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Influence of Social Status on Behavior and Stress in Mice
Get PDFMice are socially aggressive animals and tend to interact in ways that are representative of a social hierarchy. Their interactions and behaviors determine their position in the social hierarchy, i.e., dominant, subordinate, or somewhere in-between. The present study examined the effect of social rank on behavior and stress/anxiety. Mice were given access to a running wheel, an important resource because it provides the mice with stress relieving exercise, in both their home cage and their accessory cage. The mice’s daily activities, along with specific tests, were recorded to measure each mouse’s anxiety and identify them as dominant or subordinate. While the social rank of the mice was determined, none of the physiological or behavioral tests performed provided conclusive results demonstrating significant differences in anxiety or response to stress. This could be attributed to several factors, such as the spacious home cages, the accessibility of the isolated accessory cages, and the availability of two running wheels. Said factors possibly created a less stressful environment for the mice. The lack of significant results could also point to the behaviors and tests observed were not appropriate for detecting the effects of social stress in mice
The Effect of Cultural Relevance of a Text on the Comprehension of 4th Graders
No full textThis study investigates if the cultural relevance of texts as rated by students has an effect on their comprehension scores of those same texts. The literature suggests that there might be a connection between comprehension to culturally relevant texts, especially in students who are underrepresented in children’s literature in general. This study was performed in a virtual classroom and consisted of reading aloud picture books to fourth graders in a low-income school twice a week over five weeks. After each read aloud, three students were assessed on their perception of the cultural relevance of the book and their comprehension of the text. These students were randomly selected for a purposeful sampling while the rest of the class worked on an ungraded independent activity. The comprehension of the text was assessed using written retellings and the cultural relevance was measured with a Likert scale. Each fourth grader’s responses resulted in different correlations between the cultural relevance and comprehension scores for all the stories. This could be due to several reasons, including the exposure that some of those students have to seeing themselves reflected in children’s literature. This is based on the predictability power of certain questions within the culturally relevant survey. Cultural relevance did show a correlation for students who were historically underrepresented in children’s literature. This shows a need for more diversity in children’s literature to be accessible and inclusive to more students
How to Feel
No full textStudies show that the more we look at screens, the less we feel our body. Scary, right? In our virtual world, we are becoming increasingly out of touch. Sushma Subramanian‘s new book How To Feel delves into the science and meaning of touch
Automatic Processing
Get PDFAn infographic created as part of Dr. Erchull’s Social Psychology course (Spring 2021). Students were asked to give psychology away through an infographic designed to educate an audience of their choice about an idea from social psychology that the group would benefit from understanding. TOPIC: automatic processing. AUDIENCE: 6-9 year olds
The Most Effective Treatments for Antisocial Personality Disorder
No full textA video talk for Abnormal Psychology with Dr. Liss (Fall 2021)
Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Cheating on Online vs In-person Classes
No full textA Research Seminar Project supervised by Dr. David Rettinger (Fall 2021)
Does Psychological Well-Being Mediate the Relationship Between Parental Expectations and Academic Achievement?
Get PDFA Research Methods Project supervised by Dr. Laura Wilson (Fall 2021)
Preparing Great Test Takers
Get PDFAn infographic created as part of Dr. Erchull’s General Psychology course (Fall 2021).
Students were asked to “give psychology away” through an infographic designed to educate an audience of their choice about an idea from social psychology that the group would benefit from understanding. TOPIC: don’t change your answers on multiple-choice tests. AUDIENCE: parents of students preparing to take the SAT.
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Lilienfeld, S. O., Lynn, S. J., Ruscio, J., & Beyerstein, B. L. (2010). 50 great myths of popular psychology. Wiley-Blackwell
Songs of Eden
Get PDFSongs of Eden is a collection of short poems that were written during the Spring of 2021 semester as an individual study under the direction of Dr. Teresa Kennedy. The course itself was titled “Songs of the Fall” and fell under the category of ENGL 491. The name of the individual study is a nod to both the fall of man, and the tradition of epic poetry. As such, the project itself centers around the opening chapters of Genesis, focalizing on the persons of Adam and Eve. The work is divided into two main sections, each written from the perspective of these two biblical figures. In order to inform the theological dimension of the Songs of Eden, the author consulted works by St. Augustine of Hippo, Origen, Philo of Alexandria, Irenaeus, and the opening chapters of Genesis. The artwork featured in the background is portions of the 1504 engraving Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer
Mathematics Value Research
Get PDFRecent research shows how significant experiential learning can be to teaching the critical application of math to real-world problems. However, there is still a lack of research regarding experiential learning and its application to real-world problems regarding the concept of value. Concepts such as value are necessary for money management to help people maximize their purchase of goods and services. Currently, math classrooms teach procedural problem-solving, which may leave students unable to apply math critically to value-related math problems. This research examined critical thinking skills through completion of a real-world question about value before and after an experiential learning activity and use a perception survey to understand if applying math changes a student’s confidence about doing math. This research provides important insight into whether students would benefit from a hands-on learning approach using actual real-world scenarios to apply critical thinking to their everyday experiences