Browsing by Subject "emotion"
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(2009-05-15)Research has found that positive affect broadens attention. However, the type of positive affect previously manipulated has been low in approach motivation. High approach-motivated positive affect should reduce the breadth ...
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(2011-05-02)The fundamental purpose of my research stems from the recognition of the fact that modern architectural design and architectural history have been segregated in our current educational system, and my goal is to develop a ...
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(2009-05-15)Highly affective memories have been thought to be longer lasting and more detailed than other memories, and many experimental results have supported this assertion. The apparent robustness of these memories, however, may ...
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(2015-11-12)Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is a popular over-the-counter pain reliever. Recent studies suggest that acetaminophen blunts not only physical pain but also emotional pain (DeWall et al., 2010; Durso, ...
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(2012-11-12)This study examines the personalization of shown travel destination visual images using professional photography upon travel motivations, feelings, and purchase intentions of consumers in the online environment. The research ...
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(2019-07-19)The emotional effect of music lyrics on humans has not been widely researched. There were 53 participants that ranged from ages 19-34 in this study. Of the 53 participants, 43 identified as female, 10 identified as male, ...
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(2022-04-19)Research in this dissertation is a recontextualization of social and cultural theories into the rich world of symbols and their meanings within sports as a totemic phenomenon. The purposes of this dissertation are to ...
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(2012-02-14)The intention of the project is to determine whether political elites have to discuss an issue using a specific emotional tone before the public and other political elites consider that issue a problem. Research has not ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Will my flight be cancelled? Will I win the eBay auction? These consumption and product acquisition situations would trigger the experience of . . . suspense. Suspense is defined as the overall anticipatory arousal ...
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(2017-11-02)I explore how two early modern plays, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam, depict grief as feminized emotion. I consider how Shakespeare uses women as mediums for grief and how Cary gives female ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)In searching for new human pain models that more closely resemble clinical pain states, the capsaicin pain model has emerged as a viable model for both inflammatory and neuropathic pain states. A principal benefit of the ...
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(2019-05-28)A series of four experiments tested the effects of performing executive functioning tasks on subsequent emotional responses. Inspired by dual process theories of mind I hypothesized that performing an incidental executive ...
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This project will extend upon previous research stating that policies and governmental action cause the Latinx population to mobilize politically in the United States. It builds off of preestablished theories that mobilization ...
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(2015-04-02)The role of glucose in self-control has been under heated debate. Recent studies have suggested that both swishing and ingesting glucose can improve self-control, casting doubt on the idea that reduced self-control results ...
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(2012-02-14)Acoustic features of sound such as pitch, loudness, perceived duration and timbre have been shown to be related to emotion in regard to sound, demonstrating that an important connection between the perceived emotions and ...
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(2018-08-02)Momentum from a single tourism event can produce a pattern of mass perception. Availability Cascades are processes of collective belief formation where natural social learning causes individuals to incorrectly infer the ...
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(2014-04-28)Motivational hedonism holds that the ultimate goal of behavior is to maximize pleasure and avoid pain. This investigation was meant to explore if a negative experience would be chosen over a more positive experience, and ...
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(2012-10-19)The present study examines differences in political perspectives and moral identity as facilitators of retaliation of workplace incivility. It is proposed that following uncivil treatment, emotional appraisals of uncivil ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)Creating a sense of identity is constructed through communicative processes allowing us to participate in interpersonal relationships, and understand who we are. "Much of our emotional life is bound up with the way we ...
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(2012-07-16)The emotion hypothesis of startle eyeblink modification posits that potentiated eyeblinks are observed in response to fear/disgust (aversive) pictures and eyeblink inhibition occurs in response to pleasant (appetitive) ...