Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 30 of 47

Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Interaction Of Sleep And Emotional Content On The Production Of False Memories, Shannon Mckeon, Edward F. Pace-Schott, Rebecca M. C. Spencer Nov 2012

Interaction Of Sleep And Emotional Content On The Production Of False Memories, Shannon Mckeon, Edward F. Pace-Schott, Rebecca M. C. Spencer

Rebecca M. C. Spencer

Sleep benefits veridical memories, resulting in superior recall relative to off-line intervals spent awake. Sleep also increases false memory recall in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) paradigm. Given the suggestion that emotional veridical memories are prioritized for consolidation over sleep, here we examined whether emotion modulates sleep’s effect on false memory formation. Participants listened to semantically related word lists lacking a critical lure representing each list’s ‘‘gist.’’ Free recall was tested after 12 hours containing sleep or wake. The Sleep group recalled more studied words than the Wake group but only for emotionally neutral lists. False memories of both negative and neutral …


Sac Attack: Assessing The Role Of Recollection In The Mirror Effect, Angela M. Pazzaglia Sep 2012

Sac Attack: Assessing The Role Of Recollection In The Mirror Effect, Angela M. Pazzaglia

Open Access Dissertations

Low-frequency (LF) words have higher hit rates (HRs) and lower false alarm rates (FARs) than high-frequency (HF) words in recognition memory, a phenomenon termed the mirror effect by Glanzer and Adams (1985). The primary mechanism for producing the mirror effect varies substantially across models of recognition memory, with some models localizing the effects during encoding and others during retrieval. The current experiments contrast two retrieval-stage models, the Source of Activation Confusion (SAC; Reder, Nhouyvanisvong, Schunn, Ayers, Angstadt, & Hiraki, 2000) model and the unequal variance signal detection theory (UVSDT) criterion shift model (e.g., DeCarlo, 2002). The SAC model proposes that …


Newlywed Couples' Marital Satisfaction And Patterns Of Cortisol Reactivity And Recovery As A Response To Differential Marital Power, Mattitiyahu Scott Zimbler May 2012

Newlywed Couples' Marital Satisfaction And Patterns Of Cortisol Reactivity And Recovery As A Response To Differential Marital Power, Mattitiyahu Scott Zimbler

Open Access Dissertations

This study investigated the extent to which gender moderates, and perceptions of fairness mediate, the link between marital power and overall marital satisfaction, as well as cortisol stress trajectories in response to marital distress. Study 1 examined a sample of 213 opposite sex newlywed couples from western Massachusetts, and focused on marital satisfaction as the dependent variable. Findings from the structural equation analysis suggested that perceptions of relationship fairness concerning the division of labor completely mediated the association between marital power and marital satisfaction for wives, but not for husbands. These results also implied an association between wives' perceptions of …


The Devil's In The Details: Abstract Vs. Concrete Construals Of Multiculturalism Have Differential Effects On Attitudes And Behavioral Intentions Toward Ethnic Minority Groups, Kumar Yogeeswaran May 2012

The Devil's In The Details: Abstract Vs. Concrete Construals Of Multiculturalism Have Differential Effects On Attitudes And Behavioral Intentions Toward Ethnic Minority Groups, Kumar Yogeeswaran

Open Access Dissertations

The current research integrates social cognitive theories of psychological construals and information processing with theories of social identity to identify the conditions under which multiculturalism helps versus hinders positive intergroup relations. Three experiments investigated how abstract vs. concrete construals of multiculturalism impact majority group members' attitudes and behavioral intentions toward ethnic minorities in the US. Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrated that construing multiculturalism in abstract terms by highlighting its broad goals reduced majority group members' prejudice toward ethnic minorities by decreasing the extent to which diversity is seen as threatening the national group. However, construing multiculturalism in concrete terms by …


Adopted Child’S Race And Sex Predict Parent’S Engagement In Cultural Socialization, Kathleen M. Davey Mar 2012

Adopted Child’S Race And Sex Predict Parent’S Engagement In Cultural Socialization, Kathleen M. Davey

