Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Communicating With Technology In Our Workplace, Amelia Hill

Student Research Symposium

When modern technology took off in the 1990’s it surpassed all previous forms. It’s amazing how technology can be, it is used to keep families and friends in contact, and it has advanced medical research, and enables the growth of businesses. While technology can enhance communications within an organization, it can also cause misinformation, distraction, and there is always ‘technology difficulties’. These present a few organizational risks and challenges of human interaction in a work place that will be described in this essay. It is important to look into these problems so the professional world is aware of them and …

Locke, Figure, And Judgement: A Consistent Answer To The Molyneux Problem, Jamale Nagi

Student Research Symposium

Ever since the early modern period the Molyneux Problem has been a topic of debate both in the philosophy of perception and the psychology of perception. The problem centers on whether the senses share representational content between one another, or does each sense modality have its own stock of representational content that becomes associated with the others after some habituation. For example, if you knew a shape only by touch, could you identify that shape when seeing it for the first time without being allowed to touch the object? Typically, rationalists have held to the former claiming yes, while empiricists …

Academic Incoherence: The State Of Sustainability Literature Today, Anthony Philip Stine

Student Research Symposium

The traditional tools associated with researching and presenting findings in contemporary sustainability literature include very little representation on moral forms of discourse. In the context of social sustainability this is problematic due to the inherently normative nature of the discourse. A citation analysis reveals very little representation of Christian moral environmental claims in the sustainability literature today despite growing concern amongst Christians for the state of the environment today.

Motivations Of Yoga Teachers And The Impact Of Training And Teaching, Casadi "Khaki" Marino

Student Research Symposium

Objective: Most research on yoga focuses on efficacy with physical and mental health conditions. Little attention is given to yoga teachers. This project focused on motivations to engage in yoga teacher training and the personal impact of training and teaching.

Methods: 10 yoga teachers practicing in a metro area were engaged in individual interviews. They were asked what led them to yoga teaching, plans regarding teaching, barriers faced to engaging in training, the challenges of training and teaching, and self-care. Interviews were transcribed and subjected to thematic analysis.

Results: Participants reported realizing significant benefits from yoga practice and desire to …

Deception Detection In Clinical Interview, Olivia Preston, Melissa Lewis

Student Research Symposium

The objective of Forensic Assessment of Client Truthfulness (FACT) measure is to detect deception in forensic psychology consultations. A statistically significant tool using verbal content analysis was created, based a synthesis of previous research in the field. This presentation reviews the research project and highlights one phase of the study where ratings true and deceptive statements in cases of accused sex offenders or insanity defense claimants were compared. Multiple ANOVAs, t-tests, and factor analyses were conducted. When FACT scores were dichotomized, 86% of the ratings characterized the true statements as true, and 81% of the ratings categorized the false statements …

A Minority Within A Minority: A Kurdish Refugee In Portland, Oregon, Seth Thomas

Student Research Symposium

This paper is a narrative approach to the experience of Kurdish refugees in Portland, Oregon, focusing specifically on the experiences of Nihad Abdul Rahman, a 40 year old Kurdish refugee born and raised in Baghdad. Nihad arrived in Portland on January 18th, 2015, five years after beginning his refugee application process with the International Organization of Migration (personal communication, February 23, 2015). The qualitative nature of this paper is expressed through the indefinite article of the title: “A Kurdish Refugee.” Nihad receives refugee assistance from Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSN), a non-Profit NGO in Portland, Oregon that is one of …

Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society (Lab): Bridging The Gap Between Coursework And Career, Adriana Stein, Stefanie Berganini

Student Research Symposium

Many anthropology majors gain an academic familiarity with the subject through coursework, but lack an understanding of how to utilize their anthropological skills outside of academia in future careers. To remedy this issue, the Lambda Alpha Beta Honor Society (LAB), a student-led anthropology organization at Portland State University, provides opportunities for participation in events that get students involved with our local community, such as non-profit organizations and local cultural institutions. Some of these organizations include the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Clark Public Utilities, The Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge, Potluck in the Park, and Habitat for Humanity. As an …

Sound Effects: Age, Gender, And Sound Symbolism In American English, Timothy Krause

