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  • The Impact of Causal Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction

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    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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    Masters Thesis
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    Uncertainty on Dyadic Satisfaction Abstract approved John A. Edwards One's ability to determine the

  • The Negative Relationship Between Existential Threats and Attitudes toward Freedom

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    Li, Zheng
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    Three studies tested the hypothesis that existential threats will be negatively associated with attitudes toward different kinds of freedom. Existential threats experienced as Death Anxiety and Belief in a Dangerous World were negatively associated with attitudes toward Freedom To behave in a desired manner and positively associated with the idea...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ John A. Edwards Three studies tested the hypothesis that existential threats will be

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

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    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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    Effects of Meditation Abstract Approved: John A. Edwards Interweaving perspectives from both social

  • Empathy-Induced Distress: A Psychophysiological Approach

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    Karabinas, Isabella M.
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    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...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    :_____________________________________________________ John Edwards ABSTRACT Empathy is considered a significant motivator of prosocial behavior

  • Loving-Kindness Meditation and Prosocial Construct Activation

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    Falkenstein, Angelica R.
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    Both Buddhist and psychological theory postulate that present actions will influence future perceptions, judgments, and behaviors in a concordant manner. While Buddhists explain these effects in the context of karmic theory, psychologists consider these effects of construct activation and chronic construct accessibility. The present study sought to apply social psychological...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : John A. Edwards Both Buddhist and psychological theory postulate that present actions will

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

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    Helzer, Erik G.
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    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...
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    . Abstract approved: __________________________________________________________ John Edwards

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

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    Whitman, Frederick R.
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    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...
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    . Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________________________ John Edwards

  • A study of the stylistic ramifications of Father Charles Edward Coughlin's sermons from 1930 to 1934

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    Acklin, Melissa Barrett
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    During the depression era, millions of Americans listened to the weekly radio addresses given by Father Charles Edward Coughlin. He devoted his career to speaking out against the evils of America and felt it his duty to warn Americans against the perpetrators of this evil. But after 1934, the tone...
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    Edward Coughlin's Sermons from 1930 to 1934 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Melissa Barrett Acklin for

  • Analytical Meditation on Motivation to Meditate

    Creator:
    Lindsley, Jacob
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    Meditation research in recent decades has disproportionately focused on the Buddhist derived practice of “mindfulness” meditation while leaving most other Buddhist meditation practices unstudied. The current study seeks to remedy this homogeneity through the adaptation of a novel meditation practice used in Tibetan Buddhism to affect motivation. We explored traditional...
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    : ______________________________________________________ John A. Edwards Meditation research in recent decades has

  • Relationship between lean body mass and serum renal biomarkers in healthy dogs

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    Hall, Jean A, Yerramilli, Maha, Obare, Edward, Yerramilli, Murthy, Melendez, Lynda D., and Jewell, Dennis E.
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    Background: Symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA) is an accurate and precise biomarker for estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in humans and cats. Serum creatinine (sCr) also correlates with GFR, but has limitations as a biomarker of renal function because nonrenal factors can influence its concentration. Hypothesis: Differences in lean body mass (LBM)...
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    Medicine, 29(3), 808-814. doi:10.1111/jvim.12607 10.1111/jvim.12607 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Version of