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If You Change Your Mind: Relationship Between Implicit Theory and Materialism
No full textMaterialistic individuals engage in consumption behaviours and hold materialistic values to avoid emotional and physiological negative experiences. Some avoidance strategies, such as cognitive deconstruction, living in the present, or constant need to acquire materialistic items, are utilized to protect self-identity against any negativity. Implicit theory is the belief that attributes, or values are malleable (incremental) or fixed (entity). The present experimental research examines the relationship between implicit theory and materialism among undergraduate students. Study one involves inducing an incremental or entity mindset and then measuring the participants’ materialistic values. It predicted that those with entity mindset will hold more materialistic values than both the incremental and control group. Study two involves inducing materialistic values and then evaluating a participant\u27s mindset. It is predicted that those with higher materialistic values will likely hold an entity mindset rather than an incremental mindset.
Department: Psychology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Watso
Messengers from the Asteroid Belt: A Study of Diogenites Northwest Africa 10268 and 7464
No full textThe study of meteorites is crucial to understanding the geological evolution of our early solar system. In this study, we observe optical and chemical properties of two diogenite meteorites (Northwest Africa 7464 and 10268) that originated from the second-largest asteroid, 4 Vesta. By studying the mechanical deformation and transformation features of feldspar, olivine and pyroxene grains within the samples, we are able to constrain the shock stage of each meteorite. Northwest Africa 7464 and 10268 were both observed using a scanning electron microscope, an energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer, an electron microprobe, a petrographic microscope and a Raman spectrometer.
Northwest Africa 7464 exhibits weak mosaicism and planar fractures in pyroxene, as well as, undulatory extinction and planar fractures in olivine. These features suggest a moderately-shocked S4 meteorite consistent with a shock pressure of between 4-20 GPa. Northwest Africa 10268 contains opaque shock veins associated with the diaplectic plagioclase glass, maskelynite. This host rock exhibits strong mosaicism and undulatory extinction in pyroxene, as well as, twinning in crystalline feldspar. These features are consistent with a strongly shocked S5 meteorite, experiencing a shock pressure of between 22-25 GPa. These results give insight on shock pressure and temperature conditions that occur on 4 Vesta.
Department: Physical Sciences
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erin Walto
Research Proposal: A Gender Gap or Gender Difference? Gender and Political Participation in Canada
No full textStudies find that men and women tend to do a similar amount of political participation, however, they tend to engage in different forms of participation (Bode, 2017, p. 598; Coffé & Bolzendahl, 2010, p. 330; Van Duyn et al., 2019, p.10; Pfanzelt & Spies, 2019, p. 45). Women tend to engage in more private and flexible forms, whereas men tend to participate in more direct and collective forms (Coffé & Bolzendahl, 2010, 330). However, there is variation when studies take into account the platform. Many studies mention political socialization or gendered socialization as a possible explanation for their findings in regards to women’s political participation trends, while others mention conflict avoidance or role models (Coffé & Bolzendahl, 2010, p. 330; Coffé & Bolzendahl, 2017, p. 149; Beauregard, 2016, p. 87; Bos et al., 2020, p. 477; Carreras, 2018, p. 40; Coffé & Bolzendahl, 2017, p. 149; Pfanzelt & Spies, 2019, p. 45; Caudillo, 2017, p. 128). In this proposal, I intend to discuss my literature review and how I will answer the following main research questions in my honours thesis: Is there a gender gap in overall political participation amongst Canadians? To what extent do views about politics being conflictual explain gendered differences in political participation in Canada? And, to what extent do female role models have an effect on Canadian women’s political participation? I will be using Jamovi programming to complete a quantitative study based on the secondary analysis of Canadian data from a 2021 Kantar administered study designed by Dr. Shelley Boulianne.
