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The Attentional Blink Effect in Spider Phobia

Farshid, Arash (2011-08-08)

Extant research suggests that individuals with spider phobia relative to non-anxious controls display a shorter attentional blink (AB) in response to spider-related target words. Common methodological limitations of such ...

Attitudes of Elementary-Level and Secondary-Level Teachers toward Students with Disabilities

Celik, Bekir (2014-07-24)

The purpose of the study was to explore teachers’ attitudes toward students with disabilities in the southeastern United States. Variables such as gender, age, years of experience, grade level taught, extent of contact ...

Attitudes of Teachers Towards Peer Tutoring in Technology Instruction and Integration

Jordan, Jannie (2014-07-24)

Technology touches almost every part of our lives, our communities, our homes. Yet most schools lag far behind when it comes to integrating technology into classroom learning. Many are just beginning to explore the true ...

Attitudes towards Physical and Psychological Aggression between Intimate Partners: A Factorial Vignette Analysis

Waters, Ashley (2012-07-25)

Existing literature supports an association between attitudes toward violence and the perpetration of violent behavior (Carr & VanDeusen, 2002; Falchikov, 1996; Lichter & McCloskey, 2004). To further our understanding of ...

Attributes, Attitudes, and Perceived Self-Efficacy Levels of School Counselors Toward Poverty

Ricks, Lacey (2014-06-27)

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between school counselors’ attitudes, attributes, and self-efficacy levels while working with individuals living in poverty. The study used quantitative measures and ...

An Attribution Theory Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communication: Consumer Response to Consistency-Based CSR Positioning

Ginder, Whitney (2016-08-31)

Although corporate social responsibility (CSR) appears to be mutually beneficial for companies and consumers, the modern marketplace has left both parties in vulnerable positions, with consumers increasingly subjected to ...

Attribution, Race, and Gender: The Relationship Between the Perceptions of European American Teachers and The Disproportionate Placement of African-American Males in Special Education

Bibbs, Robbin (2012-12-06)

The purpose of this study was to examine factors which may have contributed to the disproportionate placement of African-American males in special education within a particular urban school district. The study examined ...

Attributions and Depression Across Cultures

Siney, Ryan (2005-12-15)

There is evidence that culture and depression can both affect the pattern of explanations that people give for events. To date, research on attributions has considered only culture or depression with respect to attributions, ...

Attrition from Couple Therapy: Individual Symptoms, Relationship Adjustment, and Stage of Change

Goodman, Rebecca (2013-11-08)

Research has indicated that attrition in psychotherapy is a problem for therapists and clients. Additionally, there is a lack of research pertaining specifically to factors affecting dropout rates in couple therapy. In ...

Auburn Alumni Study: A Secondary Analysis Of University Alumni Attitudes

Terry, LeRodrick (2010-08-05)

The nation’s lagging economy is impacting institutions of higher education including rising operational costs, a decrease in state appropriations, sagging returns on endowments and a decrease in the amount of private support ...

The Auburn Engineering Technical Assistance Program Investigation of Polyvinyl Alcohol Film Developments Pertaining to Radioactive Particle Decontamination and Industrial Waste Minimization

Mole, Tracey (2005-12-15)

Formula optimization of new products and improvement of existing merchandise is practiced in many different industries including paints and dyes, polymers and plastics, foods, personal care, detergents, pharmaceuticals and ...

Audience Gatekeeping Via Social Media

Chavers, Rebecca (2016-08-01)

Using networked gatekeeping theory, this study analyzes how social media is being integrated into morning news programming, allowing audience members an opportunity to play a role in the gatekeeping process. Traditional ...

Auditory Processing in Learners of Spanish as an L2: The Role of Redundancy

Berrios, Juan (2018-04-24)

The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of redundancy on global perception and comprehension in sentences, as well as the processing of the meaning of morphological markers by learners of Spanish as a second ...

Augmenting Traditional Static Analysis With Commonly Available Metadata

Cook, Devin (2015-01-20)

Developers and security analysts have been using static analysis for a long time to analyze programs for defects and vulnerabilities with some success. Generally a static analysis tool is run on the source code for a given ...

Aural Processing of Cognates in Learners of Spanish as a Second Language

Garrido Pozú, Juan José (2018-04-24)

The present study investigates the role of phonology in the aural processing of cognates in learners of Spanish as a second language. First, this thesis expands on the body of research on cognate processing to include the ...

Aural Skills Pedagogy in the Wind Band: A Survey of Secondary and Collegiate Wind Band Conductors’ Perceptions and Strategies

McNeil, Brady (2021-03-24)

The purpose of this study was to explore (a) perceptions of collegiate and high school wind band conductors surrounding aural-based learning in the rehearsal, (b) current trends in pedagogical strategies used to strengthen ...

Australian Labradoodle Dystrophinopathy: A Novel Canine Model for the Study of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy

Shrader, Stephanie (2020-04-22)

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder that results in progressive damage to both skeletal and cardiac myocytes. As a result of improved ventilatory care, mortality in affected patients is ...