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Karlsson, Louise. "Stress : From a biological, social, and psychological perspective." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-16104.
Full textBartoszuk, Karin, Cecelia McIntosh, and Brian Maxson. "Integration and Synergy of Research and Graduate Education in Science, Humanities, and Social Science." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6174.
Full textWolf, Elise. "Diel Periodicity in Activity and Location in the Web of the Common House Spider (Achaearanea tepidariorum)." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/13.
Full textSeed, Anne Elizabeth. "The effect of communication competence, biological sex, and situation on compliance-gaining strategy choice." Scholarly Commons, 1994. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2263.
Full textPasley, James. "Spatial Vision: Age and Practice." TopSCHOLAR®, 1988. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1816.
Full textPowell, Priscilla. "ETHNIC EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL AND DISEASE CARE FACTORS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES." VCU Scholars Compass, 2009. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/24.
Full textHoy, Jennifer Lyn 1981. "The Development of Excitatory Synapses and Complex Behavior." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12068.
Full textExcitatory glutamatergic synapses facilitate important aspects of communication between the neurons that govern complex forms of behavior. Accordingly, small differences in the molecular composition of glutamatergic synapses have been suggested to underlie neurodevelopment disorders, drive evolutionary changes in brain function and behavior, and enhance specific aspects of cognition in mammals. The appropriate development and later function of these structures in the adult involves the wellcoordinated activities of hundreds of molecules. Therefore, an important goal in neuroscience is to identify and characterize how specific molecules contribute to the development of excitatory synapses as well as how manipulations of their function impact neural systems and behavior throughout life. This dissertation describes two important contributions toward this effort, (1) that the newly discovered molecule, Synaptic Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 (SynCAM1) specifically contributes to the early stages of glutamatergic synapse formation and (2) that Neuroligin1 (NL1) contributes to the mature function of glutamatergic synapses and mature forms of behavior in vivo. In the first set of experiments, I developed an in vitro cell based assay in order to determine the minimal molecular components necessary to recruit developmentally relevant glutamate receptor subtypes to sites of adhesion mediated by SynCAM1. In these experiments we discovered that protein 4.1B interacted with SynCAM1 in order to cause the specific recruitment of the NMDA type glutamate receptor containing the NR2B subunit. In the second set of experiments, we show that expression of NL1 missing the terminal 55 amino acids enhanced short term learning and flexibility in behaving mice while increasing the number of immature excitatory postsynaptic structures. Interestingly, this behavioral profile had components more consistent with 1 month old juvenile controls than age matched control littermates. In contrast, full length NL1 overexpression impaired learning and enhanced perseverance while yielding an increase in the proportion of synapses with mature characteristics. These results suggest that NL1's C-terminus drives the synaptic maturation process that shapes the development of complex behavior. Both studies bolster our understanding of how specific molecules impact the development of excitatory synapses and complex behavior. This dissertation includes both my previously published and unpublished co-authored material.
Committee in charge: William Roberts, Chairperson; Philip Washbourne, Advisor; Victoria Herman, Member; Michael Wehr, Member; Judith Eisen, Member; Clifford Kentros, Outside Member
Krukauskas, Frank Krukauskas. "Using Auditory Feedback to Improve Striking for Mixed Martial Artists." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6529.
Full textMohd-Yusof, Martha A. "IMPORTANCE OF THE D2 RECEPTOR FOR ONE- AND MULTI-TRIAL PSYCHOSTIMULANT-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL SENSITIZATION IN PREWEANLING RATS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/349.
Full textRice, Beth A. "CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS IN THE SIGN TRACKING BEHAVIOR OF MALE JAPANESE QUAIL (COTURNIX JAPONICA)." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/135.
Full textSyrotchen, Branden D. "Stress, Social Support, and Mindfulness in Parents of Children with Neurodevelopmental Deficits: A Quantitative Analysis." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6686.
Full textHuang, Nuoyu. "Persistent Oral Dyskinesias Induced by Long-term Haloperidol Treatment is Dissociated from Changes in Neostriatal B(max) and Mrna Content for Dopamine D(2) Receptors." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 1995. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2736.
