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Human Development (HD) Theses
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Undergraduate Honors Theses in the Department of Human Development (HD)in the College of Human Ecology.
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Learning Lucid Dreaming and its Effect on Depression in Undergraduates
(2011-05)The present study tested two hypotheses: 1) that lucid dreaming could be effectively taught through an online intervention, and 2) that lucid dreaming can alleviate depression as mediated by LOC. Surveys consisting of ... -
Changing caregiving quality for neurodevelopmentally at-risk infants: Executive function and behavior outcomes
(2011-05)Neurodevelopmental impairment in infancy is an established risk factor for poor cognitive and behavior outcomes later in life. However, environmental factors such as high quality caregiving could be protective against these ... -
Children's Perceptions of Mechanical Knowledge as a Function of Gender
(2011-05)This study examined children's perceptions of the mechanical knowledge of others as a function of gender. Children ages 3-8 watched videos of male and female informants fixing toys in one of two conditions: either the boy ... -
Political Ideology and Support for Universal Health Care: The Roles of Thinking Styles and Executive Functioning in the Judgments of Older Adults
(2011-05)In contemporary American politics, Democrats and Republicans have become increasingly polarized along ideological lines. This division is especially apparent in the debates surrounding the possibility of universal health ... -
Gist for Risk: Link between Impulsivity and Fuzzy-Trace Theory Explanations of Adolescent Risk Behavior
(2011-05)Adolescence is characterized by a steep increase in risk taking behaviors. Research indicates that individual differences in impulsivity are highly correlated with adolescent risk taking (Verdejo-Garcia, Lawrence, and ... -
Looking to the Past to Develop the Future: Autobiographical Memory, Future Episodic Thought, and Self Concepts in Easterners and Westerners
(2011-05)The link between dialectical thinking, mental wellbeing, future episodic thought, and the self-concept was assessed between Caucasian (N = 80) and Asian (N = 57) cultural groups. In the first task, participants were asked ... -
The Interaction of Emotion and Cognition in Memory Biases across the Life Span
(2011-05)Much research has looked into the various information processing changes that occur as we age. Most cognitive processes decline with age, while emotion regulation may remain intact. This study attempts to better understand ... -
The Dynamics of Infant Attention
(2011-05)Attention allocation and visual foraging are adaptively important behaviors in providing information about the world for effective goal-directed behavior and survival. Timely re-direction of gaze facilitates integration ... -
The Desirability of Sexually Experienced Friends
(2011-05)This study investigated the influence of one's sexual history on his or her desirability as a same-sex friend. Participants (N = 790) completed an online survey, in which they evaluated one of 6 hypothetical targets. ...
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