All Outputs (53)

Examining the role of adaptation in spontaneous perceptual reversals of ambiguous motion stimuli (2024)
Thesis
Dundas, K. Examining the role of adaptation in spontaneous perceptual reversals of ambiguous motion stimuli. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/956391

The cause of spontaneous perceptual reversals of visually ambiguous stimuli has been attributed to several different mechanisms. One hypothesis suggests that adaptation, or “neural fatigue”, builds up while one interpretation is dominant and eventual... Read More about Examining the role of adaptation in spontaneous perceptual reversals of ambiguous motion stimuli.

Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes (2024)
Thesis
Eraslan, E. G. Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/855651

This thesis examines the effects of dynamic norm interventions, which highlight changing societal attitudes and behaviour over time, on political attitudes and behavioural tendencies through twelve experiments (three pilot and nine main experiments).... Read More about Following the trend or resisting the change? The role of dynamic norms in shaping political attitudes.

Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness (2024)
Thesis
Dinnick, I. Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/775650

Researchers have begun to investigate the role of forgiveness in disrupting intergroup conflict and promoting peace. This thesis has refined our understanding of the ingroup identity and forgiveness relationship by determining which ingroup identity... Read More about Why groups don’t forgive: refining the contributions of ingroup identity, ingroup attachment, justice concerns, and conflict type to intergroup forgiveness.

Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity (2024)
Thesis
Kızık, B. Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/775323

This thesis explores the impact of intergroup contact on political attitudes via social identity complexity (SIC) across WEIRD and non-WEIRD societies, including post-conflict contexts. This research aims to test whether and how dimensions of intergr... Read More about Political attitudes and social change: The role of intergroup contact and social identity complexity.

Lay, professional, and police rape stereotype acceptance in England and Wales: A holistic, mixed-methods overview of the Criminal Justice System (2023)
Thesis
Hermolle, M. F. V. Lay, professional, and police rape stereotype acceptance in England and Wales: A holistic, mixed-methods overview of the Criminal Justice System. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/674588

This thesis examined rape stereotype acceptance and use in England and Wales, viewed through the lens of Social Representations Theory (SRT). Given the high attrition rate and low prosecution rate for rape, the project was a holistic look at stereoty... Read More about Lay, professional, and police rape stereotype acceptance in England and Wales: A holistic, mixed-methods overview of the Criminal Justice System.

Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources (2023)
Thesis
Moore, S. B. Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/522234

Previous research has highlighted the importance of attention in the allocation of visual short-term memory (vSTM) resources. However, much of this research examined performance across a single feature dimension (e.g., colour), disregarding the poten... Read More about Multidimensional resource allocation: The role of attentional control in the allocation of visual short-term memory resources.

Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems (2023)
Thesis
Beer, O. M. Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/518111

Emotions shape and enrich our conscious experiences. Despite the interdisciplinary consensus that emotions are fundamental to understanding human behaviour, there are limited investigations into emotion and emotion regulation in the daily lives of no... Read More about Everyday emotion regulation: A mixed-methods investigation into how speech regulates emotion response systems.

Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community (2023)
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Williams, N. S. Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/515666

This PhD thesis was written as part of a programme of research conducted by the Enable Project into the policing of domestic football events in Sweden. Between 2014 and 2016 Enable had conducted a series of Participant Action Research based observati... Read More about Policing football in Sweden: a Participant Action Research project conducted with the football community.

Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation (2022)
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Unver, H. Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/424528

Through a series of six studies (Studies 1, 5, and 6 involves two groups), this thesis focuses on a relatively understudied dimension of intergroup contact, i.e. secondary transfer effect (STE; Pettigrew, 2009). More specifically, the thesis investig... Read More about Secondary transfer effect and intergroup solidarity: alternative processes of generalisation.

The Photograph Superiority Effect: Investigating the role of stimulus format and distinctiveness in recognition (2022)
Thesis
Adams, J. The Photograph Superiority Effect: Investigating the role of stimulus format and distinctiveness in recognition. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/423641

Stimuli presented as pictures are recognised better than those presented as words (Paivio, Rogers, & Smythe, 1968; Shepard, 1967). Numerous theoretical accounts have been proposed to explain this robust Picture Superiority Effect (PSE), though incons... Read More about The Photograph Superiority Effect: Investigating the role of stimulus format and distinctiveness in recognition.

Impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s disease: a behavioural, neuroimaging and neurophysiological investigation (2022)
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Martini, A. Impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s disease: a behavioural, neuroimaging and neurophysiological investigation. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/423517

Background: Persons with Parkinson’s (PwP) may develop Impulsivecompulsive behaviours (ICBs) as side-effect of dopamine replacement therapy (DRT). The unresolved question addressed by this thesis is why only some PwP develop ICBs. This is an importan... Read More about Impulsive-compulsive behaviours in Parkinson’s disease: a behavioural, neuroimaging and neurophysiological investigation.

