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The Effect Of Color On Viewers’ Ratings Of Paintings, Donald J. Polzella, Stephanie H. Hammar, Chad W. Hinkle

Psychology Faculty Publications

Sixty college students rated digitized facsimiles of 20 paintings on 12 semantic differential scales. The paintings represented two classes of content, landscape and portrait, and two styles, traditional and modern. Half the participants viewed the paintings in color, half in black and white. Removing color from portraits increased their perceived pleasantness and beauty and reduced tension. In contrast, removing color from landscapes reduced their perceived beauty. It is argued that for landscapes color may provide a critical channel for transmitting increased amounts of information such as depth. For portraits, color can be superfluous or even distracting.

Beyond 'Hot Lips' And 'Big Nurse': Creative Writing And Nursing, Sandra Young

English Faculty Publications

This essay describes a special topics creative writing course designed for nursing students, and argues that creative writing strategies work to improve nurses' compositional skills. Also discussed are other potential benefits from creatively writing patients' lives, notably, the blending of arts and sciences, and the ways in which medical schools are encouraging their students to study the humanities, especially literature and creative writing. The essay includes student creative writing samples.

The essay also discusses the depiction of nurses in popular culture. M*A*S*H*, Richard Hooker’s black comedy about the antics of doctors and nurses during the Korean War, gave us “Hot …

A Neighborhood Study Regarding The Relationship Between Social Identity And Street Corner Drinking, Irene Hoskin Heard

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This study offered valuable insight into a sub-cultural setting where heavy drinking on the street-corner occurs among a group of African-American men. Data were collected via participant observation, with two primary goals: first, to study street-corner drinking within its larger contextual settings--the family, the neighborhood and larger society--in order to more fully contextually ground this practice; second, to describe the many facets of the identity of the man who drinks on the street corner, rather than view him only as a drinking man. It became evident that the corner drinking men could be considered heavy or problem drinkers, yet ones …

The Effect Of Pretense On The Creativity Of Storytelling In Preschool And Kindergarten-Age Children, Storm R. Ross

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Previous research suggests a link between pretense and the creative behavior of children, such as associative fluency. Most results show that children who engaged in pretense prior to an associative fluency task gave more nonstandard uses for play objects than children who engaged in imitation play or coloring. However, the effect of pretense play on other forms of creativity has not been extensively researched. One such form of creativity is storytelling.

The present study examined the relationship between pretense and storytelling. It was hypothesized that the stories a child tells after engaging in pretense play would be ranked and rated …

The Fear Of Death And The Fear Of Dying: Possible Barriers To Altruistic Behavior, Jennifer Haskin Corwin

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Research in the study of the fear of death and dying and the study of altruism implies that there is a dynamic relationship between the two fields. Rarely, if ever, has a direct connection been made. This study is an effort to further explore the relationship that exists between the fear of death and dying, altruistic behavior, self-esteem, and perceptions of a common humanity. Through the synthesis of these four key social psychological concepts, a theoretical model was developed and tested.

Through the examination and statistical analysis of quantitative data and the systematic evaluation of interview data, several connections between …

Defining Overcriminalization Through Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Example Of Criminal Copyright Laws, Geraldine Szott Moohr

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Subjectivity Of Visual Inspection: Variables That Influence Inspector Decisions About Quality At A Cabinet Manufacturing Business, Bradley R. Bechthold

Graduate Research Papers

The following paper is an investigative project on the subjectivity of visual inspection by finished goods inspectors at a custom cabinet manufacturer located in northeast Iowa. The company manufactures custom and semi-custom kitchen and bath cabinets; with very few of the ~ 1.6 million pieces shipped each year being exactly alike in design, wood species, or color. The company employs over 1200 associates that support a three shift manufacturing operation.

The focus of the study involved the subjectivity of visually inspecting the company's finished product, while exploring elements in the manufacturing arena which affect inspector decisions. Some variables explored include …

The Many Faces Of Power: An International Law Response To Robert Kagan's Of Paradise And Power, Jason Morgan-Foster

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Nostalgic Reconsideration Of The Sublime In Aesthetics, Katherine Rhodes Fields

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Hearing Loss On Deaf, Hard-Of-Hearing, And Hearing Family Members, Kara Brooks

Honors Capstones

No matter what area of communicative disorders a student chooses to pursue (speech-language pathology, audiology, rehabilitation counseling, etc.), he or she will undoubtedly be a provider of services to those who have impairments/disabilities and their families. Recommended practice supports the participation of a multitude of family members. This serves to benefit the individual with the impairment/disability. The study began with basic research. Information was gathered from books, professional websites, and other sources on the topic of interest. This served to provide a basic understanding of the deaf and hard of hearing populations and their families, and to learn data gathering …

Compassion Fatigue, Amanda Jackson

Honors Capstones

This paper addresses the issue of compassion fatigue as a symptom of the stress and strain induced upon individuals working with the field of social services. The purpose of this paper is to make individuals aware of the issue of compassion fatigue and its' implications upon workers in this field and related helping fields. Among the literature presented, job-burnout, countertransference, secondary traumatic stress disorder and vicarious traumatization are defined as issues relating to and synonymous with compassion fatigue. It has been found, through the literature and research available, that individuals working within the helping field can prevent the occurrence of …

