Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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Is it only specificity? : an investigation into the relationship between autobiographical memory and social problem-solving
(University of St Andrews, 2012) - ThesisResearch suggests that deficits in retrieving specific autobiographical memories (ABMs) relate to deficits in social problem solving (SPS). Williams (1996) proposes depressed individuals have deficits in SPS because of ... -
Factors influencing the motivational salience of faces
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisMy research utilizes a behavioral key-press task adapted from the classic bar-press technique employed in many rodent studies of reward to explore the incentive salience of beauty among humans. In Chapter 2, I replicate ... -
Sex differences in interpretation bias and interpersonal difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisFemales are more likely to become depressed and experience social anxiety than are males, and this sex difference emerges during adolescence. A difference in interpretation of ambiguous social scenarios has been posited ... -
From family metaphor to national attachment? a social identity approach towards framing nationhood
(University of St Andrews, 2013-06-25) - ThesisThe central question of this thesis is: “How can people be mobilised to feel strongly attached to or invest into their nations?” Following a review of literature on the psychology of nationhood, a social identity approach ... -
Context-dependent decision making in wild rufous hummingbirds
(University of St Andrews, 2013) - ThesisConventional models of decision making assume that animals and humans will evaluate available options based on the benefit that they provide and then choose the option that provides the largest benefit. However, there ...