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An Investigation Of The Testing Effect On Motor Learning, Aaron Leonard Pauls
An Investigation Of The Testing Effect On Motor Learning, Aaron Leonard Pauls
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Optimization of learning processes is the goal many educators strive to achieve with their students. One of the potential methods used towards optimizing this process is what’s known as the testing effect. The testing effect is the improved performance on a retention test as a result of prior testing during some period of practice. Previously, the testing effect was investigated using mostly cognitive tasks such as the learning of a number of words. In this paper, we examine the impact the testing effect has on learning the motor skill of putting. The study used a 2 x 2 mixed design, …
The Intergenerational Effects Of Parental Divorce On Young Adult Relationships, Skyler William Roper
The Intergenerational Effects Of Parental Divorce On Young Adult Relationships, Skyler William Roper
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Due to the current high rates of divorce, many young adults have experienced the effects of parental divorce. Although a variety of research has investigated both the positive and negative implications of divorce for individuals, relatively little research has looked at the relationship effects of parental divorce. Yet divorce likely influences both parent-child relationships (especially with a non-custodial parent) and young adult romantic relationships. The purpose of this study was to explore more fully how parental divorce affects young adult relationships by investigating the relationship between divorce and parent-child relationship quality, perceived comfort within close relationships (i.e., attachment), romantic relationship …
George Crumb’S Personal Response To The Golden Age Of Social Activism: Night Of The Four Moons, Black Angels, And Vox Balaenae, Yi Ling Tsai
George Crumb’S Personal Response To The Golden Age Of Social Activism: Night Of The Four Moons, Black Angels, And Vox Balaenae, Yi Ling Tsai
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
American composer George Crumb (b. 1929) started to garner public attention in the 1960s with a new kind of message and sound. Crumb’s approach to composition has been to exploit music as a form of communication to convey the metaphysical and the psychological through various mediums. With the social movements in the 1960s, many Americans were inspired to fight for change; as for Crumb, composing became his platform for social commentary. His approach to social activism was to express his ideas through musical dialogues and symbolism. The subtle quotations that he often borrowed from other composers are typically short in …
Thinking About Those Who Value You Based On How Smart You Are: Effects On Effort And Test Anxiety, Lucie Vosicka
Thinking About Those Who Value You Based On How Smart You Are: Effects On Effort And Test Anxiety, Lucie Vosicka
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The work examined whether activating a domain of a close other’s contingency of acceptance leads to more anxiety in anticipation of an evaluative performance in that domain (Study 1), and greater effort toward improving oneself in that domain (Study 2). In a between-group experimental design, contingencies of acceptance were manipulated by a guided visualization of a close other whose acceptance was perceived either as non-contingent (intrinsic), contingent on a task-irrelevant domain (physical appearance), or contingent on a task-relevant domain (competence). The effects of the acceptance contingency condition on anxiety and effort were not statistically significant. However, in Study 1, six …
Testing A Comprehensive Model Of Body Image, Anxiety, And Eating Pathology Among College Men, Emily Katherine White
Testing A Comprehensive Model Of Body Image, Anxiety, And Eating Pathology Among College Men, Emily Katherine White
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Historically, researchers conceptualized eating disorders, subclinical eating pathology, and negative body image as issues that only affected women. However, more recent research suggests that men experience significant body image concerns that mirror current Western cultural ideals of appearance (i.e., desire to attain a lean, muscular physique with very little body fat). Theoretically, men with a strong desire to achieve this cultural ideal (i.e., drive for muscularity) may experience dissatisfaction with their appearance (i.e., muscle dysmorphia), unpleasant psychological states (e.g., social physique anxiety), and engage in potentially harmful behaviors related to eating pathology (e.g., body checking) that lead to clinical impairment …
Statistical Inference Of Genetic Forces Using A Poisson Random Field Model With Non-Constant Population Size, Jianbo Xu
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The fidelity of DNA sequence data makes it a perfect platform for quantitatively analyzing and interpreting evolutionary progress. By comparing the information between intraspecific polymorphism with interspecific divergence in two sibling species, the well established Poisson Random Field theory offers a statistical framework with which various genetic parameters such as natural selection intensity, mutation rate and speciation time can be effectively estimated. A recently developed time-inhomogeneous PRF model has reinforced the original method by removing the assumption of stationary site frequency, but it preserves the condition that the two sibling species share same effective population size with their ancestral species. …
In The Child’S Best Interests: Examining International Child Abduction, Adoption, And Asylum, Hannah Loo
In The Child’S Best Interests: Examining International Child Abduction, Adoption, And Asylum, Hannah Loo
Chicago Journal of International Law
In the past few years, the number of cases involving international child abduction has risen significantly. But the primary purpose of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is to protect children against wrongful removal or retention by one parent against the will of the other parent. Under the Convention, the relevant courts are charged with determining where the child’s habitual residence is and whether the child should be returned to the left-behind country. However, in making this determination, courts have faced criticism due to the lack of consideration for the child’s best interests, an international …
Rivalry In Toyer: The Impact Of The Male Gaze And The Final Girl On Theatrical Conflict, Sento Ashby
Rivalry In Toyer: The Impact Of The Male Gaze And The Final Girl On Theatrical Conflict, Sento Ashby
Liberal Arts Capstones
Although much progress has been made in recent years, traditional gender roles still permeate society. This project investigated gender constructs in relation to choreographed violence and found that females are often victims unless they adopt masculine survival styles, while males are usually aggressors – particularly towards females. Analysis of the characters in the play Toyer by Gardner McKay supported this conclusion.
