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Adaptive Memory And Social Influences, Aaron D. Leedy
Adaptive Memory And Social Influences, Aaron D. Leedy
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Recently, cognitive psychologists have focused their research on the survival aspects of human memory, showing advantages for remembering information encoded for adaptive qualities. When participants rated words related to survival relevance (stranded in grasslands), Nairne et al. (2007) and others found survival processing’s retention superior to many semantic encoding techniques, however, we questioned the global application of survival processing. In the present adaptive memory experiment we used the thematic word list paradigm pioneered by Deese, Rodeiger and McDermott, allowing us to measure false recall of critical items from sets of word lists. To investigate recall differences based on the material …
The Evaluation Of Adaptive Memory In Both Words And Narratives Using Modern Situations, Adam M. Wilde
The Evaluation Of Adaptive Memory In Both Words And Narratives Using Modern Situations, Adam M. Wilde
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Nairne, Thompson, and Pandeirada (2007) have focused on the evolutionary aspect of memory by showing that when participants rate words relative to their relationship to survival, their subsequent retention of those words is superior to other well-known encoding techniques. Survival processing was induced using a written scenario of being stranded in grasslands that participants read. Several other experiments have replicated their findings, and some incorporated the Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) paradigm with survival-processing (Roediger, & McDermott, 1995). The use of DRM word lists has been shown to increase rates of false memories, and the same pattern held true with the original grassland …
Cognitive Predictors Of Worry In An Adolescent Community Sample, Marco Roberto Mentuccia
Cognitive Predictors Of Worry In An Adolescent Community Sample, Marco Roberto Mentuccia
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Although worry is a common source of distress in children and adolescents, relatively few studies have focused on understanding worry in both of these age groups (Cartwright-Hatton, 2006). This area of research is of particular relevance, as understanding worry in youth may have implications for the assessment and treatment of adolescent worry and other anxiety-related difficulties. Consequently, the focuses of this study were to examine the validity and relevance of metacognitive measures of worry in an adolescent sample, to determine the degree to which metacognitive worry is associated with worry in adolescents, and to examine the potential association between adolescent …
Effects Of Group Psychoeducation For Parents Of At-Risk Adolescents, Lauren Ashley Christensen
Effects Of Group Psychoeducation For Parents Of At-Risk Adolescents, Lauren Ashley Christensen
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The efficacy of the Parent Project, a current group psychoeducational program for parents of at-risk adolescents, was explored in this investigation. In particular, determining whether a parent-focused psychoeducation approach would beneficially alter family interaction style as well as adolescent behavior was investigated. A within-subjects design was implemented to evaluate before and after treatment levels of function. The Parent Project psychoeducational program provided 34 participating parents with classroom instruction and processing time to help meet the participating parents with their 13- to 18- year-old children. The current sample of participating parents was referred to the Parent Project by the Child Guidance …
Coping With Chronic Illness: Do Strategies Differ By Illness Type?, Kerry T. Eldred
Coping With Chronic Illness: Do Strategies Differ By Illness Type?, Kerry T. Eldred
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
While coping varies with individuals and is a product of complex, interrelated factors, the primary interest of this study was determining how coping behaviors manifest according to these chronic illness types: those of known pathology (e.g., asthma, osteoarthritis, lupus) and those that lack a clear, structural pathology (i.e., functional somatic syndromes and medically unexplained symptoms). Data for this study were gathered from a series of four comprehensive online surveys, which included measures of coping (Brief COPE), pain and health outcomes (SF-36), negative affect (I-PANAS-SF) and depression (PHQ- 8). The analyzed sample was comprised of 148 participants (119 Female, 28 Male …
Gender Differences Of Multimodal Responses To Child And Non-Child Stressors, Meghan Michelle Kovar
Gender Differences Of Multimodal Responses To Child And Non-Child Stressors, Meghan Michelle Kovar
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This investigation explored gender differences and relations among facets of adult stress measured by self-reported cognitive, emotional, and continuous psychophysiological responses to child and non-child stressors. The 46 male and 47 female participants displayed increased heart rate (HR) while watching a video of a happy infant and a decreased HR (associated with increased attentiveness) during a crying infant video. During a cold pressor task, males' HR increased while females revealed a contrary decline in HR. No differences between hyperactive and non-hyperreactive participants were found regarding hypothetical parenting plans or self-reported emotionality. Findings suggest more gender similarity than dissimilarity, possibly due …