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Cityscapes, Climate, and Mental Health: Designing Cities for Thermal Wellbeing
Get PDFEnvironmental impacts on human health have been a concern in society for centuries and many advancements in public health have come through addressing environmental hazards. Similar to how sanitation and flood mitigation have become critical components of and indicators for urban life, we posit that urban heat poses a significant risk to human physical and mental health. Reflecting on origins of contemporary Western urban design, we see a significant amount of energy dedicated to addressing both physical and mental health through changes in urban design, ecosystems, and climate. Building from this, we advocate for a reframing of current issues in urban design and planning to consider how urban climate affects our physical and mental health. This theoretical approach discusses a novel perspective on design, climate, and mental health, as well as examining the pathways from heat, sunlight exposure, and nature contact to mental health crises. We use urban climate as a lens through which we examine how urban design and mental health are connected and what solutions might exist that can address previously identified urban design issues while also improving the mental health of communities
The Attributions of Students’ Confidence Judgments and Related Feedback
Get PDFMuch research has demonstrated that low performers tend to be prone to overconfidence, while high performers are disposed to underconfidence. Still, students’ attributions for their confidence judgements and how their judgements relate to academic attitudes, such as feedback preferences, remains undetermined. Undergraduate students in eight introductory psychology classes made confidence judgements for their psychology midterm exam, then reported their attributions for the estimate. One week later, students received their exam score back, assessed how their actual performance compared to their expectations and ranked their feedback preferences. Consistent with past work, low performers were overconfident and high performers were slightly underconfident. Overconfident students made significantly more internal and external attributions than underconfident students. The most influential attributions for both groups were the perceived difficulty and relevancy of exam questions. Additionally, a significant negative relationship between confidence judgement bias and feedback preferences suggests that as students become underconfident their preference for fewer feedback increases. These results indicate that overconfident learners are more motivated to provide explanations for their confidence judgements, possibly due to cognitive dissonance between their expected ability and actual ability. Contrary to expectations, overconfidence did not have a relationship with maladaptive feedback preferences. Future work would benefit from using alternative methodologies, such as using open-ended questions or a think-aloud protocol
Sleepy Dahlia
Get PDF"Sleepy Dahlia" follows the journey of acknowledging and accepting one’s identity as a whole. The speaker accepts damaged pieces of themselves as sites of growth and possible blooming. The poem challenges identity directly and exposes raw secrets, shedding light on the hidden. All is on the record to be heard, seen, and loved
Last I Heard You Say
Get PDFDiane tries to cope with her grief by cherishing what remains of her beloved companion's odd hobby.
CONTENT WARNING: allusions to death, suicid
After Hours
Get PDFThis shoot came togethe last minute to show convey a someone letting loose and letting go after a long work day. Most of us can relate to that feeling