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Individual Personality Traits And Communicative Behavior In Adoptive And Non-Adoptive Families, Bibiana D. Koh Mar 2012

Individual Personality Traits And Communicative Behavior In Adoptive And Non-Adoptive Families, Bibiana D. Koh

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Contact With Birth Families Three Months And One Year Post-Placement Among Adoptive Families With Lesbian, Gay, And Heterosexual Parents, Rachel H. Farr Mar 2012

Contact With Birth Families Three Months And One Year Post-Placement Among Adoptive Families With Lesbian, Gay, And Heterosexual Parents, Rachel H. Farr

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Challenges And Strengths In Parenting Foster-To-Adopt Children: Perspectives Of Lesbian, Gay, And Heterosexual Foster-To-Adopt Parents, April M. Moyer Mar 2012

Challenges And Strengths In Parenting Foster-To-Adopt Children: Perspectives Of Lesbian, Gay, And Heterosexual Foster-To-Adopt Parents, April M. Moyer

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Parents’ Ethnic Identification, Attitudes, Beliefs And Behavior About Cultural Differences In International Transracial Adoption, Susanne Agerbak Mar 2012

Parents’ Ethnic Identification, Attitudes, Beliefs And Behavior About Cultural Differences In International Transracial Adoption, Susanne Agerbak

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Internationally Adopted Infants: Short Term Self-Regulation And Adaptation, Jessica Matthews Mar 2012

Internationally Adopted Infants: Short Term Self-Regulation And Adaptation, Jessica Matthews

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


New Worlds Of Adoption: Navigating The Teen Years, Katie M. Hrapczynski Mar 2012

New Worlds Of Adoption: Navigating The Teen Years, Katie M. Hrapczynski

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


The Intersectionality Of Race, Adoption And Parenting: How White Adoptive Parents Of Asian Born Children Talk About Race Within The Family, Jen H. Dolan Mar 2012

The Intersectionality Of Race, Adoption And Parenting: How White Adoptive Parents Of Asian Born Children Talk About Race Within The Family, Jen H. Dolan

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Transracial Adoptees: Searching For Birth Families And Developing Identities, Danielle E. Godon Mar 2012

Transracial Adoptees: Searching For Birth Families And Developing Identities, Danielle E. Godon

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


The Yin And Yang Of Identity And Relationships: The Queer Korean Adoptee Experience, Shawyn C. Lee Mar 2012

The Yin And Yang Of Identity And Relationships: The Queer Korean Adoptee Experience, Shawyn C. Lee

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Adoption Status On The Transition, Amy J. Walkner-Spaan Mar 2012

Effect Of Adoption Status On The Transition, Amy J. Walkner-Spaan

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Factors Within The Construct Of Contact In Adoption Over Time, David M. Martin Mar 2012

Factors Within The Construct Of Contact In Adoption Over Time, David M. Martin

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


A Strengths-Based Assessment Of Diverse Adoptive Families: Experience Of Young Adult Women Raised By Lesbian Mothers, Alicia Padovano Mar 2012

A Strengths-Based Assessment Of Diverse Adoptive Families: Experience Of Young Adult Women Raised By Lesbian Mothers, Alicia Padovano

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Children Adopted From Eastern Europe: Evolution Of Socio-Emotional And Behavioral Symptoms, Réjean Tessier Mar 2012

Children Adopted From Eastern Europe: Evolution Of Socio-Emotional And Behavioral Symptoms, Réjean Tessier

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Panel Presentation, Sally Powers Mar 2012

Panel Presentation, Sally Powers

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Adolescence, Adoption And Identity, Amanda Baden, Jeanne Howard Mar 2012

Adolescence, Adoption And Identity, Amanda Baden, Jeanne Howard

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Academic Research & Clinical Practice (Panel Presentation), John Sobraske Mar 2012

Academic Research & Clinical Practice (Panel Presentation), John Sobraske

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Pediatric Perspectives On International Adoption: Growth, Puberty And Long-Term Medical Risks, Dana Johnson, Laurie Miller Mar 2012

