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Title: Appreciating primary investors in education
Subtitle: Using Q-methodology to quantify parents’ priorities for a future high school program at Immanuel Christian School
Date: 2016
Author: Almasi, Cadence
Genre: Honours
Abstract: In recent years, there has been extensive research on factors affecting education. As an outcome, this body of research describes how various...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: The influence of active and passive sampling techniques on the sampling of bold and shy zebrafish in a laboratory based study
Date: 2020
Author: Abbasi, Hassaan
Genre: Honours
Abstract: One of the most cited behavioural type indices in animal studies is the bold and shy index. Bolder animals are observed to be more exploratory,...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Thinking and walking outside the box
Subtitle: The influence of embodied walking patterns on creative problem-solving abilities
Date: 2018
Author: VanLeeuwen, Katherine
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Metaphors play a key role in structuring human understanding of abstract concepts by associating the abstract concept with a concrete concept that...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Learning and memory for popular music in two generations
Date: 2018
Author: MacLean, Breea
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Building on research of knowledge for current popular music (Krumhansl, 2017; McKellar, 2016), the present study explored intergenerational...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Turning the zebrafish Black-White Test on its side
Subtitle: Evaluating the relative preferences of black compartments and low water column position
Date: 2018
Author: Terstege, Dylan
Genre: Honours
Abstract: In recent years, the zebrafish has steadily been gaining popularity in neuroscience for its utility in behavioural and translational research. This...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Neural correlates of perceived consonant and dissonant dyad chords in human brain
Date: 2014
Author: Yang, Haopei
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Physiological mechanisms and musical experience work together to shape consonance and dissonance perceptions. Previous studies using evoked...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: “Stop driving while looking in the rearview mirror”
Subtitle: personal growth on the road to recovering from post-breakup regret
Date: 2020
Author: Parent, Raena
Genre: Honours
Abstract: The following preliminary study aimed to gain a deeper understanding of the process of experiencing and overcoming regret caused by the termination...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Time for change
Subtitle: quantitative & qualitative analyses of women’s desires to improve access to abortion services on Prince Edward Island
Date: 2014
Author: Lewis, Alicia
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Prince Edward Island is the only province in Canada lacking local, surgical abortions and Island citizens must travel across provincial borders in...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: UPEI students’ identification
Subtitle: psychology versus women’s studies students
Date: 2015
Author: Beairsto, Ashley
Genre: Honours
Abstract: The objective of this study is to examine the extent to which upper level UPEI students identify with their university as well as their major....
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Serifs and their influence on font legibility
Subtitle: Mean legibility distances for 10 participants
Date: 2015
Author: Bailey, Chris
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Serifs have been attached to alphabet letters since Roman times. As of late, their effect on reading legibility has become a source of contention....
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: The influence of extrinsic vs intrinsic values on young adults use of social media on well-being
Date: 2021
Author: Bernard, Elese A.
Genre: Honours
Abstract: In recent years there has been increasing concern about the relationship between young adult’s negative mental health and social media use. The aim...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: How students make sense of their reality during the Covid-19 pandemic
Subtitle: Interpretive phenomenological analysis of UPEI student's experience during Covid-19
Date: 2021
Author: Kelly, Lauren
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Students attending post-secondary education during the Covid-19 pandemic experienced countless changes to their university lifestyle to ensure...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: The effects of Capitalism and Neoliberalism on mental health and its treatment
Subtitle: a scoping review and sociohistorical analysis of developments in clinical psychology following World War II
Date: 2021
Author: Matheson, Kevin
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Capitalism, like other broad sociocultural organizations, consists of both an ideology and set of institutions that are set up to encourage certain...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Examination of Short- and Long-Term Habituation in Zebrafish
Date: 2020
Author: Ford, Nathan
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Over recent years, the usefulness of the zebrafish as a model organism in various fields of research pertaining to Psychology has become more...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: Sensitive period of music training and late-life cognitive reserve
Subtitle: a cross sectional comparison between older adult musicians
Date: 2022
Author: Yu, Aiping
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Healthy ageing is an essential topic for health care workers and professionals today. Music training is known for its benefits on cognition for all...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

Title: The presence of pseudoneglect on a virtual line bisection and memory recall test
Date: 2021
Author: Morgan, Ardeth K.A.
Genre: Honours
Abstract: Pseudoneglect is a natural phenomenon found in healthy young adults that causes them to pay more attention to the left half of visual space without...
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
Publication Status: PUBLISHED

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