Recently added articles from North American Journal of Psychology:
Implementation intentions and generative strategies in prospective memory retrieval.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Breneiser, Jennifer E. ... Many of the tasks in our daily lives are prospective memory (PM) tasks. In a PM task, we form an intention to be completed later. Examples of PM tasks would be remembering to give a message to a friend, or remembering to take a dose of medication after a certain interval of time. The key ...
Dream lab for introductory psychology.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Bryson, W. Jeff ... Dream theories and characteristics are identifiable learning objectives for undergraduate students across a wide array of curricula in the higher education setting (Bryson, 2002; 2003; Bryson, Mastin, Pilgreen, & Bryson, 2008). Introductory psychology courses, in particular, provide an ...
Personality factors and attitude toward seeking professional help.
Jun 01, 2009; Barwick, Alexa K. ... Although psychology has a long history, many people still harbor misconceptions about mental illness. Those with mental health problems often are regarded as inferior, incompetent, responsible for their own symptoms, dangerous, and a threat to society (Corrigan, 2004; Levey & Howells, ...
The influence of a conservative religion on premarital sexual behavior of university students.
Jun 01, 2009; Helm, Herbert W., Jr. ... "The fact remains that, until quite recently, scientific research on sexuality has been taboo and therefore to be avoided or at best marginalized" (Laumann, Gagnon, Michael, & Michaels, 1994, p. 36). Two early landmark studies looking at sexual behavior in the United States were Sexual ...
Self-injury in the schools: an exploratory analysis of Midwest school counselors' knowledge and experience.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Kibler, Jackie ... Self-injurious behaviors are not a new phenomenon. Favazza (1988) first studied "self mutilation" after an October 1985 broadcast of the Phil Donahue show discussing self-abuse. Prior to Favazza's research, self-injurious behaviors had been examined within diagnostic criteria for disorders ...
Team member personality, team processes and outcomes: relationships within a graduate student project team sample.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Kline, Theresa J.B. ... Teams are being used more than ever in the workplace (e.g., Hackman, 2002). Perhaps in response to this phenomenon, courses taught in higher education, particularly in professional colleges and faculties, frequently have students work together in teams in completing part or all of the ...
The effect of defendant facial expression on mock juror decision-making: the power of remorse.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; MacLin, M. Kimberly ... Headlines abound recounting how jurors, court personnel, and families are amazed, disgusted, and hurt that a particular defendant 'showed no remorse.' Of course, remorse does nothing to change the end result; the crime cannot be undone. However, we have a sense that remorse is owed to us, ...
Brief report: factor structure of the Experiences in Close Relationships with gay and lesbian individuals.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Matte, Melody ... The mentality of society with regards to same-sex relationships has become more liberal over the past few years and this has been reflected in governmental attitudes and actions. For example, Statistics Canada reports that the number of self-identified gay men, lesbians and bisexuals has ...
Distinguishing between early and late onset delinquents: race, income, verbal intelligence and impulsivity.
Jun 01, 2009; Parker, Jennifer S. ... In 1993, Terrie Moffitt proposed a dual taxonomy of adolescent delinquent behavior. She proposed that life course persistent antisocial behavior was characterized by neurological deficits in executive functions, which then result in behavioral impulsivity, and deficits in verbal ...
Effects of peppermint and cinnamon odor administration on simulated driving alertness, mood and workload.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Raudenbush, Bryan ... Past research indicates that the presence of peppermint and cinnamon odors during human performance assessment can dramatically influence motivation, task performance, and alertness. In a series of studies, Warm and colleagues investigated the efficacy of certain odors to enhance ...
Humor styles as mediators of the shyness-loneliness relationship.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Fitts, Sherri D. ... Individuals adjust and adapt to the demands of social interaction in a variety of ways that may be more or less adaptive. For example, some individuals use humor in a way that facilitates positive social interaction while still others may manifest shyness or loneliness in response to ...
An interview with Christian Ambler: traumatic brain injury in sports.(Interview)
Jun 01, 2009; Shaughnessy, Michael F. ... Christian Ambler, PhD, is a neuropsychologist with interests in the neuropsychological sequelae of brain injury, executive dysfunction, neuro-developmental disorders, and medical disorders. Dr. Ambler has worked in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford ...
Political orientation, hostile media perceptions, and group-centrism.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Stalder, Daniel R. ... News media play a major role in political campaigns (Hansen & Benoit, 2007). Coupled with the recent increase in perceived divisions between Democrats and Republicans in United States politics (Seyle & Newman, 2006), the issue of fairness in American political news media has understandably ...
Demographics and diversity in business organizations: confronting a growing Hispanic presence, revisited.
Jun 01, 2009; Tomkiewicz, Joseph ... The Hispanic population of the U.S has recently surpassed its African-American population. This growth of Hispanics compared with African-Americans continues in both the overall population as well as in workforce participation. Such disproportionate growth may affect the attitudes of ...
Understanding the relationship between sport team identification and dimensions of social well-being.
Jun 01, 2009; Wann, Daniel L. ... Branscombe and Wann (1991) reported a significant relationship between identification with a sport team (i.e., a fan's psychological connection to a team, see Wann, Melnick, Russell, & Pease, 2001) and psychological well-being. Specifically, they found that identification with a team was ...
The hindsight bias and attitudes toward police deception in eliciting confessions.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Wasieleski, David T. ... At the 2006 annual convention of the American Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41), Dr. Saul Kassin chaired a session on police interrogations and false confessions. In his own segment of that session (Kassin, 2006, March), he described a series of controversial court cases in which ...
Editor's comments.(Editorial)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009; McCutcheon, Lynn E. ... Please check out our program which allows those who have made outstanding contributions to NAJP in the past to become recognized as Consulting Editors. Since eight issues ago no one has achieved this honor, but I expect that there will be a few more persons to achieve this distinction in ...
