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The Number of Unanimous Witnesses who Identify a Suspect from a Lineup Influences Mock Jurors

Taylor, Robbie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

During a criminal proceeding, jurors need to weigh up the presented evidence and determine a verdict. Research has shown that witness identification evidence is compelling to jurors, despite the fact that it can be unreliable. ...
Under what circumstances does autobiographical memory enhance self-control?

Duff, Nicky (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Self-control is an important skill because it helps us regulate many of our behaviours, such as how much we eat and drink. Limiting our intake of food and drink is sometimes difficult to do, however. One explanation for ...
Why do we argue about science? Exploring the psychological antecedents of rejection of science

Kerr, John Richard (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Science is recognised and accepted as an important tool for understanding the world in which we live, yet some people hold beliefs that go against the best available scientific evidence. For example, many people believe ...
Role of Ambivalent Sexism on Approval of Violence and Intention to Intervene in Media Campaigns Designed to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence

Heine, Nathan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This study aimed to investigate the effect of manipulating actor gender and relationship status in violence prevention campaign posters upon the relationship between ambivalent sexism and 1) approval of intimate partner ...
Classifying Intimate Partner Violence: A Functional Typology

Wride, Annabelle (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

A neglect of theoretical development has impaired psychological explanations for intimate partner violence (IPV), which in turn has hindered effective interventions for people who perpetrate IPV. This thesis addresses this ...
What is Mental Disorder? Developing an Embodied, Embedded, and Enactive Psychopathology

Nielsen, Kristopher (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

What we take mental disorder to be has implications for how researchers classify, explain, and treat mental disorders. It also shapes how the public treat those who are experiencing mental disorder. This is the ...
Fear Deciding Fate: How Fear Influences Moral Decision-Making

Strojny, Sophia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Moral dilemmas require individuals to make a life-altering choice. Due to the severity of the choice, we argue that there is a degree of fear in moral decision-making. We aimed to see how prevailing fears in each individual ...
The Consequences of not Acting on Personally and Socially Important Value-Expressive Behaviours on Hedonic and Eudaimonic Wellbeing

Chrystal, Megan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Wellbeing is thought to decrease when one’s actions do not align with one’s values. This study refined a previous experimental method to investigate how perceived failure to live up to expectations of value-expressive ...
The effect of episodic future thinking on delay discounting

Olsen, Rebecca (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Delay discounting refers to the fact that rewards lose their value if they are delayed. Excessive delay discounting is associated with various health-related problems such as over-eating and substance abuse. One phenomenon ...
The Effects of Cultural Competence Feedback on Intercultural Anxiety, Attitudes toward, and Willingness to Engage with International Students

Zenoni, Natalia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The study examined the effects of cultural competency feedback on domestic and international students’ intercultural anxiety, attitudes toward, and willingness to engage with international students. One hundred and sixty-one ...
Comparison of Methamphetamine and MDMA Extended Access Self-administration: Acquisition, Maintenance, and Response Patterns

Maan, Alex (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Rationale. 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and methamphetamine are two amphetamine derivatives with contrasting pharmacological profiles. Therefore, self- administration profiles might be expected to reflect these ...
Cooperative gender beliefs and cost-benefit trade-offs of gender inequality

Deak, Chris K. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Cooperative gender beliefs are characterizations of women, men and heterosexual relationships that focus on positive aspects of traditional traits and roles, and heterosexual interdependency, but ultimately rationalize ...
Exploring Male Students’ Lived Experiences of Intimate Partner Abuse from a Female Partner and Help-seeking

Scotts-Bahle, Jakob (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This research investigated how male university students who have experienced abuse from a female intimate partner made sense of this abuse and their help seeking experiences. Students who indicated having experienced some ...
Controlling The Monster: Exploring Constructions Of Women And Their Bodies In Endometriosis Apps

Quigan, Hannah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

People globally increasingly use digital applications (apps) to manage their health and health conditions. In particular, women commonly use apps to understand and manage female reproductive issues. Some apps target women ...
Correctional Rehabilitation and Human Functioning: An Embodied, Embedded, and Enactive Approach

Dent, Harry (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In order for correctional rehabilitation practices to be maximally effective, they should be grounded in well-developed psychological theory about the causes, development, and nature of crime. This thesis argues that these ...
Beyond dynamic risk factors: Towards a comprehensive explanation of offending

Heffernan, Roxanne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The current conceptualisation of dynamic risk factors (DRF) for criminal offending is problematic. There have been significant conceptual issues highlighted in this domain, however, until recently addressing these has not ...
The role of the serotonin reuptake transporter on cytoskeletal drebrin A expression in dendritic spines: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders

Chaji, Daniel (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Knockout of the serotonin reuptake transporter (SERT) in murine animals has been shown to model various neuropsychiatric disorders such as major depressive disorder, autism spectrum disorder, and substance use disorder. ...
Dance for the dead: Belief, anxiety, and social cohesion in the Japanese Bon Festival

Irving, Briar (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis aimed to investigate the role of belief in reducing anxiety and increasing social cohesion outcomes of collective ritual. To accomplish this, we developed a belief scale specific to the Japanese Bon Festival, ...
Managing Calls to Mauri Ora: Medical Reception in Action

Grattan, Fiona (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Often a patient’s first contact with their health service is through a medical receptionist. Literature has framed medical receptionists as gate-keepers, and few studies have examined what they actually do when they answer ...
Cultural Models of the Self and Environmentalism: A Cross-cultural and Experimental Investigation

Duff, Hamish (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Previous research suggests human–nature relations are influenced by human–human relations, particularly those related to the inclusion of others in self. Individuals who construe the self as more interdependent from others ...