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Development of a scale for the measurement of evolutionarily important situation characteristics
Title
Development of a scale for the measurement of evolutionarily important situation characteristics.
Creator
Brown, Nicolas A., Serfass, David G., Sherman, Ryne A., Graduate College
Abstract/Description
Behavior in everyday situations depends on the activation of an individual’s specific goals and motives. Research suggests that basic goals such as protecting oneself, forming coalitions, and avoiding disease have emerged as the result of evolutionary processes Kenrick, Li, & Butner, 2003. However, no scale exists to measure the characteristics of situations that might promote or prevent the achievement of these goals. Participants described a situation they encountered the previous day and...
Show moreBehavior in everyday situations depends on the activation of an individual’s specific goals and motives. Research suggests that basic goals such as protecting oneself, forming coalitions, and avoiding disease have emerged as the result of evolutionary processes Kenrick, Li, & Butner, 2003. However, no scale exists to measure the characteristics of situations that might promote or prevent the achievement of these goals. Participants described a situation they encountered the previous day and rated that situation using 64 items designed to tap seven adaptive problems identified by Kenrick and colleagues 2003. Using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses a 28-item measure of situational characteristics that promote or prevent the achievement of evolutionarily important goals was created. The results suggest that this 28-item measure has both adequate bandwidth and fidelity. Future research should investigate the discriminant and convergent validity of this newly created measure.
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Date Issued
2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005805
Format
Document (PDF)
Differences in situational perception moderated by presence (absence) of others
Title
Differences in situational perception moderated by presence (absence) of others.
Creator
Brown, Nicolas A., Serfass, David G., Sherman, Ryne A., Graduate College
Date Issued
2013-04-12
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361277
Subject Headings
Situations, Psychology
Format
Document (PDF)
Attitudinal Evaluation of Ex-Vivo Cultivated Meat; Exploring Methods of Increasing Appeal
Title
Attitudinal Evaluation of Ex-Vivo Cultivated Meat; Exploring Methods of Increasing Appeal.
Creator
Gasteratos, Kristopher, Brown, Nicolas A., Sherman, Ryne A., Office of Undergraduate Research and Inquiry
Abstract/Description
Animal protein production systems are reaching production capacity limits due to their associated ecological detriments. Therefore, a global shift towards an ecologically sustainable alternative is vital, and hence exploring the scope of market for such alternatives.“ Cultured meat”, or ex vivo cultivated meat, may indeed serve as a viable alternative. However, although this method aims to lessen environmental woes, one current drawback is the ambiguity of consumer acceptance. This study...
Show moreAnimal protein production systems are reaching production capacity limits due to their associated ecological detriments. Therefore, a global shift towards an ecologically sustainable alternative is vital, and hence exploring the scope of market for such alternatives.“ Cultured meat”, or ex vivo cultivated meat, may indeed serve as a viable alternative. However, although this method aims to lessen environmental woes, one current drawback is the ambiguity of consumer acceptance. This study addresses this concern through calculus of potential markets. Indeed, through surveying about 5,000 people worldwide, with focused populations in the United States and University undergraduates, statistically significant results of positive consumer interest in cultured meat were attained. After survey completion, over 75% of participants expressed interest in eating cultured meat (interested in “probably” or “definitely” eating cultured meat). Ultimately, this novel study ought to serve as a foundational framework for catalyzing funding towards privatized and academic research on cultured meat.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00005621
Subject Headings
College students --Research --United States.
Format
Document (PDF)
Factors related to the experience of situations: Time of day, gender, and employment status
Title
Factors related to the experience of situations: Time of day, gender, and employment status.
Creator
Brown, Nicolas A, Sherman, Ryne A., Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
Abstract/Description
Throughout the course of a day, individuals experience a number of different situations that affect how they think, feel, and behave. However, until recently, there was little research aimed at describing what factors may be related to the psychological properties of situations in individuals' everyday lives. Recent theoretical (e.g., the Situational Eight DIAMONDS) and methodological (e.g., experience sampling, Day Reconstruction Method) advances make the present research tractable. Based on...
Show moreThroughout the course of a day, individuals experience a number of different situations that affect how they think, feel, and behave. However, until recently, there was little research aimed at describing what factors may be related to the psychological properties of situations in individuals' everyday lives. Recent theoretical (e.g., the Situational Eight DIAMONDS) and methodological (e.g., experience sampling, Day Reconstruction Method) advances make the present research tractable. Based on the extant literature, three studies, employing different methodologies, were designed to explore whether three specific factors are related to the experience of situations: time of day, gender, and employment status. Study 1 employs data from 835 participants recruited on Amazon's Mechanical Turk (AMT). Participants reported a recent situation (single time-point method) and completed a 290-item measure of situations, the Comprehensive Situations Item Pool (CSIP). The results demonstrated consistent daily patterns in the experience of situations. For example, the situational characteristic Duty tends to increase throughout the day, peak at noon, decreasing thereafter. Study 2 uses an experience sampling method to further investigate the daily and weekly temporal patterns in the situational characteristics from a within-person perspective. University participants (N = 210) were contacted via smartphone and rated their situation up to 8 times per day for 7 days. The results showed that there are some similarities and differences in the temporal pattern of situations at the within-person level. Duty, for instance, exhibits a different pattern depending on the day of the week (e.g., negative and linear on weekends, but quadratic on weekdays). Overall, Study 2 demonstrates that there are clear within- and between-day patterns in situation characteristics. Lastly, Study 3 employs a full-day method using archival data from the 2013 American Time Use Survey (ATUS). Participants drawn from a representative sample of Americans (N = 11,384) reported all of their situations for a recent day using the Day Reconstruction Method. The results found that, in addition to consistent daily and weekly trends, patterns for situation characteristics are related to individual differences such as gender and employment status.
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Date Issued
2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004572, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004572
Subject Headings
Communication in organizations., Interbehavioral psychology., Motivation (Psychology), Positive psychology., Conduct of life.
Format
Document (PDF)