Sovereign Invulnerability: Sexual Politics And The Ontology Of Rape, Jane Clare Jones
Sovereign Invulnerability: Sexual Politics And The Ontology Of Rape, Jane Clare Jones
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
As Rebecca Whisnant has noted, notions of “national…and…bodily (especially sexual) sovereignty are routinely merged in rhetoric and metaphor.†(2008:155) Departing from this observation, this project explores the ‘existential infrastructure’ of the ‘logic of sovereign integrity’ in which personhood is thought as analogous to jurisdiction over a bounded territorial enclosure. It traces the philosophical history of this logic, and unfolds the post-Heideggerian French critique of sovereignty as an analysis of how sovereign imperatives are animated by a drive to deny the vulnerabilities of constitutive ontological relation, and are thus implicated in violent cycles of disavowal and appropriation. It then applies this …
Defusing Transcendental Empiricism: Deleuze, Hume, And Empiricism, Scott Leigh Kravet
Defusing Transcendental Empiricism: Deleuze, Hume, And Empiricism, Scott Leigh Kravet
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
This dissertation addresses the problem of conflating the conditions of experience with the given of experience. The conditions of experience are by definition not contents of experience. There are ideal conditions and material conditions, which we find studied respectively in transcendental idealism and the neurosciences. The given of experience is a search towards originary experiences. This conflation between condition and given also confuses the distinction between the ground of experience, which is transcendental, and the foundation of experience, which is immanent. This confusion rises to the forefront of philosophical discourse when Deleuze calls his position ‘transcendental empiricism.’ I ask the …
€˜My Kind Of Partisan’ €“ The Role Of Party Leaders In Shaping Party Attachments | ‘My Kind Of Partisan’ – The Role Of Party Leaders In Shaping Party Attachments, Alexa Bankert
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Hardly any political scientist would disagree that partisanship is a key variable in political behavior research: It predicts vote choice, political attitudes and core values as well as party leader evaluations and political activism. We observe these effects especially among strong partisans – a segment of the American electorate that has notably increased in recent years. While the consequences of strong partisanship for political behavior are well-known, we still lack a theoretical framework as well as corresponding empirical evidence that explains why some partisans are deeply attached to their party whereas others lack that type of strong commitment. I address …
Partisanship, Political Information, And Money, Jeeyoung Park
Partisanship, Political Information, And Money, Jeeyoung Park
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
This dissertation contains three parts - three papers. My dissertation tries to bridge the gap between two perspectives: the socio-psychological model and the rational choice model in voting behavior. The first part investigates how partisans behave in the prediction market. Using an agent-based model, my simulation results show that participants’ initial beliefs about a candidate’s winning probability, confirmation biases in accepting information, and monetary incentives strongly increase changes in participants’ beliefs about the electoral outcome captured by price volatility in the prediction market. The second part explores the microfoundation about individuals’ behavioral motivations in evaluating political candidates. My experimental results …
The Art Of Democracy, George Seurat As A Mirror Of His Age, Lai Wei
The Art Of Democracy, George Seurat As A Mirror Of His Age, Lai Wei
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
The thesis discuss about the ideal of democracy in the art of George Seurat, a French Post- Impressionist artist in late 19th Century. Seurat has been commonly read as an artist of “scientific†method. This paper explores the definition and perception of “science†in Seurat’s lived social historical environment. It also evaluates whether his methods are authentically scientific by examining his sources of his methods. My argument is instead of defining Seurat as scientific, “democratic†would be a more accurate description. Seurat’s democratic attitudes are demonstrated by his selection of subject matter, his methods of production, and the influence of …
Self-Control, Context, And Health-Impairing Behaviors: Understanding Addiction Risk, Melissa Auerbach
Self-Control, Context, And Health-Impairing Behaviors: Understanding Addiction Risk, Melissa Auerbach
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Self-control failure is a potent predictor of unhealthful behaviors such as drinking and smoking and a risk factor for addiction. Although research examining self-control failure among addicted individuals is growing, less is known about non-addicted people who fail at controlling health behavior. Social-cognitive models are often used to examine health behaviors among non-addicted individuals. However, health behavior theories tend to be trait-based and underemphasize the role of context. It is important to take into account the influence of situational factors (e.g. | stress, fatigue, and negative mood) when understanding the association of dispositional self-control and health-impairing behaviors. This study seeks …