Full textBene, Cheryl Renee. "Visually displayed-EMG biofeedback : training muscle relaxation in hearing impaired children :a thesis." Scholarly Commons, 1988. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/505.
Full textWaller, Michel Tyler 1973. "The ranging behavior of bonobos in the Lomako Forest." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11648.
Full textThe ranging behavior of an animal can reveal much about the social and ecological conditions it faces. Food availability, feeding competition, population pressures, metabolic requirements and human influences can all influence the ranging behavior of individuals. For modern humans, the manner in which we move about our world is limited only by access to technology and other cultural factors. Of course, it has not always been that way. Based on recent fossil discoveries, our earliest bipedal ancestors more closely resembled the living great apes in morphology. Consequently, studies of great ape behavior have been used to reconstruct scenarios of early hominin behavior. And while much has been written about chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) ranging in this regard, less is known about bonobos (Pan paniscus ). Along with chimpanzees, bonobos are our closest phylogenetic relative, existing today as a descendant of a common ancestor the Homo and Pan genera shared sometime around six million years ago. Despite their close taxonomic relationship, however, there are a variety of behavioral differences between bonobos and chimpanzees. The aim of this dissertation is to better understand these differences within the context of ranging and social behavior and apply the results to models of early hominin behavior. More specifically, I used a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to examine general bonobo ranging data, the differences in ranging behavior between males and females, and the manner in which neighboring groups interact. Compared with chimpanzees, bonobos at Lomako range over a much smaller total area, are not territorial, and differ in the composition of social parties. In general, female bonobos are more gregarious and cohesive, moving in semi-stable groups I call "cliques", while males are less aggressive and more likely to move independently. These results likely reflect the high levels of food availability for bonobos at Lomako, reducing the level of feeding competition, and emphasizing social and mating strategies in group formation. Consequently, the spectrum of potential early hominin ranging behavior must be expanded from the current chimp-centric perspective.
Committee in charge: Frances White, Chairperson; Stephen Frost, Member; Larry Sugiyama, Member; James Schombert, Outside Member
Lahlou, Saadi. "Penser Manger.Les représentations sociales de l'alimentation." Phd thesis, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), 1995. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00167257.
Full textOn expose, de la théorie des représentations sociales développée par l'école de Moscovici, une nouvelle formalisation à base d'analyse combinatoire. Le formalisme permet notamment de décrire de façon simple la propagation des représentations dans une population, et leurs fonctions pragmatiques. On fonde sur ce formalisme "en relativité complète" une théorie pour extraire, à partir de corpus d'énoncés libres en langue naturelle, les éléments de base qui constituent les représentations. On développe concrètement cette théorie sous la forme de méthodes et de techniques de recueil et d'analyse informatisée des données textuelles
Ces techniques sont exposées puis appliquées d'abord à 2 corpus à propos de “ manger ” provenant respectivement des associations libres produites par 2000 adultes français, et de 500 définitions issues d'un grand dictionnaire. Ces analyses dégagent des résultats similaires : “ manger ” est constitué de six noyaux de sens : libido, prendre, nourriture, repas, remplir, vivre.
Une analyse des évocations libres de “ bien_manger ” par 2000 autres adultes français permet ensuite de clarifier les relations théoriques entre représentations et comportements. Puis, à partir notamment d'une enquête lourde sur 1600 ménages (quelques centaines de questions), on décrit les grands types de comportements et de représentations des Français en matière d'alimentation, et on précise les limites de l'influence réelle représentations sur les comportements.
On dégage enfin quelques hypothèses nouvelles sur les lois de développement des représentations individuelles, notamment celle du “ trophisme ” (développement par l'usage des aspects les plus utilisés), et sur l'écologie des représentations sociales en tant que populations de représentations individuelles.
Theron, Paul. "Lieutenant A and the rottweilers : a pheno-cognitive analysis of a fire-fighter's experience of a critical incident and peritraumatic resilience." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5146/.
