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Perfection: The Fatality Of Down Syndrome, Mallory Baucom

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Down syndrome is a condition that carries with it a negative stigma and many negative assumptions. The advancement of the medical community has begun to allow expectant parents to anticipate whether their child will have Down syndrome. However, in recent years mothers are using the results of prenatal tests as a deciding factor to decide if they will continue the pregnancy. The negative stigma associated with Down syndrome has transformed into a discrimination against people with Down syndrome. There are many influencing factors that affect the decision-making process of expectant mothers. The decision to terminate one’s pregnancy is not made …

Internalizing Symptoms Associated With Emotional Abuse: An Examination Of Religious Social Support As A Moderating Variable, Jessica Chambers, Diana Morelen, Jason Steadman, Michelle Hurley

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Emotional abuse in childhood is linked to an increased risk for internalizing symptoms such as depression and anxiety in adulthood. Religious social support offers a promising defense in maintaining mental well-being in the face of trauma. This study aims to investigate if religious social support in childhood will moderate the impact of negative outcomes associated with emotional abuse. Further, this study will examine whether and how gender and ethnicity impact this relationship. The sample includes undergraduate students attending East Tennessee State University, located in the southeastern United States (n = 471, 73% female, 11% African American, M age = 20.37, …

Childhood Development: How The Fine And Performing Arts Enhance Neurological, Social, And Academic Traits, Katherine Rowe

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Abstract

Childhood development has always been a major topic when studying psychology and biology. This makes sense because the brain develops from the time a child is conceived to the time that child has reached around the age of twenty-seven. Doctors, psychologists, and sociologists look at numerous things when studying childhood development. However, how common is it for researchers to study how the fine and performing arts affect childhood development? Sociologists tend to be extremely open and mindful of all aspects of things such as culture, sexuality, religion, and even age. By taking a sociological standpoint when studying the arts …

An Overview Of Suicide And The Impact Of Interacting Factors On Current Suicide Trends, Shawna Burrow

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Approximately 44,965 people committed suicide in 2016 in the United States, and the rate has been rising for a decade and a half. Suicide has far-reaching consequences which affect not only the victim, but those close to the person as well. For every suicide, an estimated six people are futher traumatized, bringing the current loss survivor estimate to over 5 million. Additionally, suicide costs tax payers about 70 billion dollars annually. Despite outranking homicide as a leading cause of death, the long-standing stigma associated with suicide creates a barrier for open and effective communication about the issue. This paper investigates …

Translating The Strengths And Difficulties Questionnaire Into American Sign Language: A Pilot Study, Christopher Plimmer

Undergraduate Honors Theses

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The Role Of Friends In Cyber Dating Abuse: An Examination Of Attitudes, Normative Beliefs And Reinforcement Behaviours, Frances Schell

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The Validity Of The Test Of Memory Malingering (Tomm) With Deaf Individuals, Dominica Olivia Chorostecki

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The Influence Of Music On Online Shopping Behaviour, Jessmyn Cabigas

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Teachers’ Job Satisfaction, Stress, Self-Efficacy And Beliefs About Self-Regulated Learning, Alexandra Bolton

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Dating Life Experiences: An Exploratory Study Of The Interrelationships Between Personality, Online Dating And Subjective Well-Being, Diana Pernokis

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Attitudes Toward Vegans And Vegetarians: The Role Of Anticipated Moral Reproach And Dissonance, Amanda Fediw

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Identity Status, Achievement Goal Orientation, And Academic Engagement, Brina Puspoky

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Selective News Consumption And Individual Difference Variables On Political Polarization, Kieran Waitschies

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Instagram Use In Emerging Adults, Laura Dungo

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Pairing Visuals With Direct Questions: Can Children’S Response Accuracy Be Improved?, Lydia N. Murray

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University Students’ Cognitive Strategies, Emotions, Procrastination, And Motivation For Learning, Marlen Batres

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The Impact Of Supercrip Representations On Attitudes Towards People With Physical Disabilities, Sarah N. R. Crittenden

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Exploring Cognitive Predictors Through The Pathways To Mathematics Model, Nicole Collins

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The Effects Of Focused Meditation On Memory And Suggestibility In An Interrogative Design, Mercedes Miller

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The Effect Of Knowledge Of Upcoming Haptic Feedback On Normal And Pantomime Grasps, Nathan J. Katz

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Normal grasping actions towards real objects are target-directed, mediated via real-time visuomotor control, and provide haptic feedback. Studies of visual form agnosic patient DF suggest that pantomime (pretend) grasps are different; they recruit the visual Ventral stream (inferior temporal cortex), while normal grasps recruit the visual Dorsal stream (posterior parietal cortex). This functional duality underlies the eponymous Two Visual Systems Hypothesis (TVSH). Critics of the TVSH emphasize the multimodal nature of sensory processing and propose a model, termed the Common Source Hypothesis (CSH), of a single more localized system. Existing studies of natural prehension during interleaved trials of normal and …

Evil Geniuses At Work: Does Intelligence Interact With The Dark Triad To Predict Workplace Deviance?, Irene Y. Zhang, Richard D. Goffin Phd

Undergraduate Honors Theses

There is no evidence for a strong correlation between intelligence and the Dark Triad (O’Boyle, Forsyth, Banks, & Story, 2013). However, the existence of an indirect relationship between the two traits was unknown. Following the recommendation of a meta-analysis conducted by Muris, Merckelbach, Otgaar, and Meijer (2017), the present study sought to confirm whether cognitive ability interacts with the Dark Triad traits to predict deviant, smart lying workplace behaviours. Undergraduate psychology students who were currently working full-time or part-time, or have worked in the past, participated in the study (N = 77). They completed a battery of measures entirely …

Single Or Taken: The Effect Of Relationship Status, Gender, And Interaction With The Opposite Sex On Arousal And Spatial Ability, Kylie Mcgee

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The purpose of this project is to examine the effect that relationship status, gender, and interaction with the opposite sex has on nervous system arousal and spatial ability. In the first experiment, 20 female participants were selected, 10 being in a committed relationship and 10 being single. Spatial ability and heart rate was measured for each participant before and after mixed-sex dyadic interactions. Results showed that a person’s relationship status does indeed have an effect on nervous system arousal after a mixed-sex dyadic interaction. In experiment two, 25 participants were studied, 13 participants were male and 12 were female. 7 …

Tabletop Role-Playing Games, Narrative, And Individual Development, Benjamin Luke Flournoy

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Excerpt from Introduction

In 1982, Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons (BADD) was created. BADD was a group consisted of parents, teachers, and clergy who were worried about the spiritual and mental development of children, who they saw were at risk of being corrupted by a single game—Dungeons & Dragons. The group campaigned again and again, warning fellow parents about the detrimental effect that this game could have on a child’s life. They believed Dungeons & Dragons had a kind of power over its players—a power that could create meaning and even take children to their eternal doom. This …