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Making More Room For Physical Activity In Home-Based Child Care, Nanci Weinberger
Making More Room For Physical Activity In Home-Based Child Care, Nanci Weinberger
Applied Psychology Department Faculty Journal Articles
Imagine a public fountain that spans a large plaza. If young children were there, would they splish-splash in the giant puddle of water? Imagine an open field with large stones cropping up from the grass. Would young children try any way they could to climb on the stones? Imagine a home where couch pillows lie around on the floor. Would young children jump on the pillows?
Is Advertising To Teenagers Ethical? Media’S Influence On Body Image And Behavior, Stephanie Lemire
Is Advertising To Teenagers Ethical? Media’S Influence On Body Image And Behavior, Stephanie Lemire
Honors Projects in Marketing
An examination of the ethics involved in advertising to adolescents. Specifically, a content analysis and survey research was conducted dealing with how television commercials and magazine advertisements targeted towards males ultimately affect female body image and behavior. The content analysis consisted of Axe Body Spray advertisements, as well as Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Edition. Findings of survey research include increased body monitoring as a result of exposure to advertisements. Implications and future opportunities are discussed.
Level Of Cooperativeness And Competitiveness In Relation To Sports Choice In Children, Rachel Choinski
Level Of Cooperativeness And Competitiveness In Relation To Sports Choice In Children, Rachel Choinski
Honors Projects in Applied Psychology
The topic which I have chosen for my senior capstone project is in the psychology field and involves children’s personalities, in particular the level of cooperativeness and competitiveness, and their sports preferences. The literature research covered the child’s skill level, mainly motor skills which the children possess, competitive and cooperative sports categories as well as family influence, each which have an effect on this study. The five hypotheses which are being examined are: competitive children will prefer the competitive sports over the cooperative ones, cooperative children will prefer cooperative sports, level of competitiveness and cooperativeness will have an effect on …