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Concepts of Trust among Residency Students and How It Relates to Reciprocity and the Public Goods Dilemma
No full textReciprocity and trust are necessary within any group. The benefit of this reciprocity and trust, however, is felt more by the group than the individual who trusts or reciprocates. This public goods dilemma can be problematic for residency programs because these programs need high levels of both trust and reciprocity to function smoothly. I use James S. Coleman’s ideas on trust and free-riders to explain how reciprocity in a residency program depends on how connected residents are to one another and how this impacts their perceptions of trust in one another. Using longitudinal data from a pediatric residency program, I look at how residents could have differing levels of trust based on connections with others in the residency program. Students who socialize with other residents generate more social capital, leading to higher levels of trust and reciprocity. On the other hand, socializing with non-residents fosters lower levels of social capital, hindering reciprocity and trust
Associations of Religious, Spiritual, and Health Behaviors Examined Through Daily Diary Methods
Get PDFReligiousness and spirituality are associated beneficially with health. Mechanisms of these associations have not been established, but health behaviors may explain associations. We are interested in whether there is an association between religious and spiritual (R/S) behaviors and health behaviors in undergraduates. Daily exercise and diet were assessed and associations with R/S traits and behaviors were tested. Increasingly, daily diary methods are employed in health research because they decrease retrospective reporting and increase validity. However, these methods have not been used in research on R/S. We are conducting a daily diary study via online survey. Participants were recruited from Hope College. During an initial lab visit, participants took a survey on baseline and trait R/S and overall health and were trained on how to complete daily diary surveys which they did for the following seven mornings. These surveys assessed participants’ daily religious, spiritual, and health behaviors and experiences. We will analyze data using correlational analyses and regression to determine whether and how R/S traits and daily behaviors are associated with healthy daily exercise and diet behaviors. We expect that greater trait R/S will be associated with healthier daily exercise and diet. We also expect that engaging in more daily R/S behaviors will be associated with healthier daily exercise and diet. First, our study suggests that using daily diary methods to study R/S is feasible. Second, if trait R/S are associated with better health behaviors, that would suggest that health behaviors could be a mechanism of observed associations of R/S with health. Third, if R/S behaviors are associated with healthy diet and exercise, this may further explain associations of R/S with health. Last, these findings could help in understanding and promoting healthy diet and exercise on college campuses
Architecture and Education in India
Get PDFLiterary giant Rabindranath Tagore shaped both his homeland of India and the world with his poetry, art, music, and philosophy during his lifetime of 1861-1941. His legacy continues to influence modern society as young writers observe his words, philosophers observe his life, and Indians observe his face on street corners and hear his music in their ears. Perhaps his greatest contribution, however, is carved into walls and plaster, eventually etching themselves into the minds of students. Tagore had deep convictions about the marriage between nature and education; these convictions took root in the foundation of his school in Santiniketan. Because nature was essential for introspection, understanding, and learning, Tagore developed concrete notions of how architecture should lend itself to nature, and therefore to education. This summer I was funded to visit Jorasanko in Calcutta, FLAME University in Pune, and Shantiniketan in West Bengal, India, with Professor Maria Claudia Andre. Here I encountered Tagore’s philosophies carved into the buildings that surrounded his life. Drawing from my experiences in India, as well as investigating Tagore’s philosophies of education, space, and nature through works like Samit Das’s Architecture of Santiniketan, my research explores Tagore’s ideas of architecture for education, as well as his influences on modern institutions in India today, pursuing an answer to the question: how does physical space influence learning
Looking Up: Discovering the Characters, Chronology, and Complexities of Baroque Italian Ceiling Art
Get PDFItalian Baroque paintings and their iconography are fascinating topics studied by art historians and art lovers alike. While there have been many resources published about Italian fresco and panel paintings and their iconography, this information is not as readily available to students and the public as one might expect. This is due in part to the sheer volume of paintings, as well as the fact that much of this information is only available in specialized bibliography. My research brings this information together into an easy to use digital format thereby providing a publically accessible teaching tool for undergraduate students and the general public. For a research fellowship in the summer of 2016, I chose four ceiling paintings from prominent buildings in Rome, Italy; namely, the Palazzo Barberini, the Palazzo Farnese, and the church Santa Maria Maggiore in order to create iconographic maps using the platform Neatline. The paintings chosen were Divine Providence by Pietro da Cortona, Divine Wisdom by Andrea Sacchi, The Loves of the Gods by Annibale Carracci, and the Baptistry painting in Santa Maria Maggiore, artist unknown. I conducted fieldwork in Rome photographing the frescos and giving greater physical context to the paintings and observing lesser-known details. I also assembled the iconography from a variety of dispersed sources, paying particular attention to the lesser-known and often unpublished symbolism of minute features in the paintings, especially non-iconic details. Using DSLR photography, Omeka hosting, and Neatline, I created digital interactive maps of these ceilings that allows the viewer to hover over different parts of each ceiling and learn the different characters, motifs, and other interesting features, while also providing additional information on the buildings and artists in a traditional website format. The resulting maps provide scholarly knowledge in a digestible format that is simple to use and engaging for non-specialists