Predicting Romantic Relationship Formation With Targets Of Initial Attraction, Marie Braasch Chelberg
Predicting Romantic Relationship Formation With Targets Of Initial Attraction, Marie Braasch Chelberg
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
The current research explored potential predictors of romantic relationship formation with a particular target of romantic interest. Possible predictors were derived from a variety of close relationship theories, including Social Penetration Theory, the Investment Model, and the Risk Regulation System. In the main study, single participants who were romantically interested in someone reported on their experiences with the target of interest and were followed-up with for 6 months to determine if they formed a relationship with the target. A factor analysis of the possible predictors yielded three factors – a Closeness/Low Risk factor that included reciprocal liking, mutual self-disclosure, and …
Examining The Effects Of Binegativity On Components Of Sexual Identity And Internalizing Symptomatology Among Bisexual Women Using A Longitudinal Study Design, Christina Dyar
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Recent research indicates that experiences of binegativity (stigmatization of bisexuals) have detrimental impacts on components of sexual identity (e.g. | sexual identity uncertainty and internalized binegativity) and mental health (e.g. | internalizing symptoms, substance abuse). The current study is the first to longitudinally examine the impact of experiences of binegativity on components of sexual identity and mental health. 180 cisgender bisexual women completed three surveys assessing a total of four timepoints. Results indicate that experiences of binegativity predict subsequent increases in internalized binegativity, which in turn, predict increases in sexual identity uncertainty and strength of identification as heterosexual and lesbian …
A Comparison Of Two Theoretical Approaches To Addressing Ageism: Education And Extended Contact, Ashley Elizabeth Lytle
A Comparison Of Two Theoretical Approaches To Addressing Ageism: Education And Extended Contact, Ashley Elizabeth Lytle
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Ageism continues to be a widespread problem and is of increasing concern given the growing older population worldwide and youth-centered focus of many societies. Despite the need for a better understanding of attitudes towards older adults, ageism is a relatively understudied area of social psychology. This dissertation sought, for the first time, to compare two theoretical approaches to addressing ageism: education about aging (providing accurate information about aging) and extended contact (knowledge of positive intergenerational contact) as well as their potential combined impact (education plus extended contact). Across two studies, participants were randomly assigned to one of the four conditions: …
Evaluation Of 4h Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Crystals For Power Electronics & Lighting Applications, Xiaolin Yang
Evaluation Of 4h Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Crystals For Power Electronics & Lighting Applications, Xiaolin Yang
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Silicon carbide is a promising semiconductor material with more preferable properties than the traditional materials like silicon dioxide and gallium arsenide. With large band-gap, high breakdown voltage, high thermal conductivity and good resistance in radiation environment, SiC is widely used in electronic devices especially under high frequency, high voltage and high temperature. Despite of its good properties, the application of SiC is limited by the growth of high quality single crystal boule, namely, the defects inside the SiC crystals have deleterious effects on the performance of devices made of it. In this thesis, the combination of techniques including Synchrotron White …
Evaluation Of 4h Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Crystals For Power Electronics & Lighting Applications, Xiaolin Yang
Evaluation Of 4h Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Crystals For Power Electronics & Lighting Applications, Xiaolin Yang
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Silicon carbide is a promising semiconductor material with more preferable properties than the traditional materials like silicon dioxide and gallium arsenide. With large band-gap, high breakdown voltage, high thermal conductivity and good resistance in radiation environment, SiC is widely used in electronic devices especially under high frequency, high voltage and high temperature. Despite of its good properties, the application of SiC is limited by the growth of high quality single crystal boule, namely, the defects inside the SiC crystals have deleterious effects on the performance of devices made of it. In this thesis, the combination of techniques including Synchrotron White …