Full textWillroth, Emily Catherine. "Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Social Influence on Emotion." W&M ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626813.
Full textBurrows, Andrea C. "A social study of women in contemporary biological sciences." Diss., This resource online, 1991. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-135540/.
Full textLucas, Robyn Marjorie. "Socioeconomic status and health : exploring biological pathways /." View thesis entry in Australian Digital Theses, 2003. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/public/adt-ANU20060426.095241/index.html.
Full textVargo, Elisabeth Julie. "Understanding contemporary drug use through mixed methodologies." Thesis, Kingston University, 2015. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/35110/.
Full textHeydinger, John Moore. "Cultural ecosystem services and the avifauna of the Western Cape: a social-ecological systems investigation." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13189.
Full textThe ecosystem services concept has become inextricably linked to the economic valuation approach. Such an approach rests upon a triple incoherency, inadequately accounting for relationships between natural components, social and natural components, and within society itself. These incoherencies have distracted the ecosystem services concept away from its initial grounds: the reliance of humans upon the natural world. The faults of these three arenas are reviewed and found to be insuperable – ecosystem services must be re-imagined if they are to support positive conservation efforts. Such re-imagination here takes place within the framework of Social-ecological Systems (SES) theory. Founded upon the unifying concept of change, SES theory introduces a needed awareness of the dynamic interactions which characterize the process by which ecosystem services are realized by people. This introductory chapter sets the premise from which the rest of this thesis will operate: that the ecosystem services concept must account for the temporal dynamics of social-ecological interactions. Once an element of change becomes linked to ecosystem services only then can the concept may speak meaningfully to the co-constitution of the social and ecological arenas
Kirkbride-Smith, Anne Elizabeth. "The economic, social and conservation benefits of recreation-orientated artificial reefs." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:11669.
Full textNovis-Livengood, Sherri Lynn. "A Fractal Model of Musical Complexity Biological and Behavioral Support for the Social Bonding Theory of Music." Thesis, Northwestern University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3563808.
Full textThroughout history, humans have gathered to create, produce, or listen to music. The ubiquity of behavior suggests music provides a social bonding mechanism, a concept however, that remains theoretically controversial. This dissertation uses four studies to examine social bonding theory, by testing the hypothesis that music structure and social context interact in the brain to produce pro-social behaviors, such as music preference similarity. To begin, we quantify and validate musical structure by employing a fractal model (1/f
βof pitch interval complexity, and measure the effects on higher order systems such as perception (i.e., complexity, melodicity), emotion (i.e., mood, preference), and cognition (i.e., memory) in both a novel and repeated exposure paradigm. Results show that when complexity reflects an optimal ratio of predictability to unpredictability, random tone sequences evoke the perception of music, positive mood, and near perfect memory recognition. In addition, optimal levels are unaffected by repeated exposure, but responses to higher and lower levels become more music-like as exposure increases, providing the first evidence of a categorical response to different levels of musical complexity. Neurally, we show that optimal levels of complexity engage the primary sensory cortex (i.e., bilateral A1) and the sub-cortical reward system, specifically the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), a structure known to process both pleasant music and social rewards. We finish by showing that for an adolescent population, social context (i.e., knowledge of peer ratings) interacts with the level of complexity. When sequences are initially rated as musical, knowledge of positive peer ratings increases the magnitude of ratings. In contrast, when highly complex sequences are initially rated as ambiguous (i.e., neither musical nor not musical), negative peer ratings result in subsequent strong non-musical ratings. Together, results show that social context causes an additive effect that segregates the perception of what is rated as musical and what is not, ultimately driving preference similarity. In addition, results may account for why some preferences are universal and others are highly specific to a group or culture. Future directions are discussed in light of potential neural assessment tools and sound-based therapies to facilitate social bonding.
Davis, Melinda Fritchoff. "Method variance in the social sciences." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289721.
Full textHorsten, Myriam. "Social and emotional influences on cardiovascular vulnerability in women : exploration of biological mechanisms /." Stockholm, 1999. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1999/91-628-3671-4/.