It\u27s More Than Self-Presentation: MUM Effects Can Reflect Private Discomfort and Concern for the Recipient
Get PDFIs the reluctance to share bad news (i.e., the MUM effect) motivated more by a public display or private concern, and does it benefit mainly the messenger or the recipient? An experiment (N = 309) that crossed good/bad news with three communication channels (face to face, text messaging, email) revealed that messenger reluctance was greatest under conditions of bad news and did not vary based on channel through which the recipient contacted the messenger. In contrast with earlier work, this MUM effect was more consistent with a private fear of distressing the recipient. Theoretical implications and limitations are discussed
Conquering Worrisome Word Problems – Algebra Success
Get PDFHigh school students can struggle with word problems in upper level math classes. Causes for this struggle could include lower reading comprehension, limited mathematic vocabulary, and difficulty changing words to algebraic expressions. This article proposes three techniques to help teachers instruct these struggling students that include (a) organization by difficulty of comprehension and computation (b) scaffolding and (c) utilizing the Explain, Practice and Assess (EPA) strategy
Normal Behavioral Responses to Light and Darkness and the Pupillary Light Reflex are Dependent Upon the Olivary Pretectal Nucleus in the Diurnal Nile Grass Rat
Get PDFThe olivary pretectal nucleus (OPT) is a midbrain structure that receives reciprocal bilateral retinal projections, is involved in the pupillary light reflex, and connects reciprocally with the intergeniculate leaflet (IGL), a retinorecipient brain region that mediates behavioral responses to light pulses (i.e., masking) in diurnal Nile grass rats. Here, we lesioned the OPT and evaluated behavioral responses in grass rats to various lighting conditions, as well as their anxiety-like responses to light exposure. While control grass rats remained diurnal, grass rats with OPT lesions exhibited a more night-active pattern under 12h:12h light-dark (LD) conditions. However, when placed in constant darkness, OPT-lesioned grass rats became more active during their subjective day, suggesting that an exaggerated masking response to light may be responsible for the effect of OPT lesions on locomotor activity in LD. To test this hypothesis, we presented dark and light pulses to controls and grass rats with OPT lesions; controls increased their activity in response to light, whereas those with OPT lesions significantly increased activity in response to darkness. Further, when placed in a 7-h ultradian LD cycle, animals with OPT lesions were more active during darkness than controls. OPT lesions also abolished the pupillary light reflex, but did not affect anxiety-like behaviors. Finally, in animals with OPT lesions, light did not induce Fos expression in the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus, as it did in controls. Altogether, these results suggest that masking responses to light and darkness are dependent upon nuclei within the subcortical visual shell in grass rats
Kruizenga Art Museum Coloring Night
Get PDFA poster advertising a coloring night at the Kruizenga Art Museum for Hope College students to reduce stress before exam finals.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/kam_poster/1016/thumbnail.jp
The Anchor, Volume 130.21: April 5, 2017
Get PDFThe Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor\u27s history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular
Amy Beach in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1918
No full textThe influential American composer Amy Beach wrote in 1915, “Our composers owe an immense debt of gratitude to the merry women’s clubs scattered far and wide over the whole land, which have done an enormous amount of work in popularizing the compositions of American musicians. They have cultivated the study and appreciation of the works of their countrymen in a most praiseworthy manner, giving them a chance for hearing alongside the works of European composers.” Among the many clubs she visited across the country was the St. Cecilia Society of Grand Rapids, Michigan where she gave a program of her compositions in January of 1918. The St. Cecilia Music Society was one of many women’s organizations in the city which played a vital role in the rich music culture of Grand Rapids, in the decades around 1900, featuring a variety of activities including musical performances, speeches, and poetry recitations. My project is an attempt to capture the essence of that concert. Through research in the Grand Rapids Public Library, which houses the St. Cecilia Society archives, I have pieced together the lives of those who were involved in many perspectives of the event: the club members who organized it, the performers, audience members, and a music critic. The story of the St. Cecilia Music Society and the life of Amy Beach cross paths on this occasion which now reveals to us how influential the work of Amy Beach was on the members of the Society and vice versa. This snapshot of one event offers a glimpse into a moment in time, revealing the important contributions that women have made to the arts and their communities