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What Do Girls Learn from Dolls? Sexualized Stimuli and Girls’ Body Esteem and Academic Performance

Creator:: Lundeberg, Pamela J.
Abstract:: Although a significant amount of research has investigated the effect of sexualization on women's body esteem and cognitive performance, few researchers have examined the effect of sexualization on girls. Additionally, research that has been conducted regarding girls' experiences of sexualization has primarily focused on media influences. The effect of dolls...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Pamela J. Lundeberg for the degree of Master of Arts in

Visual Imagery On Social Media: Increasing Power Through The Use of Photographs on Social Media

Creator:: Green, Julia M. (Julia Michelle)
Abstract:: Scholars promote the ability of visual imagery to have a number of political campaigning benefits such as influencing opinions and attitudes and encouraging vibrant, striving democracy while improving the quality of public knowledge and opinion. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify how presidential candidates display their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: voters and to stay connected in a variety of ways throughout the campaign process (Mckay, 2012

Upper Deschutes River Basin Prehistory: A Preliminary Examination of Flaked Stone Tools and Debitage

Creator:: Taggart, Michael W.
Abstract:: The prehistory of Central Oregon is explored through the examination of six archaeological sites and two isolated finds from the Upper Deschutes River Basin. Inquiry focuses on the land use, mobility, technological organization, and raw material procurement of the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. Archaeological data presented here are augmented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Dean of Gradàt'Schoo1 )j,ology I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent

Tribal Tourism Development on American Indian Reservations in the Western United States

Creator:: Browne, Rita-Jean
Abstract:: In their search for viable economic development opportunities, many American Indian tribes have focused their attention toward tourism development on their reservation lands. In many cases, the greatest potential for economic development and attracting income to the reservations lies in tourist trade. Although tourism may not be a tribe's primary...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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The Works Progress Administration in Oregon : An Administrative Overview

Creator:: Butcher, Karyle S.
Abstract:: The depression of the 1930s had an early effect on the state of Oregon. A decline in timber and agricultural production resulted in severe unemployment in the late 1920s. State and local charitable organizations attempted to care for the unemployed but they did not have the financial resources to do...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Value of New Technology : View Toward Reassessment

Creator:: White, Stephen J.
Abstract:: Abraham Heschel wrote that a philosopher's primary task was not merely to describe and judge the modes and facts of actual human behavior, but also to examine and understand the meaninq of those descriptions and judgements of modes and facts (Bella, 1978). Our values are critically tied to our structures...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephen J. White for the degree of Master of Arts in Inter

The University Experiences of First-Generation Polynesian Football Players : An Exploratory Study of Cultural Adaptation

Creator:: Vave, Walker Cook
Abstract:: This study discusses common struggles of first-generation Polynesian football players’ university experiences with cultural adaptation. There is little research on this topic. Because of the importance of these issues and the exploratory nature of this study, a qualitative approach was needed. Interviews were conducted with 15 first-generation Polynesian football male...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The distribution of geologic and artifact obsidian from the Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh geochemical source group, South-Central Oregon

Creator:: Thatcher, Jennifer J.
Abstract:: Geochemical characterization methods are commonly used in the reconstruction of prehistoric raw material use and procurement systems. Trace element studies of lithic source material and artifacts, specifically those made of obsidian, can reveal important information about the environmental and cultural factors which influence the prehistoric distribution of raw material. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Jennifer J. Thatcher for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Anthropology

The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

Creator:: Boulware, Brooke L.
Abstract:: A cultural landscape analysis of two historic cemeteries in St. Paul, Oregon demonstrates that the residents of this early community were unknowingly using grave markers to express their worldview and the identities that they felt were most important. Because of the historical and cultural development of this community as the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .......................................................... 23 Figure 4 – Map of French Prairie, c. 1840 (adapted from McKay, 1980, p. xi) .......... 24

Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

Creator:: Morita, Sally J.
Abstract:: The problems facing our nation's public schools today cannot be divorced from our enthusiasm for technology and the positive relationship we believe it shares with our perception of progress. Based on the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the development of increasingly "efficient"...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: schools AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Sally J. Morita for the degree of Master of Arts in

ScholarsArchive@OSU

What Do Girls Learn from Dolls? Sexualized Stimuli and Girls’ Body Esteem and Academic Performance

Visual Imagery On Social Media: Increasing Power Through The Use of Photographs on Social Media

Upper Deschutes River Basin Prehistory: A Preliminary Examination of Flaked Stone Tools and Debitage

Tribal Tourism Development on American Indian Reservations in the Western United States

The Works Progress Administration in Oregon : An Administrative Overview

The Value of New Technology : View Toward Reassessment

The University Experiences of First-Generation Polynesian Football Players : An Exploratory Study of Cultural Adaptation

The distribution of geologic and artifact obsidian from the Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh geochemical source group, South-Central Oregon

The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

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