Evaluation Of 4h Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Crystals For Power Electronics & Lighting Applications, Xiaolin Yang
Evaluation Of 4h Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Crystals For Power Electronics & Lighting Applications, Xiaolin Yang
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Silicon carbide is a promising semiconductor material with more preferable properties than the traditional materials like silicon dioxide and gallium arsenide. With large band-gap, high breakdown voltage, high thermal conductivity and good resistance in radiation environment, SiC is widely used in electronic devices especially under high frequency, high voltage and high temperature. Despite of its good properties, the application of SiC is limited by the growth of high quality single crystal boule, namely, the defects inside the SiC crystals have deleterious effects on the performance of devices made of it. In this thesis, the combination of techniques including Synchrotron White …
The Making Of A Habit: The Moderating Role Of Construal Level On The Development Of Automaticity, Allison Marie Sweeney
The Making Of A Habit: The Moderating Role Of Construal Level On The Development Of Automaticity, Allison Marie Sweeney
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Through practice, erratic behaviors become consistent. Numerous daily actions, including health-related behaviors such as exercise, are guided by habits that function automatically. However, considerable variability exists in the time it takes for a new behavior to become consistent and automatic. To date, little research has examined why the speed of habit formation varies across individuals and situations. I tested whether focusing on the concrete procedures of action (concrete thinking) facilitates the development of behavioral consistency and automaticity more so than focusing on the abstract purpose of action (abstract thinking). In Experiment 1, I examined whether concrete vs. abstract thinking influences …
Institutional Change In Undergraduate Education At A Research University: The Stony Brook Undergraduate Colleges, Donna M. Di Donato
Institutional Change In Undergraduate Education At A Research University: The Stony Brook Undergraduate Colleges, Donna M. Di Donato
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
This qualitative case study concentrates on the evolution of undergraduate education at Stony Brook University, with particular focus on the establishment and continuity of the Undergraduate College program. The Undergraduate Colleges represent the most broadly imagined undertaking in undergraduate education in Stony Brook’s history and, therefore, is a good case study for the exploration of the topic of institutionalizing change and programmatic persistence. The Undergraduate Colleges marked the first attempt to establish a formal introduction to Stony Brook as a research university to all incoming freshmen, involving both academic and student affairs components and, most importantly, faculty. Program architects contended …
Moving Mountains, Desert Sea, Victoria Hortensia Febrer
Moving Mountains, Desert Sea, Victoria Hortensia Febrer
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
I consider the role of not just the act of painting and the act of remembering, but the sea, the desert, the wind, the salt, the earth, and the light in this process—the way that non-human elements exert their existence and connect us to history, time, and geography. I use the term “painting†broadly here, to consider any act of placing color onto a surface, which in my case includes the use of acrylic, red wine (vinography), and projected light. The primary manifestation of this investigation is a still ongoing series of over 400 paintings and vinographs of landmasses seen …
Mentoring Women In Stem: A Collegiate Investigation Of Mentors And Proteges, Nicole Jeanne Leavey
Mentoring Women In Stem: A Collegiate Investigation Of Mentors And Proteges, Nicole Jeanne Leavey
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in the United States lags behind that of other industrialized nations. Despite national efforts to enhance the quality of STEM education for students, progress remains elusive. Underperformance is evident in measures of outcomes, participation, and retention. In particular, inequity persists in the attraction and retention of women to STEM fields. Mentoring is heavily cited as a means to improve our national efforts to fortify STEM education. This research explores mentoring styles, gender preferences, and differential impact on outcomes. The results challenge conventional wisdom that women prefer and benefit from a style of mentoring …
An Ideal Woman: Feminism And Performance, Kristin Nicole Leadbetter
An Ideal Woman: Feminism And Performance, Kristin Nicole Leadbetter
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
