Browsing UW-Stout Masters Thesis Collection - Plan A by Author "Wood, Sarah"
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College alcohol use: role of identity in drinking behaviors
Pfaff, Devon V. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2018)Colleges across the country are continually working to address problems with partying amongst college students. Research suggests one of the most effective ways to decrease partying behaviors is through interventions that ... -
Contemporary Racism in the Workplace: The Integrated Model of Racism and White Subordinate Perceptions of Black Supervisors
Farrell, Alexia M. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2016)The Integrated Model of Racism (Dovidio & Gaertner, 1986) suggests liberals and conservatives react differently to African Americans in between-subjects designs when race is salient and the situation is ambiguous. Participants ... -
Homesickness, Social Belonging, & Retention in First-Year Students
Edwards, Tyler D.S. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2017)Astudy was performed toexamine the relationship between homesickness, retention and social belonging in college students. Colleges and universities place a large focus on increasing their retention rates. One threat to ... -
How Job Satisfaction Relates to Job Burnout & Work Engagement for Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Scheffen, Kelly A. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2021)This study measured how job satisfaction relates to job burnout and work engagement for university non-tenure track faculty (NTTF). The study used the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) to measure how overall job satisfaction ... -
The impact of frequent exercise on work motivation, productivity, and well- being
Eul, Jessica P. (University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2020)It has been argued that exercise can play a major role in employee's feeling of fulfillment in their work day (Cortez, Gómez, Mendiburo-Seguel, Oyanedel, & Unanue, 2017). To explore this, 83 participants completed an ... -
The impact of the halo effect in online dating
Ramaker, Ashley A. (University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2020)Online dating has become a popular way to date, but many couples are not staying together. One factor that may influence success of relationships formed online is the halo effect. To examine this, 114 participants viewed ... -
Investigation of the fear of missing out and the connection between academic motivation, perceived Stress, and social media use
Schneider, Allison M. (University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2020)The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the fear of missing out, perceived stress, academic motivation, and social media use. Fear of missing out (FOMO) is defined as the desire to stay continually ... -
Irrational Beliefs and Support for Pseudoscience: The Role of Need for Cognition
Stoeklen, Phillip M. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2017)Science denial, support for pseudoscience, and overall irrationality about the world are prominent social issues. This research examines whether the prevalence of these social issues is affected by the need for cognition ... -
Passive and active interventions: addressing the issue of college students' class attendance
Youngren, Rachael G. (University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2020)This study examined possible interventions to increase attendance in college courses. Attendance records in six undergraduate psychology classes were collected with either a baseline control, a passive intervention strategy, ... -
Psychological and Behavioral Campus Climate Assessment at a Small Midwestern University: Studying Mixed-methodological Practices
Oaks, Angela P. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2017)Campus climate was assessed using a concurrent mixed-methodological approach. The study partially replicated Vaccaro’s (2010) suggestion that positive quantitative campus climate assessment results sit negative qualitative ... -
Using Analogy to Teach: Effect of Analogy Use on Learning in the Chemistry Classroom
Weir, Benjamin M. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2017)Instructors in many fields wish to engender greater interest and enthusiasm in their classrooms. Chemistry is a subject in school that is known for having abstract concepts that students have difficulty tying to their ... -
Who Takes the Blame: Self-Serving Bias Amongst Undergraduates
Frenn, Emma F. (University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2022)There have been consistent findings with internal success attributions, but not many studies that focus on internal or external attributions for failure (Duval & Silvia, 2002). This study looks into the correlation amongst ...