Department: Sociology
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shelley Bouliann
“Carry On”: State Censorship and Denial of Spanish Influenza in Great Britain (1918-19)
No full textIn the final year of the “war to end all wars”, the world would be plagued by a new universal enemy: Spanish Influenza. Considered the largest pandemic of all time, in terms of infection and death rates, the 1918-1920 virus is estimated to have affected half of the world’s population and killed 50-100 million. However, for as cataclysmic as this disease was, it has often been forgotten by both academia and society as a whole. Using Great Britain and Ireland as an example, it is argued that the Spanish Flu has largely been forgotten as a result of state official denial and press censorship in a time when the country could not afford to look weak in the final year of World War I and its immediate aftermath. Parallels are drawn to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Department: Interdisciplinary Dialogue Project
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Aidan Fort
Interdisciplinary Dialogue Photo Awards: Finding Connection in the Age of Disconnect
No full textThe Interdisciplinary Dialogue 2021 Student Photography Contest is the result of MacEwan students finding ways to connect to their surroundings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 virus forced people across the globe into isolation during the spring of 2020, which ignited a mental health crisis as people longed for companionship. This contest was a way for students at MacEwan to share their experiences through photography with their struggle to stay connected during isolation. The event itself can be an example of how connections could still be made all thanks to technology - we managed to communicate with contestants, form a jury, and organize an Awards Ceremony all through virtual platforms. Through this contest, we received an incredible response and saw the pandemic from many different perspectives.
As the pandemic continues, audiences can see that even in the loneliest times we are never truly alone. We have shared in this experience, and continue to do so, but will remember the collaborative efforts from so many which has helped us remain connected to people, our environment, and to things we may not have had a connection to before the pandemic. It is the hope that this project will be a testament to the power of perseverance for future MacEwan faculty and students.
Discipline: Arts & Communications
Faculty mentor: Heather Fitzsimmons Fre
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No full textOnline socialization was meant to be the solution, but it has only stopped us from feeling real. Now everything operates in one intangible place. What happens when that place stops working? What happens when we shatter it? We are more alone and melancholic than ever. We are bleeding through the bandages the world glued to us
Kaja’s Smile
No full textThe photo I chose to submit represents a candid moment of me truly being carefree and happy. With these unprecedented times and many people feeling down, including myself, I wanted to showcase this photo as a reminder to everyone and myself that there is light at the end of the tunnel, and I hope to be smiling this genuinely in the near future
Benign Existence
No full textOver the last year of the pandemic and after the surprise and shock of a world forced to stand still, how does one adapt?
Answer: Find meaning in the benign
Evaluating the Extrajudicial Measures and Sanctions within the Youth Criminal Justice Act
No full textSince the introduction of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), there have been some concerns about the effectiveness of young people utilizing extrajudicial measures and extrajudicial sanctions. This article investigates if the implementation of these measures has created positive impacts for young offenders or if it is equivalent to just “a slap on the wrist.” Using a lens of restorative justice, the strengths and weaknesses of youth circles, youth committees, and victim-offender mediation programs are examined. This article explores the roles of those involved within extrajudicial measures and sanctions and addresses the gaps that exist within this section of the YCJA. Ultimately, this article finds that the restorative justice practices of extrajudicial measures and sanctions are effective at supporting young people throughout the legal process. It discovers that the programs offered for young offenders can give them a voice in their situation and create a connection to their community. However, there are changes needed in the areas of consistent data collection, proper fund allocation, and programming availability
From Science as Solution to Science as Suspect:: Science Fiction and the Canonical Decline of Technoidealism
No full textEdified in Isaac Asimov\u27s canonical Foundations trilogy, the exemplification of science as a panacea to human quandaries--herein referred to as technoidealism--is a central element of the 1950\u27s science-fiction canon. Faced with a period of upheaval and a wave of new science fictions authors, this article explores the manner in which this assumption is modified, complicated, and popularly rejected. Drawing on the work of authors such as Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Philip K. Dick, Jeff Somers, and Iain Reid, the technoidealist impulse serves to highlight the utopian current undergirding Asimov\u27s work and the genre\u27s complication of the human-science relationship. In drifting from its nascent futurist idealism, the literary endorsement of "science as solution" has veered toward "science as suspect" through a complication and reproval of the technoidealist assumption.