Browsing by Discipline "Psychology"
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Behavioral conditioning of a primary humoral immune response in selectively bred lines of rats
(1987)Behaviorally conditioned immunosuppression o-f a primary humoral immune response was investigated in both the sexes of five selectively bred lines of rats. In the experimental group, an illness-induced taste aversion ... -
Behavioral confirmation of loneliness in dyadic conversations
(1995)This study was designed to examine the self-fulfilling nature of the social stigma of loneliness. It was hypothesized that individuals (perceivers) would be less warm and friendly in dyadic conversations with persons ... -
Behavioural effects of benzodiazepines following metrazol-induced seizures
(1986)Previous research indicates that seizures cause transient and in some cases, long lasting increases in the density of benzodiazepine receptors in the brain. The present research sought to discover the behavioural effects ... -
Beliefs about the fetus as a moderator of postabortion adjustment
(1993)The purpose of this study was to determine whether women who have had abortions report different levels of well-being than women who have not had abortions, and to examine the possible moderating effect of perceived ... -
Benchmarking the effectiveness of community services for youth with anxiety disorders
(2013)The present study applied a benchmarking strategy to evaluate the outcomes of youth (6 -15 years) with anxiety disorders treated at 'Systems of Care' children'smental health services (SOC CMHS). There were three stages ... -
Bimodal discrimination tasks involving different hierarchical processing levels reveal a late stage interaction between multisensory integration and attention
(2014-12-19)Multisensory integration and attention have been studied independently and a vast amount of literature exists for both phenomena. Researchers have recently raised questions, however, as to how these two processes interact. ... -
Body and affect words : valence, cognitive specificity, and temporal change among young women
(2006)Attentional biases and extreme attitudes have been linked to schematic functioning and development in depression and eating disorders. Previous research concerning attentional biases toward schema-congruent material in ... -
Body image : a multidimensional approach to measurement in individuals with eating disorders
(1995)Body image disturbance is an important aspect of both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. To date, there has been little agreement on how to define and measure this. The current study views body image as a complex concept ... -
Body image perception and self-esteem in eating disordered females : further validation of the silhouette body image test / by K. Jennifer Helm. --
(1987)Previous research has shown that the available techniques for assessing body image perception do not provide valid and reliable measures. The present study was designed to further validate the Silhouette Body Image Test ... -
Buffering against the negative effects of body image media exposure : a comparison of social psychological interventions
(1999)Evidence of sociocultural influences on the development and maintenance of body image comes from shifting media trends and cross-cultural differences in the prevalence of eating disorders. Further, previous research has ... -
Campus drinking : psychological and personality factors as correlates of university students' drinking / by Maria Jones.
(1993)The present study addressed the frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption among 100 freshmen and 100 senior students representing various faculties at Lakehead University. Results suggested female students' ... -
Characteristics of in-patient versus out-patient drop outs in addiction treatment / Michael Bryson. --
(1995)The relative merits of in-patient and out-patient treatment of substance abuse have been widely debated. For severe, chronic clients, the best form of treatment may be intensive in-patient care. Less severe clients may ... -
Children's use of a verbal-nonverbal consistency role for assessing truth and lying
(1986)Research on adults and older adolescents has indicated that verbal and nonverbal coimnunication cues are utilized by listeners to assess speaker truthfulness and sincerity. Some evidence suggests that truthfulness is ... -
Children's use of gaze, limb movement, vocal pitch and valence cues to infer deception / by Carey Sullivan.
(1993)A substantial body of research has accumulated on the types of cues individuals use to determine whether others are lying rather than telling the truth (Depaulo, Stone & Lassiter, 1985). The bulk of the research, however, ... -
Childrens' application of a verbal-nonverbal consistency principle to infer truth and lying
(1987)Research supports the conclusion that adults/adolescents employ a verbal-nonverbal consistency principle to determine whether others are telling the truth as opposed to lying (Friedman, 1978; DePaulo & Rosenthal, 1979). ...