Full textKosovska, Halyna. "The Biological Treatment of Organic Food Waste." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-32714.
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JOHNSON, GREGORY S. "ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROBIOLOGY: LEVELS IN THE COGNITIVE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1178290821.
Full textDorfman, Caroline S. "Social support, health, and recurrent breast cancer: Understanding psychological and biological mechanisms." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1434571750.
Full textMccagh, Jane Teresa. "Social cognition in epilepsy." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2009. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/5954/.
Full textSantos, Francisco C. "Topological evolution: from biological to social networks." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210702.
Full textCavanaugh, Barbara Harlow. "Predictors of middle school girls' engagement in suspendable school offenses." ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/560.
Full textZiv, Ary. "Dynamics in interactions with digital technology| A depth psychological/theoretical exploration of the evolutionary-biological, symbolic, and emotional psyche in the digital age." Thesis, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3633365.
Full textThe intention of this exploratory research is to shed light on the psychological impact of interactions with digital technology, which is increasingly pervasive in our culture. This dissertation asks what psychological phenomena are generated by human interactions with digital technology, in general, and with complex recommendation systems, in particular. Nondigital technology is contrasted with digital technology, which achieves new levels of interactivity through its artificial and virtual capabilities. It is proposed that the degree of increased interactivity made possible by digital technology crosses a threshold impacting the psyche in new ways.
A theoretical framework for understanding human-digital technology interactions is introduced and developed. The psyche is conceptualized as evolutionarily and biologically based, functioning symbolically and emotionally both consciously and unconsciously. Ramifications of this conceptualization are explored in the context of interactions with digital/algorithmic technology, using recommendation systems as illustrations.
The theoretical investigation concludes that psyche-digital technology interactions are new phenomena. Psychic processes—by nature evolutionarily and biologically symbolic and largely unconscious—interact with nonbiological digital/algorithmic technology. Because of the incongruence of value systems between biological phenomena and digital/algorithmic logic, unconscious psychic processes resulting from interactions between the biological feeling psyche and nonbiological digital technology are likely to significantly impact both psychic development of individuals, in the short term, and quite possibly the human species at large, in the long term.
The method of exploratory research is interpretive and theoretically oriented, while employing a depth psychological lens. Contemporary depth psychology is described as an integrative field that is receptive to insights from all other fields; it considers unconscious phenomena as vital to human psychological makeup. This study brings together depth psychological and neurobiological theory; and is grounded in the work of depth psychologist Erich Neumann, who describes biological-evolutionary-symbolic unconscious and conscious dynamics of the psyche.
As background, social psychology's discoveries of unconscious social behaviors triggered by interacting with new media are highlighted as fundamental in interactions with computing technology. From a depth psychological point of view, conscious and unconscious relationships to and with technology are explored historically as precursors to interactions with digital technology.
Keywords: human-computer interactions, depth psychology, big data, recommendation systems, digital technology, emotions, affect, feeling, neurobiology, Carl Jung, Erich Neumann.
Durkin, John. "Psychological growth following adversity : the role of social support." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2010. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13099/.
Full textHall, Dewana. "A phenomenological inquiry of chronic homeless individuals' challenges to independence." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/819.
Full textCook, Jonathan E. "Social stigma and subjective power in naturalistic social interaction /." view abstract or download file of text, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1400960581&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.
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Mischkowski, Dominik. "The Social Side Effects of Acetaminophen." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1438081282.
Full textGeisemeyer, Sarah. "Duchenne muscular dystrophy : a genetic, cognitive and psychosocial approach." Thesis, Kingston University, 2017. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/40678/.
Full textBochenek, Eleanor A. "Virginia's pelagic recreational fishery: Biological, socioeconomic and fishery components." W&M ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539616572.
Full textYusko, Brittany. "Effects of Increased Levels of Prenatal Mesotocin on Postnatal Individual Recognition and Stress Responsiveness in Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus Virginianus)." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1217.
Full textLoignon, Andrew Caleb. "Social class in the organizational sciences| A meta-analysis." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10240988.