An exploration of theatrical history, theory, and technique is a “triumvirate†that can “determine the value of any performance practice for an enlightened theatre†(Gainor 173). My thesis addresses the question of what it means to be a feminist performer, and overall theatre practitioner. Feminist critiques have often attempted to understand a technique best suited for women to practice theatre that is reflective of feminist ideals. My thesis begins by exploring specific examples of female representation in theatre and in society. It covers the patriarchal structure of society, the opinions held about women and their position, and their categorization into …
Neurocomputation, Dopaminergic Treatment, And Cognitive Control In Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease, Pete Manza
Neurocomputation, Dopaminergic Treatment, And Cognitive Control In Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease, Pete Manza
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder involving the basal ganglia that results in a host of motor and cognitive deficits. The hallmark motor symptoms of the disease, such as tremor and rigidity, are generally well-treated with medications that boost the neurotransmitter dopamine. However, whether dopamine-replacement therapy restores cognitive function is under intense debate. While some studies have shown cognitive benefits for individuals taking dopaminergic medications, others have reported null findings or even exacerbated cognitive impairment for individuals in the medicated state. Current theories generally attribute the variety of findings to task differences and the uneven pattern of PD neuropathology …
Multi-Objective Clustering Analysis, Tingjun Ruan
Multi-Objective Clustering Analysis, Tingjun Ruan
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
Cluster analysis is an important tool for unsupervised learning. It is commonly used for pattern recognition and dimension reduction. Traditional clustering algorithms include hierarchical clustering and k-means clustering, as well as model based approach such as the group trajectory analysis. A major draw-back of the traditional clustering analysis is that it considers only a single objective (dissimilarity measurement) whilst in reality, one usually holds several criteria for the classification. Therefore, in this thesis, we strive to develop novel multiple-objective clustering methods – with a focus on the more approachable dual-objective ones. This thesis consists of two parts. In the first …
Education Dynamics In A Developing Country: Evidence From Indonesia, Elif Deniz Sumengen
Education Dynamics In A Developing Country: Evidence From Indonesia, Elif Deniz Sumengen
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
There is an urgent need for upper secondary-level and above educated people in Indonesia. According to a recent report, Indonesian companies cannot fill 50% of their entry level positions. To increase the educational attainment, government has been implementing various polices, such as school construction program, compulsory education and allocating 20% of its budget to education, but inadequate enrollment at upper secondary and tertiary levels and the quality of education still remain as big problems. To shed a light on these urgent and recent problems, I ask four questions: a) What is the effect of school quality on tertiary attainment? b) …
Retellings And Counterfactual Narratives: The Possibilities Of Twentieth- And Twenty-First-Century British Literature, Emma Brinkmeyer
Retellings And Counterfactual Narratives: The Possibilities Of Twentieth- And Twenty-First-Century British Literature, Emma Brinkmeyer
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
This dissertation examines the counterfactual – the consideration of “what might have been†– as a key political, ethical, and aesthetic tool of the literature of modernism. As an imagining of other possibilities than what came to pass, the counterfactual unveils alternative spaces and times that lie outside of traditional narrative structure. I establish that counterfactual time is an empowering political and ethical space. Beginning with an extended discussion of James Joyce’s Ulysses, I show how counterfactual thinking challenges the discursive power of historical narrative and thus enables the expression of marginalized or silenced histories and experiences. In doing so, …
Willful Forgetting: €Œwhite Indians,€ Trauma, And Relationality In American Historical Literature, Kathleen Hankinson
Willful Forgetting: €Œwhite Indians,€ Trauma, And Relationality In American Historical Literature, Kathleen Hankinson
Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)
This work proposes a critical vocabulary for the study of American historical literature and Native American literature in the light of the genocide of Native America. Considering this genocide in terms of trauma theory (including perpetrator trauma) and relationality theory, it becomes clear that a “working-through†for the non-native postgenerations who have unintentionally inherited stolen lands (along with a self/other construction of non-Native and Native Americans) is ethically and socially desirable. In transcending the dominant self/other paradigm, one’s orientation to US American and Native American historical literature is not about possessing knowledge of these histories and literatures, but rather knowing …