Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"cultural biases"”.
-
Investigation of cultural biases in human moral recall : a computationally grounded study
… than novices, I investigate analogical access of culturally-based morals. I describe two pilot experiments (n = 8, n = 11) that use a collection of Eastern and Western moral stories to gather story retrieval data from people of Eastern and Western cultures. The results of these pilot experiments …
-
The Effect of Geography and Personal Experience on Attitudes and Perceptions of the Mexican Gray Wolf Reintroduction
… to the reintroduction can reveal whether cultural biases or personal experience with the vi wolves play more important role in affecting attitudes and perceptions and why. This information can be important in designing a successful wolf reintroduction program. The initial hypothesis for …
-
Reflecting on and Shattering My White Lens: A Critical Autoethnography on My Experience as a White Editor Working with Authors of Color
… critical autoethnography aims to reveal how the cultural biases of a white majority industry impact the stories they select for acquisition and how they are edited. As an editor, I came to this topic from my personal desire to see if my own whiteness affects the way I view writers of color, their …
-
System architecture evaluation by single metric
… upstream influences. Regulations, market forces, cultural biases, and a variety of other influences can significantly affect whether architecture is successful or not. To be successful the architect must include upstream influences in the design. Few if any architectural methods are available to …
-
An ethnographic study of cultural influences on the responses of college freshmen to contemporary Appalachian short stories
… isolates and then studies individual readers' cultural backgrounds as influences on their responses to American regional literature; and, while there have been some studies reported that use ethnographic methodology to examine how cultural context or setting affects response, there has been no …
-
Changing Attitudes Towards Death and Suffering: A Cultural Perspective on The Euthanasia Debate
… This is disappointing considering the fact that cultural biases and attitudes almost single-handedly determine the shape and direction of society. The prevailing attitudes in a culture do not merely influence the debate; they determine the issues. A revolution in attitudes towards death and …
-
Parent Engagement and Cultural Capital: Negotiating Culture in a Multilingual/Multiethnic School
<p>This study explored how a multicultural/multilingual school negotiated culture with limited English proficient (LEP) students' families, particularly in the context of parent involvement activities. In order to understand how such negotiation of culture occurred, the researcher focused on the …
-
Oppression of Obesity
This dissertation study investigated the cultural influences and oppressive effects of obesity among 10 highly visible adults in contemporary USA media. The following research questions guided the study: (a) What are the influential cultural factors affecting the increase of obesity in the USA? (b) …
-
INFLUENCES OF YOUTUBE ADVERTISING ON YOUNG ADULTS: A SOCIAL IDENTITY PERSPECTIVE
… problems that may arise when ads present cultural biases or unhealthy habits for the sake of profit.</p> <p>This study explored YouTube content, its influencers, and viewers' experiences within the YouTube platform through the frameworks of Social Identity Theory and the Uses and …
-
Culturally Aware Teaching: A Supplemental Reference Guide for Intermediate Secondary School English Language Learners
<p>This project takes a critical eye at the cultural biases in place in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) curriculum and the New York State (NYS) English Regents examination currently being used in the state of New York. Taking into account the diverse population of students currently …
-
Reading Results: A Critical Look at Standarized Testing and the Linguistic Minority
… learners gives educators a chance to examine the cultural biases present within the standardized test movement started by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. In particular, The STAR test results seem to reflect that the test is geared toward students who not only speak the mainstream language …
-
Recovering ancient ritual and the theatre of the Apache: a journey through the false consciousness of Western theatre history
This dissertation examines past cultural influences that have shaped theatre historians' perception of ancient Greek and contemporary Native American performance. It suggests that through a recognition of these influences, which have long tempered the Western narrative of theatre, ancient and …
-
"A Mind of Metal and Wheels": Agrarian Ruralism in Joss Whedon's <em>Firefly</em> and J.R.R Tolkien's <em>The Lord of The Rings</em>
… texts with an ecocritical lens, one can see how cultural biases are reflected, constructed, and reconstructed through the vehicle of popular culture across the 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> centuries.</p>
-
Aging and cortical recruitment in response to cognitive challenge
… Experiment 3, I additionally show the impact of cultural biases in contrast to fundamental biological effect in aging on bilateral cortical recruitment, suggesting that culture-related neural differences may remain at the same level throughout the lifespan. The series of studies jointly provide …
-
The nineteenth century discourse on Indian architecture
… this marginalization to the "Orientalist " biases of the scholars who first attempted to study it. Key amongst these is James Fergusson, whose History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, written in 1876 was the pioneering text on the subject. His character as it emerges from these critical …
-
French As a Second Language Teachers’ Conceptualizations and Pedagogical Views of Intercultural Awareness, Intercultural Competence, and Global Citizenship
… (FSL) teachers’ conceptualizations of intercultural awareness (IA), intercultural competence (IC) and global citizenship (GC). Questions that guided the research were: ‘How does a purposeful sample of FSL teachers conceptualize GC?’, ‘How do they conceptualize and connect IA and IC to GC?’, …
-
The Fourth Wall of Dialogue: A Co-Constructive Collaboration on BIPOC Student Sense of Belonging in Higher Education
… face from various intersectionalities including cultural biases, gender marginalization, and racial subjectivities. Sense of belonging is often subjective in nature because it refers to an individual's lived experience, it is important for higher education institutions to tailor their Diversity, …
-
Analysis of Seismicity and Related Seismic Risk in Muslim Countries: Case Studies from Afghanistan and Pakistan
… with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Cultural biases provided predictions of risk perceptions and risk-taking preferences that were often more powerful than measures of knowledge and experience. In Muslim communities, perception of risk was influenced by the teachings of Islam and …
-
Perceptions of Racism and Racial Privilege Among Speech Pathology and Audiology Graduate Students
… of speech-language pathology and audiology, cultural responsiveness plays an integral role in ethical and successful service delivery. A key component of cultural responsiveness is assessment of cultural biases, including an understanding and acknowledgement of racial disparities and …
-
Youth perceptions (18-24) on the role of youth clubs in delivering family planning information and services in Blantyre district, Malawi
… limited availability of resources and religious/cultural biases. Conclusions: Youth clubs are crucial in empowering the youth with knowledge and understanding about family planning hence enabling them to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing. Effective …
Page 1 of 2