Full textSocial class has become increasingly popular in the organizational sciences. Recent studies have found that one’s social class influences phenomena ranging from decision-making, to pro-social behavior, and interpersonal interactions. Despite the burgeoning interest in this topic, there remains a great deal of ambiguity concerning the conceptualization and operationalization of social class. For instance, scholars have used income, education, as well as subjective ratings to measures one’s social class. In order to improve the conceptual clarity of social class, I develop and present a model that draws on the dominant theories of social class from both sociology and psychology, while organizing their key principles to explain how social class influences an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. By using this model as a framework, this dissertation attempts to refine the conceptualization of social class by testing core research questions pertaining to the construct validity of this construct. Based on a comprehensive, interdisciplinary literature search, which yielded nearly 4,000 effect sizes, I used meta-analytical structural equation modeling to test the proposed research questions and hypotheses. The findings offer clear support for two distinct components of social class (i.e., objective and subjective) that are both highly related to one another and associated with other micro-level constructs (i.e., job attitudes). Given the timeliness and importance of social class, the findings of this conceptual review and empirical meta-analysis offer a means of summarizing this large, interdisciplinary literature while guiding future management research on this critical topic.
Formati, Mary Jean. "Grief resolution in the elderly." Scholarly Commons, 1995. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2775.
Full textCohen, Susan J. "Illness Uncertainty, Ways of Coping, and Psychological Adjustment Among 18--25-Year-Olds with Anaphylactic Food Allergy." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/838.
Full textCampbell, Dana L. M. "Species recognition in zebra finches: testing the effects of sex, sensory modalities, and social ontogeny." Thesis, University of Auckland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2292/4442.
Full textKaplan, Graham James. "EARLY-LIFE METHYLPHENIDATE DECREASES SOCIAL ANXIETY IN ADULT FEMALE RATS WITHOUT CENTRAL DOPAMINE DEFICIENCY." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/951.
Full textGraham, Katharine Anne. "Social processing, frontal asymmetries and the effect of emotion based disorders upon brain functioning and behaviour in infancy." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5475/.
Full textSabrina, Irene. "Effect of the Manual Ischemic Compression on the Biological Movement Kinematic." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Institutionen för information och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-38053.
Full textMeyers, Kelly Stephen. "Video games, aggression, and the new ESRB ratings system." Scholarly Commons, 1997. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2631.
Full textFishfader, Vicki Lynn. "Evidential and extralegal factors in jury verdicts: Presentation mode, retention, and level of emotionality." Scholarly Commons, 1994. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2774.
Full textDriver, Charles C. "Hierarchical Continuous Time Dynamic Modelling for Psychology and the Social Sciences." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/18927.
Full textWith this dissertation I endeavor to extend, and make practically applicable for psychology, the statistical approach of continuous time dynamic modelling, in which the role of time is made explicit. The structure of this dissertation is such that in Chapter 1, I discuss the nature of dynamic models, consider various approaches to handling multiple subjects, and detail a continuous time dynamic model with input effects (such as interventions) and a Gaussian measurement model. In Chapter 2, I describe the usage of the ctsem software for R developed as part of this dissertation, which provides a frequentist, mixed effects, structural equation modelling approach to estimation. Chapter 3 details a hierarchical Bayesian, fully random effects approach to estimation, allowing for subjects to differ not only in intercept parameters but in all characteristics of the measurement and dynamic models -- while still benefiting from other subjects data for parameter estimation. Chapter 4 describes the usage of the Bayesian extension to the ctsem software. In Chapter 5 I consider the nature of experimental interventions in the continuous time dynamic modelling framework, and show approaches to address questions regarding the way interventions influence psychological processes over time, with questions such as 'how long does a treatment take to reach maximum effect', `how does the shape of the effect change over time', and 'for whom is the effect strongest, or longest lasting'. Many examples using both frequentist and Bayesian forms of the ctsem software are given. For the final chapter I summarise the dissertation, consider limitations of the approaches offered, and provide some thoughts on possible future developments.
Dubey, Indu. "Social motivation in people with and without autism spectrum disorders." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34461/.
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