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Creator:: Redding, Tawnya
Abstract:: The present study examined whether the nature of the greeting between a writing assistant and a student influenced the subsequent rapport that developed over the course of the writing center session. Eighteen Oregon State University undergraduate and graduate students were greeted in one of three ways by two confederates: with...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , and appeared to have a typical handshake, and because of this may have constituted a special sample

Creator:: Brown, Jill A.
Abstract:: This research focused on the accuracy of trait judgments at zero acquaintance and after five minutes of interaction. Thirty-five undergraduates judged the neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness of four to six others whom they did not know. Participants then interacted in one-on-one conversations with each target for five minutes....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: a brief self report consisting of ten items. Contrary to expectations, significant accuracy was

Creator:: Daley, Allison
Abstract:: The extensive adoption of social media has provoked widespread debate about how online communication impacts social relationships. An apparent paradox of Facebook is that people simultaneously express feeling more and less connected than ever before. Through perspectives from psychology and communication studies, this thesis addresses a question of public concern:...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: themselves report that good relationships with family, friends, and partners are significantly more

Creator:: Nguyen, Duy M.
Abstract:: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices enable people who cannot speak to communicate with others. Unfortunately, they are tedious to use and are believed to lower the satisfaction of interacting with others. This thesis attempted to document the impact that AAC devices have on social interactions, in the hope of...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: experience for AAC users. Multiple AAC users report that AAC device invokes boredom, loss of interest, and

Creator:: Krieger, Katy Lou
Abstract:: In today’s media driven society where images stand in for words, we see an increase of attractive people selling us ideas and products. We begin to view their attractiveness as powerful, and influential on our own opinions and they gain credibility with us because of this. But what if it...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: leisure (Pennebaker et al., 2007). Spoken categories, applicable to the current study, feature special

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