An investigation of factors that interact with the effect of sleep on false memory in the DRM paradigm (2021)
Thesis
Alyobi, Z. M. A. An investigation of factors that interact with the effect of sleep on false memory in the DRM paradigm. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/420346

It is well established that sleep plays an important role in memory consolidation. However, there is a substantial body of evidence which suggests that sleep has the capacity to distort memory and facilitate the creation of false memories. Previous s... Read More about An investigation of factors that interact with the effect of sleep on false memory in the DRM paradigm.

The aggravation and mitigation of mass gathering-associated health risks: a social identity perspective (2021)
Thesis
Khazaie, A. K. D. H. The aggravation and mitigation of mass gathering-associated health risks: a social identity perspective. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/420348

Research and practice have tended to focus on physical factors in the aggravation and mitigation of mass gathering-associated health risks while largely neglecting the importance of psychosocial factors. This thesis sought to advance the understandin... Read More about The aggravation and mitigation of mass gathering-associated health risks: a social identity perspective.

Contemporary discursive accounts for alcohol use: explanations, justifications, and excuses (2021)
Thesis
Melia, C. R. Contemporary discursive accounts for alcohol use: explanations, justifications, and excuses. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/420357

Alcohol use in the UK is complex; it is heavily ingrained in social activities, nevertheless there are also significant rates of stigmatised alcohol problems. The boundary where alcohol use shifts from acceptable to problematic is a way of understand... Read More about Contemporary discursive accounts for alcohol use: explanations, justifications, and excuses.

Enabling teachers to promote incremental theories of intelligence in young children: an intervention and an instrument (2020)
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Garnett, N. J. Enabling teachers to promote incremental theories of intelligence in young children: an intervention and an instrument. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/417389

The primary focus of this thesis was to translate the rich ‘implicit theories of intelligence’ framework into an accessible intervention to allow teachers to promote growth mindsets in their pupils. A growth mindset is an implicit belief that one can... Read More about Enabling teachers to promote incremental theories of intelligence in young children: an intervention and an instrument.

Exploring student victimisation and wellbeing in the UK higher education context (2020)
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Harrison, E. D. Exploring student victimisation and wellbeing in the UK higher education context. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416572

Research into student bullying in Higher Education (HE) has been limited and most is based on childhood bullying research. Bullying in HE could disrupt student mental health and wellbeing at university - a topic that has recently gained traction. Add... Read More about Exploring student victimisation and wellbeing in the UK higher education context.

Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of celebrities on children’s and young adults’ explicit and implicit attitudes to brands (2019)
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Gilman, H. Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of celebrities on children’s and young adults’ explicit and implicit attitudes to brands. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413774

Research suggests that as children develop so too does their ability to identify the persuasive intent of advertising, but research examining whether implicit cognitive processes play a part in children’s response to advertising has been neglected, a... Read More about Investigating the celebrity effect: the influence of celebrities on children’s and young adults’ explicit and implicit attitudes to brands.

The influence of values on environmental behaviour: an evaluation of a segmentation approach (2019)
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Bosworth, G. J. The influence of values on environmental behaviour: an evaluation of a segmentation approach. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413131

It is in human interest to protect planet Earth by engaging in pro-environmental behaviour (PEB), yet many people are not doing so. Although the values we endorse are thought to influence PEB, relatively little research has considered the impact of e... Read More about The influence of values on environmental behaviour: an evaluation of a segmentation approach.

Cognitive inhibition in task switching: Exploring the n–2 repetition cost (2018)
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Kowalczyk, A. W. Cognitive inhibition in task switching: Exploring the n–2 repetition cost. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412319

The current thesis provides novel insights into the n–2 repetition cost, a task-switching behavioural effect thought to reflect cognitive inhibition. The n–2 repetition cost is widely used as a measure of group and individual differences in inhibitor... Read More about Cognitive inhibition in task switching: Exploring the n–2 repetition cost.

Finding myself: a lonely separation in childhood and the pain of being lonely all alone. A heuristic inquiry into my experience of loneliness (2018)
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Ferris, S. P. Finding myself: a lonely separation in childhood and the pain of being lonely all alone. A heuristic inquiry into my experience of loneliness. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412306

In this study, I explore my personal experience of loneliness. I am seeking to uncover and make sense of this experience for my personal growth as well as to inform my professional work as a counsellor. I also want to make an original contribution to... Read More about Finding myself: a lonely separation in childhood and the pain of being lonely all alone. A heuristic inquiry into my experience of loneliness.