Daniel Watkins and Dr. Harold Miller, Psychology Recent approaches have interpreted self-control in terms of temporal factors. Most recent models posit that self-control amounts to a choice between a smaller reward that is available sooner and a larger reward that is available later. The model is applicable to both humans and nonhumans. Additionally, the model […]
Cocaine’s Effects on Inhibitory GABA Neurons in the Midbrain
Seth Taylor and Dr. Scott Steffensen, Psychology Cocaine abuse is a serious societal problem. The 2006 Monitoring the Future survey of students showed that 2.5% of high school seniors had used cocaine in the past month, 5.7% in the last year, and 8.5% at least once in their lifetime. According to the 2005 National Survey […]
Development of a Measure for Child Psychotherapy Process and Outcome Research
Tyler Sasser and Dr. Jared Warren, Assistant Professor Department of Psychology The latest research has shown that 1 in 5 children meet criteria for a mental disorder and 1 in 10 children experience significant impairment in the family, school, and community due to a mental disorder (Huang et al., 2005). Unfortunately, only about one quarter […]
Tracking Off-site Recreational Therapy Activities
Maya Inoue and Dr. Gary Burlingame, Psychology At the beginning of this research experience, my research group and I sought to find evidence that off-site recreational therapy was effective in increasing a patient’s perceived freedom and self-efficacy. This research idea came in response to the diminishing financial support at the Utah State Mental Hospital (USM) […]
A STUDY OF JAPANESE AND AMERICAN COUPLES: ATTITUDES AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT MARRIAGE
Naoki Miyakawa and Dr. Thomas B. Holman, Psychology The purpose of my research was to (1) translate the RELATE (acronym for RELATionship Evaluation) into Japanese thus developing a comprehensive survey instrument for assessing marital patterns in Japan, (2) pilot test the instrument with a sample of Japanese couples and (3) analyze the data collected with […]
LIKE FATHER, LIKE GOD: A STUDY OF MATE SELECTION AMONG YOUNG MORMON COUPLES
April Mitchell, Family Sciences, Kelly Welker, Psychology, Amy Whisenant, Family Sciences, Dr. Thomas B. Holman In the social sciences, qualitative research methods have recently become widely used due to the difficulty of measuring social, phenomena quantitatively. Thus, our analyses were qualitative, following the grounded theory method as articulated by Strauss and Corbin (1990). The steps […]
Tracking RT: Data-Driven Evidence as to the Efficacy of Off-Site Recreation Therapy at the Utah State Hospital
Sean Woodland,Maya Inoue, and Dr. Gary Burlingame, Psychology The Recreation Therapy Program at the Utah State Hospital (USH) remains one of the least-noticed disciplines that the hospital has to offer. The program has the goal of improving the overall quality of life of the patient, focusing on the areas of community integration, skill development, and […]
Numerical Processing in Infants: Differentiating Between Small and Large Groups of Number
Clark Van Den Berghe and Drs. Chris Porter and Ross Flom, Psychology Department Without even realizing it, our brain is constantly taking in information from our external environment. While some things take conscious effort, others happen with little or no thought. Vision is an enormous input, and our brain processes what it sees in order […]
Different Developmental Outcomes Following Lab Rearing by Biological or Adoptive Mothers: Maternal Influence on Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Separation Stress in Rhesus Macaques (Macacamulatta)
Andrea Sorenson and Dr. James D. Higley, Psychology Department Initially this project was looking at the effects that multiple short term separations of a mother rhesus macaque from their infant would have on their relationship. More specifically, looking at adoption pairs (an infant raised by a non biological mother) to see if the relationship between […]
The Role of Relationships in the Conversion Process: An LDS Sample
James W. Phillips and Dr. Kristin Hansen, Counseling and Career Center I consider this ORCA project to be a successful one on all accounts. The goals that were originally outlined at the onset of this project (forming an original research paper and presenting at a major academic conference) were met and future collaborations with Dr. […]
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