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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Positive images"”.
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Well I'll Be: Positive Images Of Southern Women As Response To Feminism From 1980-2000
This thesis examines the role images of southern women play in understanding the feminist movement from 1980 to 2000. By closely analyzing several media forms, from television to self-help books, it becomes apparent that the function of the southern woman is often to either soften the blow of …
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Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: A Longitudinal Study using Eye-gaze Tracking to Study Attentional Biases in Never Depressed, Non-Relapsed, and Relapsed Individuals
… from all analyses suggested that attention to positive information is a key vulnerability or resiliency factor related to depression relapse. Specifically, relapsed participants attended to positive images less overall, decreased attention to positive images over the study period, and exhibited …
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What I Don't Know Can't Hurt Me?: Cognitive Avoidance in Adults At-Risk for Depression
… depressed (ND) participants viewed emotional images. Approximately half of the participants in each group underwent a negative mood induction to simulate life stress. RD and ND groups did not differ in length of time that they self selected to view negative or positive images and they did not …
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The role of the rostral prefrontal cortex in the context of the aesthetic experience
… be explored.Experimental WorkA database of sixty images was created in an online survey (chapter 3) at the beginning of the experimental programme. Images were rated online (N = 1028) for complexity, comprehension, novelty, activation, attraction and valence providing stimuli that could be …
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Images of public housing : a design exploration addressing the intrinsic relationship between individuals and the living environment
… investigation, and because it deals with images -- what people see and feel -- the sociological influences are strong as well. The concern of this thesis is creating positive images of public housing from both the residents' and the public's perspectives. To do so, it points out specific …
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Picture This: How Digital Storytelling Campaigns Elicit Empathy from a Distant Audience
… context of humanitarian imagery (shock effect, positive images, and digital storytelling). The research questions ask: how can digital storytelling campaigns for refugees be designed to elicit empathy from a distant audience, while ethically representing the refugees and their stories? What …
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Relationships Between Poe's Imagery and His View of the Universe
Poe's images in both his prose and his poetry are closely related to his concept of the universe and man's position in it. The images suggest many of the ideas Poe presents in Eureka. Much of the preparation for this thesis was involved with a careful reading of Poe's work. His critical writing, …
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Growing up adopted: an examination of adoptees' socialization experiences
… in an exploratory fashion, the self-reported positive and negative remarks made to adult adoptees' while growing up as an adopted person in our culture and their attitudes towards adoption. Our current understanding of adoption adjustment is based on unsupported opinion emanating primarily …
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ATTENTION BIAS TO CLIMATE CHANGE IMAGES FOLLOWING EMOTIONAL INDUCEMENTS OF PRIDE AND GUILT
… to alter attention bias towards climate-relevant images using emotional inducements of either pride or guilt, and assess change in attention bias with an eye-tracking device. It was found that participants induced to experience pride engaged in attentive avoidance of the climate change images, and …
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Effect of Depression on Attention via Mood Induction in a Healthy Population
… intended to induce a sad or neutral mood. The Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) was used to evaluate the efficacy of the mood induction. Overall, participant’s negative PANAS scale did not differ between groups. Groups differed between administrations of the PANAS on the positive …
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The Constructed Souls of the (Mis-Schooled) Black Males: Rediscovering and Exposing Greatness within Black Males
… of this study is to understand how exposure to positive prototypes of Black maleness impacts other Black males’ initial perception of their own collegiate academic experiences. This study addresses the following overarching research question: How does the exposure to positive images of …
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Robert Lowth's Hebraic Sublime and the "Ample Field of Poetry"
… against it as a bishop in 1767, his earlier, positive images of enthusiasm in the Lectures reflect the influence of John Dennis’s Grounds of Criticism. Having contextualized Lowth’s theorizing, I turn to explore his influence on Christopher Smart and William Blake. Both poets, bearing a strong …
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Evaluating an Evidenced Based Program: Ruling Our Experiences (ROX) for 9/10-year-old girls in the Yough School District
… abilities to manage relationships and establish positive images of themselves. Given the aforementioned issues, girls need effective elementary school programming to support positive self-esteem and the development of girls’ Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Competencies. The purpose of this …
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The effects of emotional interrupt on reaction times in primary and secondary psychopathy
… response task that is bracketed by emotional images. The motor response task, in this study, is presented as a reaction time task. The participants either choose the left or right finger as a response to the circle or square on the screen, respectively. The emotional images that are presented …
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The Role of Sleep and Hormones in Processing of Emotional Information
… task, participants had a larger LPP amplitude to positive images compared to neutral, reflecting a positivity bias in attention. Women in the luteal phase displayed more vulnerability to the effects of sleep loss on the image task, supported with multiple relationships with progesterone and poor …
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The Visualisation and Expression of Virtual 3D Surfaces Explored through Custom Developed Interactive Software, Optically Mixed Coloured Surface Contouring and Fine Art Printmaking
… view of the colour contoured 3D composition, 2D images of each CMYK colour layer are rendered to file from which positive images are printed for the production of fine art screen-prints. The unique structure of these colour 'separation' positives allows them to be manually edited by the artist …
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The Odyssey of African American Women in Films: From the Silent Era to the Post-War Years to the 1950s
… Washington and Dorothy Dandridge. The filmic images of African American women that developed in minstrel shows and vaudeville stereotyped African American actresses. My thesis begins with minstrelsy and vaudeville because of its influence on creating negative stereotypical roles in films. The …
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Branding post-conflict cities and nations: theory and cases
Positive images have helped cities and nations attract investments, visitors, residents and talent. In contrast, a number of places are struggling with unfamiliarity and image problems based on inaccurate information or stereotypes. In other cases, a turbulent past, political instability, natural …
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Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Opinions of Town and County Leaders, Residents, and the Environmental Community of Endangered Species and Aquatic Conservation in Tazewell County, Virginia
… connection to aquatic ecosystems, communicate positive messages about conservation with decision-makers, regularly communicate positive messages about conservation in the local press, and partner with the local school system and agencies that have established positive images in the towns and …
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International students in English language programs: their images of Australia and their travel behaviour
… international English language students' images of Australian cities. To identify the mental map of cities in Australia (Sydney and Melbourne) a sketch map methodology supplemented by a range of question types and styles was applied. The results of the sketch maps of the two cities …
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