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Get PDFGerald Graff, University of Illinois, Chicago. Respondent: Laura Mandell, Director, Initiative for Digital Humanities, Media, and Culture, Texas A&M Universit
The Cute Chameleon: The Effect of Attractiveness Level on Behavioral Mimicry Within Same-Sex Dyads
No full textBehavioral mimicry is the changing of movements or mannerisms to match that of an interaction partner. The phenomenon occurs nonconsciously and has been shown to increase the level of liking between interaction partners (Chartrand & Bargh, 1999). Moderators of mimicry include in-group membership (Lakin, Chartrand, & Arkin, 2008), desire to be liked (Lakin & Chartrand, 2003), and social exclusion (Lakin, Chartrand, & Arkin, 2008). Attractiveness level has been shown to have a substantial effect on how individuals perceive a person (Ahola, Angela, Christianson, & Hellstrm, 2009). The current study addressed whether attractiveness level of a female in a projected video would impact the amount of mimicry exhibited by females participating in the study. Additionally, this study compared two interactions for each participant to determine not only a baseline comparison for each action performed, but also to determine which action performed by the confederate was more likely to be mimicked. Finally, this study investigated whether using a video projection of a confederate as an interaction partner would be as effective as a live confederate in the room through the comparison of the results of the current study with previous work
Identifying Gender Bias in College Culture: Descriptive and Prescriptive Stereotypes, Hostile and Benevolent Sexism, and Cognitive Justification
No full textThe concept of equality between men and women is a controversial and important subject for continued business and psychological research. This study aimed to gain greater insight into gender bias by surveying college students. Sexism has been thought to be manifested in two ways: hostile or benevolent. Hostile sexism pertains to overt discrimination against women for their sex. Benevolent sexism places females in a restrictive role like hostile sexism, but it does so in a nicer tone. Accordingly, some may not even recognize benevolent sexism to be an issue at all. Bias has also been thought to be manifested in a descriptive or prescriptive way. Descriptive bias assesses what people think women currently are like. On the other hand, prescriptive bias assesses how people believe women should be like. Constructs were used to assess hostile or benevolent sexism and descriptive or prescriptive bias, which have all been used in previously published research. Additional items were developed by the researcher to assess the possibility of stereotyping being followed up with rationalization. Results indicated that there was a difference in gender attitudes between men and women. Specifically, males displayed higher sexism overall and were more likely to associate benevolent sexism with hostile sexism than females were. The item developed by the researcher for the purposes of examining a potential rationalization for stereotyping exhibited a greater correlation for females pertaining to descriptive bias. Practical and theoretical implications and suggestions for future research are discussed
The Effect of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides on Immune Function and Adult Neurogenesis in the cricket, Acheta domesticus
No full textNeurogenesis is the phenomenon in which the brain produces new neurons. Neurons, which are located in the brain and spinal cord, are especially important to an organism’s function, as they allow for communication and information processing. Although the exact function of neurogenesis is unclear, recent studies suggest its importance in learning and memory. As a whole, our lab investigates the factors that can affect neurogenesis, such as environment and behavior. My study specifically looked at how the immune system of an organism could affect adult neurogenesis. We chose to look at immune function because many studies have linked immunocompetence to neurogenesis in vertebrate animals; it is our goal to investigate this relationship in an invertebrate model, the house cricket Acheta domesticus. To activate the immune system, we injected experimental crickets with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We compared immune activity and neurogenesis between experimental and control crickets. The cricket model was chosen because crickets have relatively simple immune and nervous systems which are easy to manipulate. Going further, they also have adult neurogenesis in brain regions functionally similar to those of mammals. We found that crickets treated with LPS exhibit a change in immune function, as shown by a decrease in phenoloxidase (an enzyme important in insect immune function) activity levels, a decrease in survival rate, and an increase in nodule number and size. We found inconclusive results on the effect of LPS injection on neurogenesis due to low sample sizes
Tailoring Technical Services Data to Fit the Changing Needs of Academic Liaisons
Get PDFIncreasingly dynamic collections, changing curriculums, and tightening budgets work together
to put more and more pressure on liaisons to stay well-informed and respond nimbly when
confronting collection management decisions and opportunities. In many cases, data
potentially useful to liaisons already exists within technical services units as a product of other
library activities and functions. When approached from a collection management perspective,
this data can often be repurposed to meet the information needs of academic liaisons and
other collection managers as they attempt to meet the demands of evolving liaison roles and
changing collection priorities. The presenters will discuss their efforts at the University of
Kentucky Libraries to develop enhanced reporting instruments and procedures intended to
employ technical services data to the greater benefit of academic liaisons