Grappling With Scholarship On Pro Wrestling: Comparative Media Studies Inside The Ring., Sam Ford

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

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Moral Developmental Consistency: Investigating The Role Of Academic Major, Grace Livingston

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

A variety of studies have shown education majors to score significantly lower on assessments ofmora I reasoning and moral judgment. Previous studies have compared education majors with composite samples using a relatively imprecise measure of moral judgment (the DIT P-score); these studies have addressed only one aspect ofmoral development, moral reasoning, and also fail to distingnish between micromorality and macromorality. Because of these shortcomings in previous research, this study questions the degree to which differences exist among college majors. This study considers scores on the Defining Issues Test-2 (DIT-2), Attitudes Towards Human Rights Inventory (ATHRI), Racial and Ethical Sensitivity Test …

Handbook Of Field-Based Training Experiences In School Psychology, Nova Southeastern University

College of Psychological Services / College of Psychology Postgraduate Student and Course Catalogs

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Unknowing: The Work Of Modernist Fiction, Philip M. Weinstein

English Literature Faculty Works

Philip Weinstein explores the modernist commitment to unknowing by addressing the work of three supreme experimental writers: Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, and William Faulkner. In their novels, the narrative props that support the drama of coming to know are refused. When space turns uncanny rather than lawful, when time ceases to be linear and progressive, objects and others become unfamiliar. So does the subject seeking to know them. Weinstein argues that modernist texts work, by way of surprise and arrest, to subvert the familiarity and narrative progression intrinsic to realist fiction. Rather than staging the drama of coming to know, …

The Land's Turn, Philip M. Weinstein

English Literature Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Corra Harris' "The Recording Angel" (1912): Why Is One Of The Best Comic Novels Between "Huckleberry Finn" And "As I Lay Dying" Out Of Print?, Peter Schmidt

English Literature Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Ethnographically Informed Language Documentation, K. David Harrison

Linguistics Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Women's Participation In Disaster Relief And Recovery, Ayse Yonder, Sengul Akcar, Prema Gopalan

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

Too little attention has been given to the gender-differentiated effects of natural disasters, that is, women’s losses relative to men’s, how women’s work time and conditions change (both in terms of care-giving and income-generating work), or how disaster-related aid and entitlement programs include or marginalize affected women. The detailed case studies from three earthquake-stricken areas in India and Turkey that are contained in this issue of SEEDS help fill this information gap. They provide examples of how low-income women who have lost everything can form groups and become active participants in the relief and recovery process. Readers learn how women …

Reciprocal Effects Of Health And Economic Well-Being Among Older Adults In Taiwan And Beijing, Kristine R. Baker, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Zachary Zimmer, Zhe Tang, Yi-Li Chuang

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The objectives of this Population Council study are threefold: 1) to examine whether socioeconomic status disparities in health are found in non-Western settings; 2) to assess whether socioeconomic status gradients in health endure into older ages; and 3) to evaluate the direction of causality between health and socioeconomic status. Findings provide evidence for reciprocal effects of economic well-being and health among older adults in both Taiwan and Beijing. Those with higher levels of economic well-being have lower levels of functional limitation over time, and those with higher levels of functional limitation have lower levels of economic well-being over time. Consistent …

Techmatters: Further Adventures In The Googleverse: Exploring The Google Labs, Krista Graham

LOEX Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Sir Walter Raleigh Revived: The Supreme Court Re-Vamps Two Decades Of Confrontation Clause Precedent In Crawford V. Washington (Or, What You Learned In Law School About Confrontation Is Passé, Christine Hutton

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Protection Orders: A Procedural Pacifier Or A Vigorously Enforced Protection Tool - A Discussion Of The Tenth Circuit's Decision In Gonzales V. Castle Rock, Michael Mattis

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Powers V. Harris: How The Tenth Circuit Buried Economic Liberties, Jim Thompson

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nicholson V. Williams Revisited: When Good People Do Bad Things, Evan Stark

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sneak Preview Into How The Court Took Away A State's Right To Execute Sixteen And Seventeen Year Old Juveniles: The Threat Of Execution Will No Longer Save An Innocent Victim's Life, Mitchel Brim

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Vol. 83, No. 1: Full Issue, Denver University Law Review

Denver Law Review

No abstract provided.

Female Circumcision In Africa: Procedures, Rationales, Solutions, And The Road To Recovery, Shayla Mcgee

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

Building Healthy Cities: Legal Frameworks And Considerations, Wendy Collins Perdue

Law Faculty Publications

This chapter will explore the range of laws and government policies that have shaped the physical structure of U.S. cities and thereby impacted the health of those cities' residents. This analysis will highlight the many, apparently "private" decisions that have been impacted by government policies. Though some of the laws, policies, prohibitions, and incentives have been formulated explicitly to take into account health considerations, others have unintended effects - both good and bad - on the health of urban populations.

Do Fiduciary Duties Contained In Federal Tax Laws Effectively Promote National Health Care Policies And Practices ?, Nina J. Crimm

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.