Student Research Symposium

This mixed-method study investigated the correlation of sound symbolic associations with age and gender by analyzing data from a national survey of 292 American English speakers. Subjects used 10 semantic differential scales to rate six artificial brand names that targeted five phonemes. Subjects also described the potential products they imagined these artificial brand names to represent. Quantitative analysis alone provided insufficient evidence to conclude that age or gender affect sound symbolism in American English. While 26 out of 60 scales showed a monotonic shift among the means of the three age groups, only three were statistically significant. The evidence of …

Direct Versus Indirect Assessment Of Truthfulness, Lauren Bowling, Olivia Preston, Bridgette Norris, Jennifer Gill, Shawn Johnston

Student Research Symposium

This study uses a verbal content analysis measure, the Forensic Assessment of Client Truthfulness (FACT), derived from the most empirically-supported measures in deception detection, Criteria-Based Content Analysis and Reality Monitoring. This study tests the accuracy of the indirect assessment of truthfulness (i.e. consideration of the FACT criteria, which are empirically-related to truthfulness) in comparison to direct assessment of truthfulness (i.e. subjective consideration of whether a statement is true or false). The FACT, an indirect measure, is employed along with a direct assessment of truthfulness to distinguish between true and false statements. The study contains four research conditions including the true …

The Pid-5 Does Not Contain Validity Scales. Do You Care?, Carisha Kelsey, David G. Fischer

Student Research Symposium

The most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) provides clinicians with a new personality assessment tool, the Personality Inventory for DSM-5. It is one of a number of assessments provided for use “in research and evaluation as potentially useful tools to enhance clinical decision-making…” The PID-5 does not contain validity scales to assist clinicians in assessing personality and making diagnostic decisions. This research project seeks to answer the question, “Can the PID-5 be a useful tool without a set of validity scales provided to assist in the interpretation of results?” A literature …

Attributes Of True And False Statements Of Criminal Defendants, Camilla Cummings, Olivia Preston, Nicolette Wise, Shawn A. Johnston

Student Research Symposium

The research study uses a verbal content analysis measure, the Forensic Assessment of Client Truthfulness, derived from the most empirically-supported measures in deception detection (i.e. Criterion-Based Content Analysis and Reality Monitoring). This measure is employed in the study to distinguish between true and false statements in forensic psychological evaluations. The study contains four research conditions including the true and false statements of men accused of sex offenses and of men claiming an insanity defense. Using a repeated measures design, the four statements were rated by 127 university students. Using factor analyses, ANOVA analyses, and t-tests, the results showed that the …

Container Houses, Tran Joseph, Anissa Rosbaugh, Sydne Scott, Hanan Yassin

PSU High School Innovation Challenge

We have noticed that there is an increasing number of homeless in our community. People who are homeless have a more difficult time getting jobs, making it harder to for them to get back on their feet.

Homeless is defined as a person without a stable place to live, in risk of being homeless. Homeless under Federal status, is defined as fleeing/attempting to escape domestic violence. Examples of homelessness include couch surfing, sleeping in shelters, and living in a car.

Our proposal was to build homeless shelters out of shipping containers.

Cleaning Up The Cities Of Tomorrow, Miguel Campos, Jack Chen, Alex Gaiovych, Fernando Lauer, Kaleb Swoverland, Anna Velikoretskikh, Jason Yu

PSU High School Innovation Challenge

A huge problem with current modernized and non modernized cities is the amount of trash being thrown away. There is a tremendous amount of recyclable material that is being thrown away with non recyclable waste into massive landfills. Even though we can not physically see the trash that we throw away on the street, it must still go somewhere. Some of that waste is toxic, other waste is made of non decomposable material. These massive waste disposal sites hurt animals, damage soil, and harm the health people living nearby.

