Lee J Hinkle, Arthur Weagel, and Spencer Bean Abstract Password strength is an issue of growing concern. As more and more personal information, including financial information, is stored online, creating strong passwords to safeguard this information is paramount. In this study we draw from Asch’s conformity experiments and other group conformance-related psychology research to develop […]
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The Use of Social Support Groups with Women Suffering from Postpartum Depression: CenteringPregnancy Model
Sarah Passey and Dr. Ana Birkhead, College of Nursing Postpartum depression (PPD) is a subtype of major depression affecting 10-20% of new mothers around the world, with onset within 6 months after childbirth (Norman, Sherburn, Osborne, & Galea, 2010; Xie, He, Koszycki, Walker, & Wen, 2009). “It is a serious problem that affects a woman’s […]
Leveraging the Collective Intelligence of a Large Group in Managerial Decision-Making
James Carlson and Dr. Teppo Felin, Organizational Leadership and Strategy Department Marriot School of Management Crowdsourcing is a term used to describe an emerging new set of activities that organizations engage in to leverage the power of the Internet in bringing people together. Crowdsourcing generally consists of placing some type of “open call” on the […]
Ethnic Group Affiliation and Second Language Acquisition
Sarah Franklin and Dr. Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Department of Linguistics and English Language Over the past forty years a significant amount of research has explored how to improve second language (L2) acquisition, most of which has examined factors that influence this ability. Little research, however, has examined how ethnic group affiliation (defined as how closely you […]
The Development of Prosodic Structures in the Speech of Young Children Establishing a Control Group
Darrell Matthews and Dr. Shawn Nissen, Communication Disorders Acoustically, the speech characteristics of male and female speakers differ from one another. In adults, this variation is clearly caused by physiological differences between males and females. The size and shape of the vocal tract, as well as the length of the vocal folds have an impact […]
Observations On Public Interest Group Maintenance: Environmental Groups Shed Light On Success And Failure
Jeffrey Jones and Dr. Jay Goodliffe, Political Science The massive proliferation of public interest groups in the past forty years appears to have surpassed our understanding of how these groups form, function, and maintain members. The purpose of my research is not to attempt to answer all the questions of how groups form and stay […]
Creating A Genetic Stock In Order To Examine Linkage Group Locations On Oat Chromosomes
Lindsay Johnson and Dr. Eric N. Jellen, Agronomy and Horticulture The motivation behind this project involves the desire to assign diploid oat linkage groups to specific locations on the physical diploid oat chromosome (1). In order to accomplish this, a stock of monosomic oat plants is required. Monosomic plants are defined as plants that are […]
Group Therapy Experience As A Factor In The Outcome Of Severely Mentally Ill Patients
Jennifer R. Ellsworth and Dr. Gary M. Burlingame, Psychology An interdisciplinary team of academicians from Brigham Young University’s Comprehensive Clinic initially developed a collaborative relationship with the Utah State Hospital for the purpose of improving the hospital’s group therapy program through staff group skills training and improving the hospital’s outcomes tracking system. They chose six […]
Qualitative Study of Males And Females Reactions to Cooperative And Competitive Group Problem Solving Situations
Howard B. Cleavinger and Dr. Kay H. Smith, Psychology This study was constructed using a simplified commodities game in which groups of four participants invested in commodities ranging from $100 to $500. The higher the cost, the higher the rate of risk entailed and thus, a higher payoff. The participants were informed that they were […]
EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY: A META-ANALYTIC REVIEW
Corey D. Randall and Dr. Matthew J. Haag, Department of Psychology and Clinical Psychology Introduction Effective treatment of children and adolescents in psychotherapy is crucial to alleviating the distress and suffering resulting from psychopathology (Kazdin, 1993). Dysfunctional behavior, if not appropriately addressed, can result in irreversible developmental outcomes. The importance of evaluating treatment to address […]
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