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Electrophysiology of Error Processing : Motivational and Affective Correlates
(2017-11-27)
Clinical Perfectionism is the overdependence on self‐evaluation for the
determined pursuit of personally demanding, self‐imposed, standards in at least
one highly-salient domain, despite adverse consequences (Shafran et ...
Development of a One Week Delay Discounting Procedure For Use in the Nonhuman Laboratory
(2018-01-24)
The current study tested and compared results from three variations of delay
discounting procedures – one that is widely reported in the literature, and two
novel variations. The novel procedures were designed to assess ...
Humor and Intimate Relationships : What Can Humor Say About Your Relationship?
(2018-01-11)
The present study investigated the link between similarity in
sense of humor and overall relationship quality, as well as
whether humor is a viable avenue for conflict resolution in
romantic couples. We asked both members ...
Predictors of Clinical Perfectionism : Anxiety, Depression, and Fear of Failure
(2017-11-28)
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire (CPQ) shows a pattern of correlations similar to those shown for non-clinical perfectionism. We hypothesized that there would be ...
Do Researchers Practice What They Preach? Unjustified Causal Language in Psychological Scientists' Descriptions of Their Work
(2017-12-04)
People are biased toward seeing associations between independent events and assuming causal explanations for those associations. Indeed, the lay public incorrectly infers cause-and-effect from descriptions of non-experimental ...
She's Just Not That Into You : Discrepant Levels of Attraction Between Opposite-Sex Friends
(2018-01-05)
In this study we utilized natural sampling to acquire a set of male-female dyads, and asked male and
female partners about their level of romantic attraction to one another. We predicted that (1) young men
would report ...
How Does Stimulus Difficulty Impact Study Time Allocation in Younger Adults?
(2018-01-04)
We expect to find relationships between item-specific restudy time and (1) a
person’s memory of their past test performance (a recollection of getting an
answer correct or incorrect previously); (2) participants’ impressions ...
Undergraduate Students' Belief in the 50 Greatest Myths of Popular Psychology
(2018-01-10)
The current study assesses whether undergraduate students believe in common myths prevalent in the field of psychology. Historically, these myths have been misunderstood by many people and can lead to unwise decision-making
and ...
The Real Test : Can College Students Reason About Evidence?
(2018-01-04)
Scientific literacy is considered essential in
modern society (Anelli, 2011), where reasoning
skills and knowledge of the scientific process
can help citizens evaluate claims about food,
relationships, health, climate ...
The Impact of Pretreatment Time on the Ability to Discriminate Haloperidol From Saline in Rats with Chronic Sucrose Access
(2018-04)
Previous research has shown an increase in dopamine (DA) functioning following chronic, intermittent sucrose consumption. McElroy (1989) was able to train rats to discriminate haloperidol (HAL; a D2 antagonist; 0.05 mg/kg ...