In 2007, Americans threw out about 570 billion pounds of municipal …

Smarter Cycling, Cory Koehler, Richard Smith, Sarah St. Clair, Alex Taylor, Aubrey Masten, Konon Phillips

PSU High School Innovation Challenge

With the current trend of urbanization, the populations of major cities such as Portland are steadily increasing. This is causing a variety of problems, both within the city and in rural areas. In regards to the city, the major challenges facing city planners are the need for the expansion of residential neighborhoods and a rise in traffic throughout the city. One way to tackle the issue of an abundance of traffic, is to make alternate means of transportation more appealing to residents. We chose to focus on bicycling because of the bike‐friendly culture already in place in Portland. An increase …

Code Of Conduct, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Code of Conduct for the Critlib Unconference 2015. This policy is based on the NYC Archives Unconference Code of Conduct, which is based on the SAA Code of Conduct and the AdaCamp event policies.

Lightning Talk: Auotethnography As A Research Method For Librarians, Rick Stoddart

Critlib Unconference

PDF version of a presentation given at the Critlib Unconference 2015 at Portland State University in March 2015. Briefly probes the intersection of autoethnography and critical library studies.

Lightning Talk: The Salaita Case At The University Of Illinois And Lis Practice, Sveta Stoytcheva

Critlib Unconference

Presentation given at the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Discusses the case of Prof. Salaita, who had an offer of tenure at the University of Illinois rescinded after making controversial statements about the conflict in Gaza. Probes the implications of this case for academic and intellectual freedom, and mobilization of critical information literacy skills..

Attendees And Organizer Feedback Summarized, Critlib Unconference 2015 Organizers

Critlib Unconference

This document contains Critlib15 unconference feedback. Attendees were asked to respond to three questions via a Google form. The questions were: 1) What things worked really well for you at the unconference? 2) What things didn't work well for you at the unconference? 3) What would you like to see at the next critlib unconference?

Session: Critical Theory: Some Basics, Lydia Willoughby

Critlib Unconference

Slides from a presentation given at the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Provides an introduction to critical theory, and offers a survey its major theorists and associated paradigms, ranging from structuralism and post-structuralism, to intersectionality and critical race theory.

Session: Open Access, Labor, And Knowledge Production, Emily Drabinski, Korey Jackson

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 1 at the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015, entitled "Open Access, Labor, and Knowledge Production." The session was moderated by Korey Jackson and the note taker was Emily Drabinski. Discusses a wide range of issues related to the economics of knowledge production, scholarly communications and information literacy, viewed through a critical lens.

Session: Extra-Library Critlib Interventions, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 1 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015, titled Extra-library Critlib Interventions. Discusses challenges and barriers to critical library work, and how these may be met

Session: Critical Tech, Emily Ford

Critlib Unconference

This document contains the notes taken during the Critical Tech session facilitated by Emily Ford. The session took place from 10:45-11:45 in Hoffman Hall on the Portland State University campus, as part of the Critlib Unconference 2015.

Discussion focused on MOOC's, technology in the library, and related topics such as digital badges.

Session: Intersectional Cultural Competence / Identifying Racism In Library Practice, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 2 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Contains notes from Session 2 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015. Discussion focused on intersectionality, cultural competency and standpoint theory,. Attendees discussed specific examples from their libraries, in reference, instruction and access services.

Session: Introduction To Critical Theory, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 1 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

This document contains notes taken for Session 1 of the Critlib Unconference 2015 held at Portland State University in March 2015. Provides a basic review and survey of concepts of critical theory and their proponents, from Foucault and Baudrillard to Judith Butler and Derrida.

Session: Instruction Fails, Critlib Unconference 2015 Session 3 Attendees

Critlib Unconference

Notes from Session 3 of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015. The discussion revolved around critical evaluation of instruction, and the specifics of how that emerges within individual libraries.

Critlib Notebook, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Original notebook design for Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015.

Critlib Unconference 2015 Sticker, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Original design for a sticker used at Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015.

Critlib Unconference 2015 Poster, Critlib Unconference 2015 Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Original design for the poster used for the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015.

Things To Do Nearby The Conference, Critlib Unconference 2015 Planning Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Brief document that outlines some nearby options that would be of interest to the attendees of the Critlib Unconference 2015, held at Portland State University in March 2015.

Map Of Conference Venue -- Hoffman Hall C, Critlib Unconference 2015 Planning Administrators

Critlib Unconference

Map showing layout of Hoffman Hall on the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon. This was the primary location for the Critlib Unconference 2015, held on March 25, 2015.