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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Pacific--Psychology"”.
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When time becomes distorted: a narcissist's view
<p>"Past research has shown that many factors influence an individual's ability to estimate time. One factor that has been researched extensively is personality traits. While a few studies have investigated the effects of narcissism traits on time estimation accuracy, only one study investigated …
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Gender-bias and its influence on the accuracy of eyewitness identification of perpetrators
<p>"Previous research has looked at how eyewitnesses can identify characteristically with victims of crimes, but few have looked at how eyewitnesses identify with the perpetrators in any capacity (Block, Greenberg, & Goodman, 2009). More specifically, few have looked at how gender-bias influences …
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Driven to look good: the role of narcissism in concerns about body perception and motivations to act on those concerns
… drive, 60 participants from a university in the Pacific Northwest were given a narcissistic trait inventory, as well as some surveys on motivations to alter their body shape towards a more desired state via methods of exercise, cosmetic surgery, or eating disorder type behaviors. It was …
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Exploring the conceptual overlap of the cognitive and affective theories of suicide
<p>"To be able to help those contemplating suicide, the first step is to understand why people die by suicide. The cognitive theory of depression and the affective theory of psychache answer that question differently. Specifically, although they may have different parts in their theoretical …
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The relationship of intelligence and psychopathic traits to premeditated and impulsive aggression
<p>Psychopathy encompasses two distinct factors, Factor 1 and Factor 2 (Hare, 1991, 2003). Factor 1, is characterized by affective-interpersonal traits of psychopathy (Benning, Patrick, Hicks, Blonigen, & Krueger, 2003 ; Hare 1991, 2003) while Factor 2, is characterized by impulsive antisocial …
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"If you're not talkin' mess, then you should be ok": collegiate student-athletes' strategies and practices on social networking sites
<p>"The purpose of this study was to examine collegiate student-athletes' self-disclosure strategies and practices on social networking sites (SNS), as well as the underlying factors for these strategies and practices. Moreover, this study intended to discover if collegiate student-athletes post …
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Investigating the relationship between personality traits and athletic performance among elite hockey players
… hockey players from a major junior team in the Pacific Northwest. Participant ages ranged from 15 years old to 20 years old (mean age=18 years old). Personality was assessed using the Big Five Inventory (BFI; John & Srivastava, 1999). The BFI is a validated and reliable instrument that …
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Critical reflection and the savior role in service learning
<p>"Service-learning is an emergent high-impact practice in higher education. Research suggests that universities have increasingly incorporated service-learning projects into their curriculum, which have facilitated deeper approaches to learning where students can achieve greater content learning, …