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  • Torn : A Cluster Analysis

    Creator:
    Mulatero Ferrando, Oriana
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    Pornography remains one of the most controversial topics in our culture. Politicians, religious groups, and special interest organizations tend to focus on the ‘effects’ pornography has on those who consume it, and fear that pornography is a threat to public health. The general discourse surrounding pornography is that men produce...
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    . Politicians, religious groups, and special interest organizations tend to focus on the ‘effects’ pornography

  • Modern Piracy: Regional Cooperative Security: Southeast Asia and the Middle East

    Creator:
    Christensen, Adam K.
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    Over the past ten years, reports of piracy and other forms of maritime violence have been dramatically on the rise. As these reports increase, so too does international attention toward how to solve this. This thesis examines the development of cooperative maritime security efforts in both Southeast Asia and the...
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    - 4 ICC International Maritime Bureau. Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships: Report for the Period

  • Intersections of Buddhist Philosophy and Psychological Science: An Exploration of Common and Differential Effects of Meditation

    Creator:
    Braun, Victoria A.
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    Interweaving perspectives from both social cognitive psychology and Tibetan Buddhism, the present study examined common and differential effects of two styles of meditation: Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) and mindfulness meditation (MM). Psychological theories of construct accessibility postulate that cognitive constructs activated frequently are more readily available for processing stimuli. Researchers in...
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    randomly assigned to practice LKM or MM. Baseline, during-, and post-intervention self-report and

  • Why women endorse ambivalent sexism : risks of young women's enjoyment of sexualization and the protective powers of feminism

    Creator:
    Allemand, Haley M.
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    Hostile sexism (HS) is an antagonistic attitude towards women; benevolent sexism (BS) is a positive attitude towards women that is sexist in terms of viewing women in restricted roles. HS and BS held simultaneously is defined as ambivalent sexism (AS). Despite negative outcomes associated with AS, BS, and HS, women...
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    benefits and special treatment, also report stronger agreement with BS beliefs than those who are low in

  • Individual Differences in Intuitive Risk Judgments

    Creator:
    Brunot, Alexander N.
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    The present research sought to investigate individual differences in the way individuals process intuitive risk judgments. The present investigation is centered on Fuzzy Trace Theory (Brainerd & Reyna, 1991), a developmental dual process theory of cognition which posits two ways in which individuals process information, gist and verbatim processing. 228...
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    process information, gist and verbatim processing. 228 participants completed a battery of self-report

  • Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

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    Fuller, Kevin J.
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    U.S. foreign policy during the period between World War II and the Vietnam War has been described as part of a “nation-­‐building” or “liberal” grand strategy. This thesis contends that understanding U.S. efforts to influence the internal affairs of sovereign states through the spread of liberal values and institutions during...
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    .                                                                                                                   31  Lord,  265.   32  Walter  Russell  Mead,  Special  Providence:  American

  • The Impact of Causal Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction

    Creator:
    Needham, Shana M.
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    One's ability to determine the cause and effect nature events is important for navigating within the social realm. However, the ability to determine these relationships is not always as clear. According to Weary and Edwards (1996) causal uncertainty (CU) is the result of an individual perceiving themselves as someone who...
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    . I would also like to give a special thanks to Dr. Juan Hu and Dr. John Geldhof for strengthening

  • Serving from the center : servant leadership and social capital

    Creator:
    Easdale, Daniel
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    The perception that there exists a lack of leadership can be found throughout history. Currently, according to Robert Putnam, there does appear to be a decline is social capital. This research examines the connection between business leadership style and effects on social capital. Most research on corporate social responsibility focuses...
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    measurement in 2014 would make Walmart the 12 th largest economy (Freudenberg, 2015). This same report

  • Claude McKay's Vision of Community in the African Diaspora : A Fresh Take on Home to Harlem and Banjo

    Creator:
    De Jesus, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)
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    This research examines the literary and philosophical dimensions of the African American Harlem Renaissance, beginning with the historical milieu of the early twentieth century. A social movement that became known as Uplift and the so-called Cabaret Movement emerged as important, competing literary and social ideologies within the Renaissance. W.E.B. Du...
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    events culminated in the opportunity to compile a “special number,” for the Survey Graphic publication

  • The Effectiveness of a Malleable Mindset Intervention in an Introductory Psychology Course

    Creator:
    Bostwick, Keiko C. P.
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    Students who believe that their intelligence is able to grow over time (malleable/ growth mindset) perform better on measures of academic success than students who believe that intelligence is a fixed trait that cannot be changed (fixed mindset; Dweck, 2000). Previous research on the effectiveness of mindset interventions have demonstrated...
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