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- Title
- A COMPARISON OF TEACHERS' ATTITUDES AND STUDENTS' SELF-ESTEEM.
- Creator
- CAREY, FORBES BRUCE, Florida Atlantic University, McCleary, Edward J.
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the leadership style of a teacher (based on the teacher's attitudes of students as measured by the Supervisory Attitudes Scale), and the amount of self-esteem of the students (based on the school environment as measured by the Semantic Differential Scale). The study attempted to answer the question, "Does the leadership style of a teacher affect the measure of self-esteem in the students?" The sample for this study consisted of...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the leadership style of a teacher (based on the teacher's attitudes of students as measured by the Supervisory Attitudes Scale), and the amount of self-esteem of the students (based on the school environment as measured by the Semantic Differential Scale). The study attempted to answer the question, "Does the leadership style of a teacher affect the measure of self-esteem in the students?" The sample for this study consisted of two hundred grade six teachers and their six thousand students located in six districts of the Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Teachers' attitude Scale was administered to the two hundred grade six teachers to determine by district the fifteen per cent most authoritarian and the fifteen per cent most non-authoritarian teachers . It was concluded that teachers' leadership attitudes did have a significant effect on students' self-esteem, and that students of teachers with Theory X attitudes had a significantly lower measure of self-esteem than students of teachers with Theory Y attitudes.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1976
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11669
- Subject Headings
- Teacher-student relationships
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Harmful algae on tropical coral reefs: Bottom-up eutrophication and top-down herbivory.
- Creator
- Littler, Mark M., Littler, Diane S., Brooks, Barrett L., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2875923
- Subject Headings
- Algae, Eutrophication, Animal-plant relationships, Corals
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Cauterizing Tide.
- Creator
- Sullivan, Jonathan Barry, Schwartz, Jason, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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Cauterizing Tide is a collection of short fiction. The stories feature characters struggling with managing or creating healthy relationships. Characters wrestle with their feelings about family, love, anger, longing, and addiction.
- Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013266
- Subject Headings
- Short fiction, Short stories, Creative writing, Relationships
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Autumn.
- Creator
- Sciarrino, Christine Anne Marie., Florida Atlantic University, Schwartz, Jason
- Abstract/Description
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Autumn is a short story cycle set in contemporary times, primarily in a South Florida village, using the viewpoints of two main characters: Angie Frisby and Chatov Faulke. It offers an example of the short story cycle through repeated and developed characters, recurring themes, imagery, setting, and shifting points of view. It will employ closure strategies that present an image of the future for both Angie and Chat, implying continuation of the story and/or characters, and how they might go...
Show moreAutumn is a short story cycle set in contemporary times, primarily in a South Florida village, using the viewpoints of two main characters: Angie Frisby and Chatov Faulke. It offers an example of the short story cycle through repeated and developed characters, recurring themes, imagery, setting, and shifting points of view. It will employ closure strategies that present an image of the future for both Angie and Chat, implying continuation of the story and/or characters, and how they might go down a multiplicity of different roads. In its desire to remain ambiguous, the conflicts surrounding Angie's and Chat's relationship will never fully be solved, just presented accurately through their perception; an antithesis will be created through their ongoing thoughts of present conflict and juxtaposition of life and death, separation and reunion, the harmony of the natural world and the disharmony of their internal ones.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2004
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13134
- Subject Headings
- Man-woman relationships--Fiction
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Family dysfunction and its possible correlation with student behavior in grades four and five.
- Creator
- Marcano, Anthony John., Florida Atlantic University, MacKenzie, Donald G.
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between family dysfunction as perceived by fourth and fifth grade students and behavioral dysfunction in intermediate school students as perceived by fourth and fifth grade students and their teachers. Subjects consisted of regular education students in the fourth and fifth grades. Students referred for psycho-educational evaluation were excluded from this study. Variables investigated were family dysfunction, student...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine if there is a correlation between family dysfunction as perceived by fourth and fifth grade students and behavioral dysfunction in intermediate school students as perceived by fourth and fifth grade students and their teachers. Subjects consisted of regular education students in the fourth and fifth grades. Students referred for psycho-educational evaluation were excluded from this study. Variables investigated were family dysfunction, student behavior, and gender. The study considered the comparative frequency of behavioral dysfunction characteristics among this group and relationships between behavioral dysfunction characteristics. Analysis of data was comprised predominantly of correlation analyses via multiple regression. No significant correlations were found.
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- 1992
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12322
- Subject Headings
- Dysfunctional families, Problem children--Family relationships
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE SENSORY BASIS OF HOST LOCATION BY THE PEARLFISH, CARAPUS BERMUDENSIS (JONES).
