minorities. Although trends may suggest that racial prejudice ... -
Who's sorry now? An Investigation of How Gender Shapes the Appearance and Judgment of Apologetic Faces
(2021-03-08)Research suggests that successful apologies include key verbal components such as admitting responsibility and asking for forgiveness. However, there is limited research examining the nonverbal aspects of apology and ... -
Sorry, Not Sorry: The Effect of Transgressors' Power on Apology and Non-Apology
(2020-11-13)Power is a basic element of social relationships. Anecdotal and empirical accounts suggest power corrupts individuals behaviour and leads to situations in which apologies would be beneficial. However, the role power plays ... -
From Catastrophe to Mastery: The Relationship Between Internal Control and Distress During Economic Threat
(2020-11-13)Every year, many young people navigate through a precarious job market, leading to substantial psychological distress. Across two preregistered experiments, the current program of research examines the curvilinear relationship ... -
The Self in Time: The Impact of Past-Focus on Well-Being and Intergroup Relations
(2020-05-11)Time perspective is a fundamental human capacity that shapes thoughts, feelings, and behaviors about the self and others. The present research explores the associations between subjective time, both positive and negative ... -
Judging a Book by Its Author's Gender
(2020-05-11)Romance novels are the second-most popular genre of fiction but are viewed almost universally negatively. It is possible that these negative evaluations stem from their association with women. To explore this, we examined ... -
How Attachment Shapes Approaches to Sexual Need Fulfillment
(2020-05-11)Sexuality often distinguishes romantic relationships from other relationships. Because most romantic relationships are sexually monogamous, partners have important roles in meeting each others needs. Being responsive to a ... -
Intergroup Biases in Person Perception: The Impact of Race and Expansive Poses on Perceived Trait Attributions and Evaluations of Professional and Interpersonal Success
(2019-11-22)A long history of research demonstrates that when perceiving others, information from bodily cues can inform our impressions, evaluations, and decisions. However, this work has largely focused on perceptions of White ... -
Islamophobia and Reactions to Anti-Muslim Hate Crime: The Role of Prototypic Thought and the Ideal Minority Victim
(2019-11-22)This dissertation explored victim blaming in the context of Islamophobic hate crime, including the role that model victim expectations might play. Study 1 and Study 2 explored the nature, content, and frequency of prototypes ... -
Insecure Adult Attachment Predicts Engagement with Narrative Fiction
(2019-11-22)Individual differences in attachment orientations predict how deeply involved people become in social relationships, but do they also influence the extent to which they become invested in fictional social worlds? In Studies ... -
The Psychological Study of Gender: Moving Beyond the Binary
(2019-03-05)Quantitative gender research within Psychology has traditionally been limited and inherently exclusionary of people with non-binary genders. Focusing research on aspects of gender with inclusive methods can allow us 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 ... -
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: ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Trait Perfectionism and Perfectionistic Self-Presentation in Psychological Distress: The Mediational Role of Self-Image Goals
(2018-05-28)The current research was designed to qualify and extend existing theory and research in the perfectionism field by considering the need to be perfect from a perspective that emphasizes motivation and the self. It is our ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Effect of Culture on Load and Distractor Processing
(2018-03-01)The present study examined perceptual load capacity as a potential mechanism that may contribute to visual attention differences between East Asians and North Americans. Participants identified targets in a low or high ... -
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). ...
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