The purpose of this study is to develop a procedure to test if response cost has an effect on aggressive choices in a live roleplaying scenario, then assess if participants report and effect on out of game (self-reported) behavior.
The current study assessed peoples’ definitions of “normal” for an array of common traits including physical, personality and health conditions, and compared the participants to their perceived norms.
This dissertation is a phenomenological study of how eight first-generation African American undergraduate women at an Ivy League institution used cocurricular programs as support networks to navigate their collegiate experience. First-generation…
Teachers possess varying levels of assessment design abilities. The goals of this quasi-experimental quantitative study were to determine how teachers’ approaches to classroom assessment varied, aligned with learning theories, and influenced…
The New Jersey Department of Education reported that more than 50,000 students were suspended from school in 2017–2018. Over 17,000 students were suspended more than once that school year. As public school districts create their code of conduct, many…
Climate change is here. The effects of human activity over the years have exacerbated the long term effects on the global climate. Critical infrastructure across the United States is threatened by natural disasters that result in damaging outcomes.…
In the past year, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused over 3 million deaths worldwide, over 500,000 in the US alone. The constant awareness of the potential for one’s own sickness and even death has created the perfect scenario for experiencing death…
The female body has been of interest to artists throughout history, the image of the female body changing with times and cultures. A shift of particular interest to this study is the shift from the view of the female body as one of ethereal beauty in…
Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) is a cell surface molecule associated with cells of the innate immune system, particularly those in proximity to the gut mucosa. TLR5 detects flagellin, the major protein comprising the flagella (“tails”) of bacteria. Most…