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Psychology

Lindenwood University

2013

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Prologue, Michiko Nohara-Leclair May 2013

Prologue, Michiko Nohara-Leclair

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

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Examining Stress And Performance Anxiety As Predicting Factors Of Athletic Burnout In Collegiate Student-Athletes, Drew Barnard May 2013

Examining Stress And Performance Anxiety As Predicting Factors Of Athletic Burnout In Collegiate Student-Athletes, Drew Barnard

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

In the past, burnout has been a popular topic for research. However, within the realm of athletics, a majority of such research has been focused on coaches, athletic department staff, and athletic trainers. The purpose of this study was to assess potential contributing factors of burnout among student-athletes at Lindenwood University, an institution with National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division II and Student-Life athletic programs. Completion of four questionnaires was required in this study; a Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, 1983), a Self-Rated Anxiety Scale (Zung, 1979), a Modified Burnout Questionnaire (Harris, 2005), and a Demographic Questionnaire. The student-athletes who participated …

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The Relationship Between Color Preference And Consumer Products, Julia Leonard May 2013

The Relationship Between Color Preference And Consumer Products, Julia Leonard

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motivation to purchase that product. The research hypothesis stated that color would have an effect on a person’s motivation to purchase a product and that those differences would vary between sex as well. To test this hypothesis, the current study recruited participants to take a demographic survey and rate 60 colored products on a slideshow. The slideshow consisted of 60 pictures, 10 items colored in the 6 primary and secondary colors. The participants were given as much time as they needed to rate each item on a Likert scale from 0-would not buy to 10-would definitely buy. After the participants …

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Race, Attire, And Perception Of Sexual Harassment Victim Culpability, Eliza A. Murray May 2013

Race, Attire, And Perception Of Sexual Harassment Victim Culpability, Eliza A. Murray

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

The purpose of the present study was to determine if there were significant differences in how college students perceive culpability for sexual harassment victims as a result of varying victim race (e.g. African-American and Caucasian) and attire (e.g. revealing attire and non-revealing attire), a perceived indicator of promiscuity. The hypothesis was that participants would perceive the African-American sexual harassment victim wearing revealing attire as more culpable than the African-American victim wearing non-revealing attire, the Caucasian victim wearing revealing attire, and the Caucasian victim wearing non-revealing attire The present study was a 2 (Race) x 2 (Attire) within-participants design that included …

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Understanding Sexual Diversity, Nate Maeys May 2013

Understanding Sexual Diversity, Nate Maeys

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

This research assessed comfort levels toward sexual diversity. Sexual diversity encompasses anyone who identifies with a gender or sexual orientation other than one that is socially accepted for his or her gender. This research followed Ceglian and Lyons’ (2004) study which assessed people’s comfort levels towards cross-dressing men. They showed that comfort levels towards cross-dressing men could be altered. They explained their findings using the mere exposure effect which refers to the tendency that over time, people will develop a preference for something or someone they are repeatedly exposed to (Zajonc, 2001). Participants in the study filled out two surveys …

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Is Marriage Still Relevant In Today’S Society?, Stacey Harris May 2013

Is Marriage Still Relevant In Today’S Society?, Stacey Harris

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

The original idea of marriage is different from today’s current idea of marriage. Although the idea of marriage is different all over the world, the idea of a marriage based on love is an ever- growing trend throughout the world. This idea of marriage for love is no longer secluded to the western cultures. In this paper there is a critique of different literatures on what marriage means and the idea of cohabitation as well as a study conducted to review how undergraduate college students feel about the relevancy of marriage in today’s society. The study was conducted to test …

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Effect Of Classical Music On College Students, Bridget Kiely May 2013

Effect Of Classical Music On College Students, Bridget Kiely

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

This paper examined whether or not classical music has a positive or negative effect when it comes to studying school related material. College students were able to sign-up through the Linden Participant Pool. The study used convenience samples to select the participants of this study and given two tests to collect the data: one with music and one without music, and it was a within-participants study. The hypothesis was to detect whether or not classical music is beneficial to a student while comprehending school related material. The participants were also administered a demographic survey, two informed consents, a printed receipt, …

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Types Of Procrastinators: Perfectionists Vs. Crisis-Making Procrastinators, Terry Mcroberts May 2013

Types Of Procrastinators: Perfectionists Vs. Crisis-Making Procrastinators, Terry Mcroberts

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

The purpose of the study was to see if college students who procrastinate show differences in the different types of procrastination. The two types of procrastination used in the study are perfectionists and crisis-making procrastinators. Perfectionist procrastinators are individuals who have difficulties completing a task due to lack of satisfaction, and Crisis-making procrastinators are individuals who postpone task until the there is a short amount of time left. The hypothesis is that college students are more likely to be crisis-making procrastinators rather than perfectionist procrastinators when completing an assignment. The method involved surveying college students in the Lindenwood Participant Pool …

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Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And People’S Abilities To Cope With Stress, Lucile Michel May 2013

Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence And People’S Abilities To Cope With Stress, Lucile Michel

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

Nowadays, it is really important for the researchers to understand the origins of stress, because it has been established that stress is really harmful for the human beings and is the cause to many diseases. Emotional intelligence has been shown to influence various areas of life, while several research studies state that EI has an effect on people’s abilities to cope with stress. Many studies affirm that EI, because of its effect on perceived stress, would have an influence on people’s aptitudes to manage a team, communicating with colleagues, and leadership skills. Because, today, in many workplaces, for interviews, managers …

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The Effects Of Music On Concentration, Logan Rizzo May 2013

The Effects Of Music On Concentration, Logan Rizzo

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This study covered the origins of music and discussed the various implementations of music into our everyday society. We still do not quite understand how one comes to have a preference for music, although through research we have made some really good estimates regarding how one chooses a favorite. Researchers have proposed the ideas that music preference is chosen based on context as well as overall mood of the listener, but suggest maybe there is a more in depth reason. Using the idea of musical preference, we have studied performance on a variety of tasks including, but not limited to; …

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Parenting Styles And Their Relation To Child Activity Levels, Jessica Sibley May 2013

Parenting Styles And Their Relation To Child Activity Levels, Jessica Sibley

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

This study was designed to examine the relationship between parenting styles and how they recorded their child’s activity levels. An 18 question survey was available to participants that asked questions in reference to the parenting style they feel they associate with most, as well as questions regarding their child’s hyperactivity, sleeping patterns, eating patterns, and their daily activity.

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Does The Difference Between Handwriting And Typing Influence Memory Ability?, Ai Shinohara May 2013

Does The Difference Between Handwriting And Typing Influence Memory Ability?, Ai Shinohara

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

Technology has had a great impact on education today. Computer skills are necessary in order to complete many school assignments, and typing on the computer has become a main writing method for younger generations (Burnhart & Goldinger, 2010). Many college students bring their computers in the classroom, and more and more students have started to take notes by typing on their computer instead of handwriting their notes. The question to this convenient society is whether the new writing method, typing, affects students’ memory abilities in a classroom situation. The current study was conducted to determine if handwriting or typing was …

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2012-2013, Full Issue May 2013

2012-2013, Full Issue

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

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