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What's Really Important in Introductory Psychology?

Creator:: Bohnstedt, Chloe
Abstract:: Is there a core set of concepts in psychology? Early work identified keywords in psychology by asking textbook authors what concepts were most important to them to understand what was essential for college students' psychological literacy (Boneau, 1990). Much of the early work showed there is little consistency in the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: psychology textbooks, taking keywords from each chapter and faculty rated those terms to select the most

Diversity and Psychology: Promoting Inclusive Perceptions of Disability

Creator:: Williams, Hannah M.
Abstract:: The way that an individual defines and understands the term “disability” has the potential to affect how they view and interact with people with disabilities. Previous research suggests that classroom interventions and frequent interactions with people who have disabilities can be effective in promoting the social model of disability and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Diversity and Psychology: Promoting Inclusive

Cross-Cultural Comparison of Business Practices Between Oregon and Taiwan

Creator:: Kizer, Kylyn
Abstract:: A cross-cultural analysis of business practices based on video recordings of interviews with business professionals in both Oregon and Taiwan, with the intent of finding evidence to support or question current beliefs about cultural differences between American and Asian cultures. Particular focus is paid to business practices such as networking,...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Science in Psychology presented on June 4, 2012. Title: Cross

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:: Psychology and its Sociological Implications. Abstract approved

Cheese tour ’08: a journey to four of Oregon’s farmstead creameries and into the world of artisan cheese

Creator:: Spatz, Michelle C.
Abstract:: Oregon has a growing artisan cheese industry and is developing a reputation as one of the country’s leading regions for many varieties of cheeses. This thesis is an exploration of four of Oregon’s premier artisan creameries. The primary research for this project included visiting the farms and cheesemakers, tasting the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: a natural rind rubbed with oil and paprika during its time in the aging room. In Steve’s words

Sociosexual Orientation : A Historical Critique and Contemporary Analysis of its Relationship to Social Hierarchy

Creator:: Lyell, Courtney
Abstract:: Sociosexual Orientation (SSO) is a measure of individual differences in the willingness to engage in uncommitted sexual relations. This study explores the relationship between SSO and two preferences for hierarchy in society, including Social Dominance Orientation (SDO) and Social Values Orientation (SVO). All of these constructs share the common element...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Psychology presented on December 2, 2015. Title: Sociosexual Orientation: A Historical Critique and

The Impact of Medicalization on the Authority of Women Healers

Creator:: Long, Myra
Abstract:: In the West, the growth of the modern, androcentric medical establishment can be shown to be correlated with the decline in women’s authority and status in the healing arts. As the world of science and medicine expanded exponentially, the understanding of the body changed through the studies of anatomy and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: menstruation, birth control, childbirth, infertility, menopause, aging, death, mood, and anxiety (Conrad

Beyond the attentional blink : An electrophysiological study of processing facial emotional expression

Creator:: Stewart, Alicia V.
Abstract:: Behavioral studies have observed facial recognition bypass attentional limitations when performed with non-facial recognition tasks (e.g., a digit task). Awh et al. (2004) proposed this was due to multi-channel processing, where non-facial objects utilize a feature-based channel leaving the configural-based channel available for facial processing. We tested this hypothesis using...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: recognizing negative faces. This could be due to the brain aging and there being less alterations to the

The impact of assigned reading on reading for pleasure throughout life

Creator:: Pruitt, Sydney
Abstract:: The reason for reading for pleasure falling out of popular fashion is ambiguous, and there is an ongoing drive to identify the source in order to encourage more reading. I attempted to see if liking the books assigned to one in middle and high school had an effect on reading...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , Neuropathologic Burden, and Cognitive Aging.” Neurology, 18, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e31829c5e8a

Aging and oxidative damage to mitochondrial membrane proteins

Creator:: Tong, Tony T.
Abstract:: Mitochondria provide energy for biological cells to function, but this process is also a source of oxygen radicals that are capable of damaging nearby proteins. Mitochondrial protein damage can eventually lead to cell death, especially in the case of heart cells, where mitochondria are present in the highest concentrations. As...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Aging and Oxidative Damage to Mitochondrial

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What's Really Important in Introductory Psychology?

Diversity and Psychology: Promoting Inclusive Perceptions of Disability

Cross-Cultural Comparison of Business Practices Between Oregon and Taiwan

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

Cheese tour ’08: a journey to four of Oregon’s farmstead creameries and into the world of artisan cheese

Sociosexual Orientation : A Historical Critique and Contemporary Analysis of its Relationship to Social Hierarchy

The Impact of Medicalization on the Authority of Women Healers

Beyond the attentional blink : An electrophysiological study of processing facial emotional expression

The impact of assigned reading on reading for pleasure throughout life

Aging and oxidative damage to mitochondrial membrane proteins

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