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Empathy-Induced Distress: A Psychophysiological Approach

Creator:: Karabinas, Isabella M.
Abstract:: Empathy is considered a significant motivator of prosocial behavior. Increasing evidence suggests that feelings of personal distress associated with empathy may be stronger or weaker according to the form of perspective taking that an empathizer utilizes. The aim of the present study was to further quantify the stress consequences and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: empathy. b) Reported feelings associated with distress. Dots indicate the presence of outliers. Asterisks

Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

Creator:: Helzer, Erik G.
Abstract:: Although the question of free will has persisted throughout the history of philosophy as an important metaphysical consideration, rarely does the inquiry include empirical evidence from other disciplines concerned with human behavior. In this interdisciplinary paper, I combine the wisdom of psychologists, metaphysicians, and philosophers of science to comment on...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Karmic Effects: How Aggressive Behavior Toward Important People Changes the Perception of Others

Creator:: Whitman, Frederick R.
Abstract:: Synthesizing perspectives from Bruner (1957), and the Mind Only School of Buddhism, the current study examined the effect of a persons’ own behavior on knowledge activation. Both social cognitive psychology and the Mind Only School posit that perception is based on previously learned knowledge. Knowledge is accumulated through an individual’s...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: ............................................38 Appendix B. Demographics Questionnaire

College Algebra Students’ Beliefs About Mathematics and Mathematics Classes

Creator:: Hanussak, Debra
Abstract:: For several years researchers have investigated how teachers’ beliefs impact a classroom. Equally important to consider when striving to improve education are the beliefs held by the students. College Algebra is an important class for many collegiate students, and gaining an insight into their beliefs about mathematics and desires for...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: ………………………………………………………………………..… 61 Apendix A: Data Materials……………………………………………………… 61 Apendix B: Belief Survey Graphs

Investigating Relationships between Outdoor Recreation Activities, EnvironmentalWorldviews, and Place of Residence

Creator:: Finn, Elliott Chad
Abstract:: Some evidence suggests a connection between outdoor recreation participation and stronger environmental worldviews. This study finds little evidence supporting participation in outdoor recreation activities and stronger environmental worldviews and some evidence supporting a weak connection between appreciative outdoor recreation and stronger environmental worldviews. Additionally, the study documents greater participation in...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________ Edward Weber Some evidence suggests a connection between outdoor recreation

The Effectiveness of cTRAIN Computer-Based Programs in Occupational Psychology and its Sociological Implications

Creator:: McNamara, Allison
Abstract:: Pesticides can often be toxic and for this reason their methods and quantities of application are extremely regulated. Pesticide applicators are at risk of permanently damaging their health from exposure to pesticides. In order to ensure that these employees have the proper information to protect themselves, they are required to...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: ., Lackovic, M., Soileau, S. B., Das, R., Backman, J., Male, D. P., Thomsen, C.L., Stanbury, M., (2005

Solutions to Water Resource and Environmental Challenges : Perspectives from the Agricultural Community in the Crooked River Watershed

Creator:: Busick, Brytann
Abstract:: This research explores how an agriculture-based community in the Crooked River Watershed of Central Oregon responds to a series of water resource and environmental challenges, some associated with projected climate change, amid increasing pressure to change management practices to better accommodate environmental needs. A key part of this research assesses...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Edward Weber

Food Insecurity Among Oregon Food Bank Clientsover the Course of the Great Recession

Creator:: Schoblom, Arielle
Abstract:: This thesis examines food insecurity in Oregon among food bank users over the course of The Great Recession. Analyzing data from the Oregon Food Bank, this thesis tells the story of the change that the recession brought upon low-income families. In examining the regional differences in food insecurity, the local...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Food Bank clients during The Great Recession and (b) examines how enrollment in the Supplemental

Atmospheric nitrous oxide in the pre-800 ka atmosphere from ice cores from the Allan Hills, Antarctica

Creator:: Stock, Marika P.
Abstract:: Nitrous oxide is an important greenhouse gas that has both natural and anthropogenic sources in the modern atmosphere (Ciais et al., 2013). This project expanded the knowledge of the history of atmospheric N2O in the geologic past by measuring N2O concentrations in air trapped in very old polar ice. A...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved:_____________________________________________________ Edward Brook Nitrous

Stand Structure of Old Growth Dry Mixed Conifer Forests in the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests

Creator:: Merschel, Andrew G.
Abstract:: Old-growth dry-mixed conifer forests are valued as habitats for late seral forest species, for the ecosystem services and landscape diversity they provide, and for their aesthetic appeal. The structure of these forests has been heavily altered by historic logging of overstory ponderosa pine and Douglas-fir. Additionally, changes in fire regime...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________ Dr. Edward C. Jensen Abstract Body Old-growth dry-mixed conifer forests are

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Empathy-Induced Distress: A Psychophysiological Approach

Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

Karmic Effects: How Aggressive Behavior Toward Important People Changes the Perception of Others

College Algebra Students’ Beliefs About Mathematics and Mathematics Classes

Investigating Relationships between Outdoor Recreation Activities, EnvironmentalWorldviews, and Place of Residence

The Effectiveness of cTRAIN Computer-Based Programs in Occupational Psychology and its Sociological Implications

Solutions to Water Resource and Environmental Challenges : Perspectives from the Agricultural Community in the Crooked River Watershed

Food Insecurity Among Oregon Food Bank Clientsover the Course of the Great Recession

Atmospheric nitrous oxide in the pre-800 ka atmosphere from ice cores from the Allan Hills, Antarctica

Stand Structure of Old Growth Dry Mixed Conifer Forests in the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests

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