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The Effects Of Self-Esteem, Performance Feedback, And Behavioral Verifiability On Self-Serving Biases, Diana C. Slatopolsky May 1991

The Effects Of Self-Esteem, Performance Feedback, And Behavioral Verifiability On Self-Serving Biases, Diana C. Slatopolsky

Master's Theses

The present study examined the psychological processes underlying the self-serving bjas, the tendency to portray one's own qualities as more favorable then those of others. Subjects were asked to predict future success on a behavioral task for themselves and for the average student at their university after receiving performance feedback on the same task. It was proposed that self-enhancing predictions would be moderated by subject's self-esteem (high or low), the verifiability of task performance (high or low), and performance feedback (success or failure). The results revealed that subjects with high self-esteem displayed a self-serving bias regardless of performance verifiability or …


Defining Codependency : A Factor Analytic Approach, Kimberly A. Elliott Mar 1991

Defining Codependency : A Factor Analytic Approach, Kimberly A. Elliott

Master's Theses

This study examined the construct validity of the Friel Inventory, via relationship with the ACL. A factor analysis of the ACL scores collected from 89 introductory psychology students was conducted. These factors were then correlated with the items of the Friel Inventory, which was from the same subjects. The purpose was to determine if codependence, as measured by the Friel Inventory, was a unique construct or a combination of well researched personality traits, as measured by the ACL. The findings supported the former as the correlations among the Friel Inventory items and the ACL factors yielded no relationships above that …


The Relationship Of Ethnic Identity And School Achievement Among Mexican American Adolescents, Bautista Yolanda De Domanico Jan 1991

The Relationship Of Ethnic Identity And School Achievement Among Mexican American Adolescents, Bautista Yolanda De Domanico

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Family Systems And Young Children With Behavior Problems, Trina L. Turner Jan 1991

Family Systems And Young Children With Behavior Problems, Trina L. Turner

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Of Temperamental And Representational Personality Dimensions To Each Other And To Subjective Life Satisfaction, Stephen M. Gedo Jan 1991

The Relationship Of Temperamental And Representational Personality Dimensions To Each Other And To Subjective Life Satisfaction, Stephen M. Gedo

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Affective Predication In Memory For Sentences: Anticipating Meaningfulness Before Meaning Is Fully Known By Alec Ulasevich., Alec Ulasevich Jan 1991

Affective Predication In Memory For Sentences: Anticipating Meaningfulness Before Meaning Is Fully Known By Alec Ulasevich., Alec Ulasevich

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between Infant Temperament And Maternal Stress Level In Day Care And Home Care Children, Mario B. Natta Jan 1991

The Relationship Between Infant Temperament And Maternal Stress Level In Day Care And Home Care Children, Mario B. Natta

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Schematic And Taxonomic Memory Organization In Adults, Brooke Leaton Jan 1991

Schematic And Taxonomic Memory Organization In Adults, Brooke Leaton

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Cocaine Dependence: The Relationship Of Causal Attributions And Relapse, James W. Pier Jan 1991

Cocaine Dependence: The Relationship Of Causal Attributions And Relapse, James W. Pier

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Experience Of Coercive And Forceful Sexual Activity Among College Undergraduates, Julia L. Anable Jan 1991

The Experience Of Coercive And Forceful Sexual Activity Among College Undergraduates, Julia L. Anable

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.