Pediatric Perspectives On International Adoption: Growth, Puberty And Long-Term Medical Risks, Dana Johnson, Laurie Miller

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Positive Youth Development And Youth Advocacy, Kim Stevens Mar 2012

Positive Youth Development And Youth Advocacy, Kim Stevens

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Challenges In International Transracial Adoptions (Panel Presentation), Rudd Conference Mar 2012

Challenges In International Transracial Adoptions (Panel Presentation), Rudd Conference

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


From Understanding To Intervention (Panel Presentation), Susan Smith Mar 2012

From Understanding To Intervention (Panel Presentation), Susan Smith

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Keynote Address: Post-Institutionalized Children Become Teenagers: Early Deprivation And The Developing Teen Brain, Megan Gunnar Mar 2012

Keynote Address: Post-Institutionalized Children Become Teenagers: Early Deprivation And The Developing Teen Brain, Megan Gunnar

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Conference Program 2012, Rudd Adoption Research Program Mar 2012

Conference Program 2012, Rudd Adoption Research Program

Rudd Adoption Research Program Annual Conferences

No abstract provided.


Sleep Disturbances In Alzheimer's Disease And Caregiver Mood: A Diary Study, Anna Maria Katarina Akerstedt Feb 2012

Sleep Disturbances In Alzheimer's Disease And Caregiver Mood: A Diary Study, Anna Maria Katarina Akerstedt

Open Access Dissertations

Sleep disturbances are common in persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) (Hart et al., 2003) and pose a great strain on their family caregivers (Hope, Keene, Gedling, Fairburn, & Jacoby, 1998) including their emotional functioning (Schulz & Martire, 2004). The current study is the first to examine the impact of daily sleep and mood in persons with AD on their caregiver's sleep and emotional functioning. The study examined sleep and mood across eight days in 40 family caregivers of persons with AD. It was hypothesized that poor sleep in the person with AD person would have a negative impact on caregiver …


Adolescent Binge Drinking Leads To Changes In Alcohol Drinking, Anxiety, And Amygdalar Corticotropin Releasing Factor Cells In Adulthood In Male Rats, Heather Richardson, N. W. Gilpin, C. A. Karanikas Feb 2012

Adolescent Binge Drinking Leads To Changes In Alcohol Drinking, Anxiety, And Amygdalar Corticotropin Releasing Factor Cells In Adulthood In Male Rats, Heather Richardson, N. W. Gilpin, C. A. Karanikas

Heather Richardson

Heavy episodic drinking early in adolescence is associated with increased risk of addiction and other stress-related disorders later in life. This suggests that adolescent alcohol abuse is an early marker of innate vulnerability and/or binge exposure impacts the developing brain to increase vulnerability to these disorders in adulthood. Animal models are ideal for clarifying the relationship between adolescent and adult alcohol abuse, but we show that methods of involuntary alcohol exposure are not effective. We describe an operant model that uses multiple bouts of intermittent access to sweetened alcohol to elicit voluntary binge alcohol drinking early in adolescence (~postnatal days …


Processing Of Emotional Reactivity And Emotional Memory Over Sleep, Bengi Baran, Edward F. Pace-Schott, Callie Ericson, Rebecca M. C. Spencer Jan 2012

Processing Of Emotional Reactivity And Emotional Memory Over Sleep, Bengi Baran, Edward F. Pace-Schott, Callie Ericson, Rebecca M. C. Spencer

Rebecca M. C. Spencer

Sleep enhances memories, particularly emotional memories. As such, it has been suggested that sleep deprivation may reduce post-traumatic stress disorder. This presumes that emotional memory consolidation is paralleled by a reduction in emotional reactivity, an association that has not yet been examined. In the present experiment, we utilized an incidental memory task in humans and obtained valence and arousal ratings during two sessions separated either by 12 hours of daytime wake or 12 hours including overnight sleep. Recognition accuracy was greater following sleep relative to wake for both negative and neutral pictures. While emotional reactivity to negative pictures was greatly …