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Exploring Consciousness, Amanda M. Moen

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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Predicting Student Performance In A Statistics Course Using The Mathematics And Statistics Perception Scale (Mpsp), Isabelle D. Cherney, Ramie R. Cooney

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Students tend to have higher apprehension for a statistics class than for other psychology classes. Because anxiety can impair the performance in a class, and ultimately the mastery of the subject matter, the Mathematics and Statistic Perception Scale (MSPS) was designed to assess students' perceptions of anxiety and attitudes toward statistics as well as provide a tool that could be used in classroom settings. The 22-item scale with three subscales (mathematics perceptions, statistics perceptions, and perceptions of relevance) was administered to 154 undergraduates and showed that over the course of a semester, perceptions of mathematics anxiety tended to decrease and …

The Degree Of Chlmpanzee Theory Of Mind And The Evolution Of Modularity, Benjamin Grant Purzycki

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Whether or not chimpanzees have the ability to mentally represent others' mental states or theory of mind (ToM) has yet to be definitively established. This results from three problems. First, modular theory of mind accounts lead researchers to adopt an either/or approach to psychological faculties which obfuscates both within- and across-species variability. Second, present research continues to rely on the continued trend to polarize nature and nurture. Third, the bulk of the work compares humans with chimpanzees rather than looking at the entire range of primate species. I propose "degree approach" by way of the Integrated Causal Model which particularizes …

Transactions Ofthe Nebraska Academy Of Sciences: Volume 30, 2005 Table Of Contents

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

EDITORIAL CONTENTS

Nebraska Executive Committee, Policy Committee ................. ii

Editorial Board ................. iv

Membership Objectives and Friends of the Academy ................. inside front cover

Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science ................. inside front cover

Preparation of manuscripts ................. inside front cover

PAPERS

Predicting student performance in a statistics course using the mathematics and statistics perception scale (MPSP) (Isabelle D. Cherney and Ramie R. Cooney) ................. 1

Nuclear physics problem solving: a case study of expert-novice differences (Isabelle D. Cherney, Jordan Winter, and Michael G. Cherney) ................. 9

Plant composition of mixed-grass prairie of Cedar Point Biological Research Station, Keith County, …

The Influence Of Ethics And Social Responsibility On Grocery Shopping Behaviour In The Uk, Juliet Emma Memery

Plymouth Business School Theses

Consumption as an aspect of most people's lives in affluent societies is widely acknowledged as having become increasingly important (Newholm, 2005). We consume more, and consume more often, than previous generations (Durning, 1992) meaning the actions we make and the decisions we take have greater impact than ever before on the world we inhabit. For many their involvement with consumption goes beyond the act of purchase (Oilman, 1998) to include complex ethical dimensions. The relationship between ethics and social responsibility (E&SR) and consumption choices has received growing attention over recent years, resulting in the topic of 'sustainable consumption' becoming a …

Quantifying Drug-Induced Dyskinesias In The Arms Using Digitised Spiral-Drawing Tasks, Xuguang Liu, Camille B. Carroll, Shou Yan Wang, John Zajicek, Peter G. Bain

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Nationality On The Interpretation Of Ireland's Tourism Destination Imagery, Catriona Murphy-Underhill

Plymouth Business School Theses

This thesis investigates the influence of nationality on the interpretations of the tourism destination imagery of Ireland, drawing in particular on the views of tourists travelling from Britain. It involved an assessment of the influence (if any) of the nationality of the tourist and the nationality of the place on pre- and post-visit interpretations of Ireland's perceived and projected images, as well as an evaluation of the implications of such influences on Ireland's image as a tourist destination. By means of empirical research applied to the same sample of tourists travelling from Britain to Ireland via Shannon airport, the factors …