- Creator
- VAN METER, VICTORIA BROOK., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This study was designed to determine the sensory basis of host location by the pearlfish, Carapus bermudensis (Jones). Forty-eight hour aquaria observations and examination of stomach contents revealed that pearlfish emerge, probably nightly, shortly after dark and feed on small crustaceans. Experiments in a two-way choice apparatus demonstrate that pearlfish locate the host holothurian, Actinopyga agassizi (Selenka), by olfaction. Vision and rheotaxis are not used as alternative methods of'...
Show moreThis study was designed to determine the sensory basis of host location by the pearlfish, Carapus bermudensis (Jones). Forty-eight hour aquaria observations and examination of stomach contents revealed that pearlfish emerge, probably nightly, shortly after dark and feed on small crustaceans. Experiments in a two-way choice apparatus demonstrate that pearlfish locate the host holothurian, Actinopyga agassizi (Selenka), by olfaction. Vision and rheotaxis are not used as alternative methods of' host location or in conjunction with olfaction. These findings are analyzed in terms of the present knowledge of sensory competence in fish.
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- 1974
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13628
- Subject Headings
- Carapidae, Sea cucumbers, Host-parasite relationships
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Millefoglie.
- Creator
- Panzera, Gloria., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
- Abstract/Description
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This novel is a work of fiction that explores the relationships between three women in the remote mountain village of Gildone in Southern Italy. It begins in 1956 after the protagonist, Liliana Farinacci, discovers she is pregnant. Her husband, Domenico, leaves Italy for Venezuela to find work. Before marrying Domenico, Liliana's former boyfriend, Raphael, confesses his love for her and leaves to better himself in Venezuela. Abandoned and alone Liliana escapes her sorrows at the family bakery...
Show moreThis novel is a work of fiction that explores the relationships between three women in the remote mountain village of Gildone in Southern Italy. It begins in 1956 after the protagonist, Liliana Farinacci, discovers she is pregnant. Her husband, Domenico, leaves Italy for Venezuela to find work. Before marrying Domenico, Liliana's former boyfriend, Raphael, confesses his love for her and leaves to better himself in Venezuela. Abandoned and alone Liliana escapes her sorrows at the family bakery that she runs. The novel follows Liliana, the birth of her daughter, Francesca, and the birth of her granddaughter Anna. Liliana copes with all the gossip in the small town. She also learns that the one secret her mother kept from her might have made a difference in her life's choices and happiness.
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- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2683138
- Subject Headings
- Family secrets, Women, Family relationships, Man-woman relationships
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Associated bacterial communities of two deep-water sponges.
- Creator
- Olson, Julie B., McCarthy, Peter J.
- Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3350900
- Subject Headings
- Sponges, Gel electrophoresis, Heterotrophic bacteria, Host-bacteria relationships
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Quantitative structure-activity studies of di- and triorganotin compounds.
- Creator
- Laughlin, R. B., Jr., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3183728
- Subject Headings
- QSAR (Biochemistry), Organotin compounds--Structure-activity relationships
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Voices of couples affected by Alzheimer's disease.
- Creator
- Bonorandi, Andrea, Williams, Christine L.
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361072
- Subject Headings
- Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's disease--Family relationships, Communication
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Do parent internal working models impact cortisol levels, affect regulation, and promote secure attachment in infants at risk?.
- Creator
- Boklaga, Susan, Graduate College
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-12
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361273
- Subject Headings
- Parent and infant, Parent-child relationship, Cortisol
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The life history of the gastropod ThyonicolaAmericana Tikasingh, endoparasitic in a seasonally eviscerating holothurian host.
- Creator
- Byrne, M., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1985
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007081
- Subject Headings
- Parasitic gastropods, Holothurians, Sea cucumbers, Autotomy, Host-parasite relationships
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Kangoroo care effects on brain maturation and levels of oxytocin.
- Creator
- Gnad, Aurora, Jones, Aaron
- Date Issued
- 2013-04-05
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361084
- Subject Headings
- Oxytocin, Mother-infant relationship, Infants--Care
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Creating conservation: the role of zoos in the future of biodiversity conservation.
- Creator
- Selby, Megan, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
- Abstract/Description
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Once seen as entertainment organizations, many American zoos now strongly promote themselves as agencies of biodiversity conservation, a reorientation prompted in part by growing public concern about endangered species. Funding, research, conservation efforts, and captive breeding programs are the concrete tools that allow zoos to lay claim to their contributions, but it is their more subtle cues that leave a lasting impression with zoo visitors. The exhibits, layout, signage, and...
