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Author:

Beekman III, Charles Richard

Title:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY PROFILES OF TEMPERAMENT: CHARACTERIZATION, CONTINUITY, AND ETIOLOGY

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Temperament
Socioemotional Development
Latent Profile Analysis
Genetic
Environmental

File:

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Committee Members:

Jenae Marie Neiderhiser, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristin Buss, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Loken, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Middlewood, Brianna Lia

Title:

Movement In Free Will Belief Mediates The Effects Of Manipulating Free Will On Ontological But Not Utilitarian Moral Decisions

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Free Will
Determinism
Morality
Decisions

File:

Download Middlewood_MA_Thesis_pdf_2014-02-28.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Gasper, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Reginald Adams Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kalvin, Carla Beth

Title:

Early Aggression, Social Competence, and Peer Rejection: Associations with Physiological Indices of Emotional Functioning

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Aggression
social competence
peer rejection
emotional reactivity
emotion regulation
heart rate
P300

File:

Download Masters_Thesis__Carla_Kalvin_3.29.14.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen Linn Bierman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Venkatesan, Umesh Meyyappan

Title:

Chronology and chronicity of altered resting-state functional connectivity after traumatic brain injury

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

TBI
brain injury
neuroimaging
functional connectivity
resting state
default mode
neurodegeneration
Alzheimer's

File:

Download Venkatesan.UM_thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nancy Anne Coulter Dennis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bhargava, Sakshi

Title:

Longitudinal Changes in Parental Involvement in Adolescents’ Education and the Effects of Neighborhood Context on Parental Involvement

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

home involvement
school involvement
academic socialization
race
socioeconomic status
gender
neighborhood context

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Submission_SB041714.pdf

Committee Members:

Dawn Paula Witherspoon, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Crayne, Matthew Philip

Title:

The cost of aiming high: Exploring the relationship between ambition and information sharing

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Ambition
Information Sharing
Achievement
Motivation
Machiavellianism

File:

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Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gutworth, Melissa Beth

Title:

The Dark Side to Creativity: Testing an Intervention to Deter Deviance

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

creativity
deviance
intervention
ethics
saliency

File:

Download Melissa_Gutworth_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Dahl, Julia L

Title:

Who Undermines, Who Is Undermined, And Why: Gender, Power, and Undermining

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
power
undermining
stereotypes

File:

Download 2-Dahl_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa K Vescio, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mc Guier, Devin James

Title:

Cognitive and Transactional Determinants of Child Compliance and Maternal Endorsement of Punitive Discipline

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Social Information Processing
Parenting
Child Compliance
Punitive Discipline
Effective Commands
Dyadic Dyssynchrony

File:

Download Devin_McGuier_Masters_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sandra T Azar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Thai, Nhi Kieu

Title:

Neurophysiological underpinnings of attention biases: An Erp Study

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

attention bias
ERP
anxiety
child
ABM
attention bias
ERP
anxiety
child
ABM
attention bias
ERP
anxiety
child
ABM
attention bias
ERP
anxiety
child
ABM

File:

Download Thai_MasterThesis_Dec2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Koraly Elisa Perez Edgar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Borriello, Giulia Alexandra

Title:

Parental Supports for the Development of Children's Spatial Skills

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

spatial development
parenting
parent-child interactions
play; interventions

File:

Download Borriello.G_Final_ElectronicMastersThesis_9SEPTEMBER2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Alipour, Kent K

Title:

Power Hungry: The Influence of Power Values Diversity on Relationship Conflict and Team Performance

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Values
power values
diversity
relationship conflict
team performance

File:

Download KKAlipour_THESIS_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan Mohammed, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Marshall Lebreton, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sumita Raghuram, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter Andrew Arnett, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Quigley, Kelsey Michaela

Title:

Breastfeeding Predicts Vagal Regulation During a Social Stressor

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

regulatory development
physiological co-regulation
breastfeeding
vagal system

File:

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Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Auday, Eran Shlomo

Title:

Recall Of Parenting During The Transition To First-time Parenthood: A Measurement Model And A Contextual Perspective

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

PBI
Recall of parenting
APIM
transition to parenthood

File:

Download ESA_Masters_Grad_version_-_2014-12-02.pdf

Committee Members:

Ginger A Moore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Koraly Elisa Perez Edgar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Brian A Rabian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Weigard, Alexander Samuel

Title:

Evaluating the Role of Processing Efficiency in Adhd-related Working Memory Deficits

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

working memory
adhd
diffusion model
processing speed

File:

Download Weigard_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Cynthia L Huang Pollock, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bradley Paul Wyble, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bice, Kinsey L

Title:

The Plasticity of the Native Language in Adult Second Language Learning

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

second language learning
native language change
ERPs
comprehension
production
lexicon
N400

File:

Download Bice_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Fran Kroll, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Picci, Giorgia

Title:

Puberty matters: A look at the development of face recognition biases in children and adolescents

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Face recognition
biases
own age bias
own gender bias
adolescence
puberty
developmental tasks

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Picci_Formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathyrn Suzanne Scherf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sheri A. Berenbaum, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Martha Ellen Wadsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Henry, Shannon Lee

Title:

Cue-elicited neural activity and functional connectivity among smokers associated with the decision to smoke

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

smoking
cue-reactivity
dual systems
fMRI
uSEM
insula

File:

Download Masters_Final_1214.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Gerard Hillary, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Olivieri, Margaret Anne

Title:

Emotion and Conversation in the Toddler Years: Exploring Child-level, Parent-level and Family-level Determinants of Parent-toddler Conversational Engagement

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

parent-child conversation
emotion expression
toddlerhood

File:

Download Fields_Masters_Submission_to_Grad_School_FINAL_12-12-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Pamela Marie Cole, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Mortazavi, Arezou

Title:

Positive Emotion, Drinking Motivation, and Problematic Drinking: A Case for Cultural Variations

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Positive emotion
Emotion norms
Drinking motivations
cultural norms for emotion
Alcohol use
College students

File:

Download Mortazavi_masters_for_final_etd_to_submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Jose Angel Soto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Motta-Mena, Natalie

Title:

Developing Sensitivity to Complex Facial Expressions in Adolescence

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

Adolescence
puberty
facial expressions

File:

Download NVGarcia_Final_Thesis_Submission_DEC11.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathyrn Suzanne Scherf, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jayne, Bradley Steven

Title:

When Innovation Requires More: Dyadic Leadership and the Issue of Role Conflict

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

leadership
shared leadership
dyadic leadership
innovation
role conflict

File:

Download Brad_Jayne_Thesis_12-3-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Samuel Todd Hunter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor