Browsing by Subject "Psychology"
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Architecture as an Organism for Human-Nature Mutualism
(2022-04-12)In the Canadian Prairies, collective myopia exists; It is a psychological defence blinding humans of unsustainable conditions like automatic processes, the value of individualism, and economies driven by resources. This ... -
Interference in sequential grasping: effects of action and perception
(2014-08-22)Past research has shown strong evidence supporting the notion that the visual control of action and the visual perception of objects are mediated by two functionally and anatomically distinct visual systems (Milner & ... -
The Legal Response to Women Co-offenders: Recognizing Intimate Partner Violence and Coercive Control in Violent Co-offending Cases Involving Women and their Intimate Partners
(2023-07-05)The purpose of this research was to explore the personal characteristics of the women co-accused in cases involving intimate partnership dynamics (i.e., IPV/coercive control). Secondly, the study aimed to explore the ... -
Mechanisms Underlying the Learning of Skilled Movement Execution via Motor Imagery
(2021-08-31)Learning to move skillfully is a fundamental behaviour. Motor skills can be learned even in the absence of overt bodily movement through a process known as motor imagery — the mental rehearsal of movement — which has ... -
A MULTI-METHOD EXAMINATION OF PARTNERSHIPS IN KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION FOR PEDIATRIC PAIN
(2024-08-20)Knowledge mobilization (KM) activities are critical in pediatric pain management where knowledge to action gaps are prevalent; however, how to engage different partners in KM is not well understood. This dissertation sought ... -
Objective Behavioural Comparison of Youth and Adult Anxiety: A Mobile Sensing Approach
(2024-08-27)Background: Clinicians and researchers often use subjective measures of anxiety at isolated timepoints (e.g., retrospective self-report questionnaires), which are useful for capturing meaningful clinical differences between ... -
RETRIEVAL INDUCED FORGETTING AND ADULT SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY ACQUISITION: PRELIMINARY INSIGHTS FROM A WELSH LANGUAGE TRAINING STUDY
(2017-09-01)The current investigation explored the role of retrieval-induced forgetting (RIF), a process whereby retrieval of information from memory perturbs access to related material, in second language (L2) vocabulary acquisition. ... -
RU OK? Determining the Effects of Parenting through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in First Year University
(2015-05-29)In recent academic discourse and pop culture, the “helicopter parent” has created some controversy. The majority of the discourse regarding this type of childrearing argues that these parenting techniques may interfere ... -
Teleology and Awareness in Aristotle's Ethical Thought
(2012-08-23)In a famous argument at the beginning of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that the function and good of the human being is the "actuality of the soul in accordance with virtue". Presenting a view critical of the ... -
VERGIL THE HESITANT HORTICULTURALIST: READING EMOTIONS FROM THE EPICUREAN GARDEN IN THE 'AENEID'
(2023-08-15)The passions of love and anger are at the root of character motivation in Vergil’s Aeneid, and often act as an essential narrative device for developing the poem’s more cosmic themes. This thesis endeavours to apply the ...