Show moreOnce seen as entertainment organizations, many American zoos now strongly promote themselves as agencies of biodiversity conservation, a reorientation prompted in part by growing public concern about endangered species. Funding, research, conservation efforts, and captive breeding programs are the concrete tools that allow zoos to lay claim to their contributions, but it is their more subtle cues that leave a lasting impression with zoo visitors. The exhibits, layout, signage, and presentations reflect prevailing attitudes about nature, wildlife, exotic species, and shape ideas about how animals live their lives and what they are like in the wild. This project examines tensions between the public presentation of conservation goals and concrete contributions to conservation. Zoos are one of the few places where the public can see firsthand many animals in an up-close environment and the impact of zoos on the future of conservation may be dependent upon resolving such tensions.
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- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11579
- Subject Headings
- Wildlife conservation, Zoos, Philosophy, Animal welfare, Human-animal relationships
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Perceptions of animal minds.
- Creator
- Maurer, Lauren N., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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Previous research into people's perceptions of animals suggests that people view animals most favorably when they perceive them as being mentally like humans. This thesis examined whether animals perceived as threatening are still seen to be mentally similar to humans, but more likely to experience mental states associated with anger and aggression. Using three separate measures of people's perceptions of animals, including one designed for this study, it was found that participants did...
Show morePrevious research into people's perceptions of animals suggests that people view animals most favorably when they perceive them as being mentally like humans. This thesis examined whether animals perceived as threatening are still seen to be mentally similar to humans, but more likely to experience mental states associated with anger and aggression. Using three separate measures of people's perceptions of animals, including one designed for this study, it was found that participants did indeed view the mental lives of animals differently when those animals were perceived to be threatening. Examination of the effect of the animal chosen showed that some animals are inherently seen as more threatening and less-human like. The implications of these findings for animal conservation efforts, reduction of human-animal conflict, and anthropomorphism in the study of animal cognition were discussed.
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- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2978987
- Subject Headings
- Cognition in animals, Human-animal relationships, Animal behavior
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Risk of sperm competition moderatres men's relationship satisfaction and interest in their partner's copulatory orgasm.
- Creator
- Bates, Vincent M., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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Sperm competition occurs when the sperm of multiple males concurrently occupy a female's reproductive tract and compete for fertilization. Sperm competition may have been a recurrent adaptive problem over human evolutionary history. Women's orgasm may facilitate retention of a particular man's sperm. I therefore hypothesized that men experiencing greater sperm competition risk will be particularly interested in the occurrence of their partner's copulatory orgasm. Men who are more satisfied...
Show moreSperm competition occurs when the sperm of multiple males concurrently occupy a female's reproductive tract and compete for fertilization. Sperm competition may have been a recurrent adaptive problem over human evolutionary history. Women's orgasm may facilitate retention of a particular man's sperm. I therefore hypothesized that men experiencing greater sperm competition risk will be particularly interested in the occurrence of their partner's copulatory orgasm. Men who are more satisfied with and invested in their relationship may experience greater costs in the event of sperm competition and potential cuckoldry. Therefore, these men may be more interested in ensuring their partner's copulatory orgasm. I hypothesized that men's relationship satisfaction and investment would predict interest in their partner's copulatory orgasm and moderate the link between sperm competition risk and interest in partner's copulatory orgasm. Using data secured from 229 men in a committed relationship, I tested and found support for these hypotheses.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2010
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927608
- Subject Headings
- Man-woman relationships, Sperm competition, Human behavior, Competition (Biology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Mate value and partner-directed insults.
- Creator
- Miner, Emily J., Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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To prevent a partner's infidelity and relationship defection, men perform mate retention behaviors. Some of these mate retention behaviors are high-risk because they decrease the likelihood of infidelity while potentially increasing the likelihood of relationship defection. Although previous research has indicated that mate value may be related to mate retention generally, research has not addressed these cost-inflicting mate retention behaviors specifically. The current research examines the...
Show moreTo prevent a partner's infidelity and relationship defection, men perform mate retention behaviors. Some of these mate retention behaviors are high-risk because they decrease the likelihood of infidelity while potentially increasing the likelihood of relationship defection. Although previous research has indicated that mate value may be related to mate retention generally, research has not addressed these cost-inflicting mate retention behaviors specifically. The current research examines the relationship between men's and women's mate values and men's use of partner-directed insults - a specific type of cost-inflicting mate retention behavior. The results from a sample of 158 women indicate that although men's and women's mate values predict men's partner-directed insults, men's mate value is a better predictor than is women's mate value. Women who report that their partners have lower mate value also report that their partners insult them more frequently than women who report that their partners have higher mate value.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/210495
- Subject Headings
- Behaviorism (Psychology), Social aspects, Man-woman relationships, Commitment (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE INTERPLAY OF DOMINANCE, POWER, AND PROSOCIALITY IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS.
- Creator
- Gilad, Corinne, Maniaci, Michael, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Department of Psychology
- Abstract/Description
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The current studies examined the interplay of dominance and power in their effects on various forms of prosociality, along with potential mechanisms that may account for their differential effects. Study 1 found that dominance and power had opposing effects on general prosocial tendencies, with dominance negatively relating to and power positively relating to general prosociality. Study 2 found the negative effects of dominance to be consistent both for general and relationship-specific...
Show moreThe current studies examined the interplay of dominance and power in their effects on various forms of prosociality, along with potential mechanisms that may account for their differential effects. Study 1 found that dominance and power had opposing effects on general prosocial tendencies, with dominance negatively relating to and power positively relating to general prosociality. Study 2 found the negative effects of dominance to be consistent both for general and relationship-specific prosociality. The effects of power were not replicated for the outcomes shared with Study 1, but other positive associations were found between power and prosocial propensities. Indirect effects in studies 1 and 2 supported the potential mediating role of other focus in explaining the differential effects of dominance and power. Study 3 utilized an experimental design to directly examine the potential mediating role of other-focus, by manipulating independent versus interdependent self-construals. Significant interactions between power and condition supported the notion that power positively affects prosociality by increasing other-focus. In the interdependent condition, power significantly predicted perspective-taking, whereas in the independent condition, the effect of power on perspective-taking was not significant. Study 4 involved collecting dyadic data from romantic partners, but did not find any significant partner effects. In line with the other studies, dominance was negatively associated with self-reported supportive tendencies as well as self-reported perceptions of a partner’s supportive behaviors.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2019
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013312
- Subject Headings
- Interpersonal relationships, Dominance (Psychology), Power (Psychology), Social Behavior
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE EFFECT OF CONGRUENCE BETWEEN LEARNING/TEACHING STYLES ON STUDENT RETENTION AT BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FLORIDA).
- Creator
- LIBERMAN, LINDA GRETA., Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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This study was designed to determine whether students' grades and retention in a community college are affected by the degree of congruence between their learning styles and their respective teachers' teaching styles. Using two instruments to identify learning style and degree of self-directed learning, 452 students and twenty-two instructors were tested. A multiple regression analysis, F-tests, T-tests, and cross-tabulation tables were the statistical procedures used to determine the...
Show moreThis study was designed to determine whether students' grades and retention in a community college are affected by the degree of congruence between their learning styles and their respective teachers' teaching styles. Using two instruments to identify learning style and degree of self-directed learning, 452 students and twenty-two instructors were tested. A multiple regression analysis, F-tests, T-tests, and cross-tabulation tables were the statistical procedures used to determine the predictive values of the congruence between learning and teaching styles and self-directed learning on retention and grades. The study's findings suggested that an instructor's age and teaching style and a student's degree of self-directed learning have a stronger relationship to academic achievement and retention in class than does congruence between learning and teaching styles, which is also statistically significant. Learning and academic achievement are very complex interactions and are influenced by a variety of factors. Understanding of congruence of learning and teaching styles is a crucial concept in terms of an overall view of student achievement in the academic environment. However, it cannot be used as an isolated factor in predicting a student's academic potential. Rather, it is one of many inter-dependent aspects of learning which includes teaching style, learning style, degree of self-directed learning, instructor age and sex, and type of class taken as well as level of cognitive development. These are the variables that students, instructors, and school adminstrators must understand and take into consideration in building and developing curriculum that encourages students to reach their academic potential. Further research into student learning style flexibility to determine if students adjust learning strategies to teaching styles at odds with their learning style is warranted. Another follow-up study would be to replicate this study with graduates to ascertain which styles are found among graduates and to determine the percentage of style changes between freshmen and graduates.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1986
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11890
- Subject Headings
- Interaction analysis in education, Teacher-student relationships, Memory
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Human mate poaching: How frequent is it and what motivates it?.
- Creator
- Davies, Alastair P. C., Florida Atlantic University, Shackelford, Todd K.
- Abstract/Description
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Mate poaching occurs when an individual has sexual relations with the romantic partner of another. In Study A, I investigated the prevalence of mate poaching by presenting participants with questions whose devising was informed by a stricter definition of mate poaching than that employed by earlier studies. As expected, relative to participants in earlier studies, the current participants reported fewer experiences of mate poaching. In Study B, I investigated the likelihood that the benefits...
Show moreMate poaching occurs when an individual has sexual relations with the romantic partner of another. In Study A, I investigated the prevalence of mate poaching by presenting participants with questions whose devising was informed by a stricter definition of mate poaching than that employed by earlier studies. As expected, relative to participants in earlier studies, the current participants reported fewer experiences of mate poaching. In Study B, I investigated the likelihood that the benefits and costs of mate poaching will, respectively, motivate participants to poach or will deter them from doing so. Results indicated that for males and females to be motivated to poach, the attached individual must be more attractive than the unattached individual.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13247
- Subject Headings
- Man-woman relationships, Sex (Psychology), Adultery, Commitment (Psychology)
- Format
- Document (PDF)
