Browse theses by postgraduate research students from the School of Psychology.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
A NOVEL MEASURE OF HABITS AND GOAL-DIRECTED CONTROL, Katie Wood
Exploring the behavioural and neural bases of impulsivity in a transdiagnostic approach relevant for addiction., Kenza Kadri
Is there a Relationship between Parents' Screen Usage and Young Children’s Development?, Delphine Nguyen
The effectiveness of imagery use in motivating physical activity and exercise, Karol Nedza
THE EFFECT OF MINDFULNESS-BASED INTERVENTIONS ON ANXIETY DISORDERS THROUGH INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY AND RESILIENCE, Aysun Parlar Yazici
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Development of two disease specific scales to assess the impact of severe asthma on patients' lives, Joseph Lanario
Single-System and Dual-Process Accounts of Explicit and Implicit Memory, Rory Wilfrid Spanton
Testing the adequacy of formal models of an irrational learning effect, Lenard Dome
The Phonetic Specificity of British English-Learning Infants’ Word Form Recognition in Their First Year of Life, Paul Ratnage
What Relationships Exist Between Words In The Lexical-Semantic Systems Of Toddlers?, Nadine Fitzpatrick
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Behavioural determinants of human and planetary health: the role of nature contact and nature connectedness., Leanne Martin
Contributions of Motility to Large-scale Search and Navigation, Rory Baxter
Social identity processes involved in the acceptance and collective actions regarding large-scale energy technologies: The case of deep geothermal energy in Cornwall, Wales and Scotland., Francesca Ausilia Tirotto
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Assessing language development in Arabic-learning monolingual and bilingual toddlers, Alshaimaa Gaber Salah Abdel Wahab
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Culture and Time Perception: Implications for Mental Representation and Decisions, Siew Hong Tan
Neurosensitivity: Implications for Cognition and Creativity., David Bridges
Preferences for shared medical decision-making: Cross-cultural perspectives, Fatimah Alharbi
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Critique of a dual-system model of category learning, C E R Edmunds
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Age-related differences in visuomotor integration as measured by object affordance effects - a combined behavioural and neurophysiological investigation, Elisabeth Linnet
An Investigation into the Role of Subliminal Inputs in Placebo Response, Sally A F Pearce
Exploring the Factors which underpin Young Drivers' Over-Representation in Road Traffic Collisions, Lauren Weston
‘Food that disagrees with me’: An exploration from a psychological perspective., Alexander Wheatley
Subjective Well-Being Among Malaysian Students, Mazni Mustapha
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
AN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF REWARD PREDICTION ERRORS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN, Thomas Sambrook
Believe It or Not: Examining the Case for Intuitive Logic and Effortful Beliefs, Stephanie Howarth
Cognitive Processes in Craving: From the Laboratory to the Real World., Jessica Skorka-Brown
One step ahead: Investigating the influence of prior knowledge on the perception of others’ actions, Toby Nicholson
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Rocky Shores: From Habitat Threat to Marine Awareness & Well-Being Benefits, Kayleigh Wyles
The Contribution of Planning-related Motor Processes to Mental Practice and Imitation Learning, Bassem Khalaf
The Effect of Choice Set Size and Other Choice Architectures on Decisions to Volunteer, Lauren Carroll
The influence of long-term exposure to dialect variation on representation specificity and word learning in toddlers., Samantha Durrant
The Ties that Bind: An Investigation into the Effect of Action Restriction on Motor Simulations, Rachel Shaw
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
From Placebo to self-help: Investigating retention, outcome and mechanisms in self-directed gratitude interventions, Adam William Alfred Geraghty
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
ACUTE EFFECTS OF SELF-PACED WALKING ON SMOKING WITHDRAWAL AND CRAVINGS, Magdalena Katomeri
MEMORY AND METAMEMORY IN PATIENTS WITH TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY, CHARLOTTE EMMA HOWARD
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Geometric and Extra-Geometric Spatial Conceptualisation: A cross-linguistic and non-verbal perspective, Anne Crum-Lindqvist
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING AND THE FALSE BELIEF TASK: A DEVELOPMENTAL STUDY, FREDERIQUE ARRECKX
EXPLORING THE FATE OF NO LONGER RELEVANT SPATIAL INFORMATION USING A MODIFIED STERNBERG TASK, KIRSTEN BURGHARDT
FEATURE BINDING IN VISUO-SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY, JANE VICTORIA ELSLEY
The effect of GM label variation on perceptions of genetically modified foods, Alexandra Jane Costello
THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SMS TEXT MESSAGING, Donna Heracleous
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Investigating the processing style account of the effects of Naval processing on face recognition performance, Nicola Jane Weston
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
PERCEIVED SIMILARITY BETWEEN COMPLEX SOUNDS: THE CONTRIBUTION OF ACOUSTIC, DESCRIPTIVE AND CATEGORICAL FEATURES, KIRSTEEN M ALDRICH
Predicting leadership and performance in uniformed organisations using the five factor model of personality, Christopher John James Allender
THE EFFECTS OF IDEA ELABORATION ON UNCONSCIOUS PLAGIARISM, LOUISA-JAYNE STARK
Training and dual processes in human thinking, Helen Louise Neilens
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
AFFORDANCE, ATTENTION AND LATERALITY, LARI VAINIO
Deconstructing the Tower of London : resolution, alternatives and executive function, Hassina Carder-Gilbert
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ACCURACY OF TASK COMPLETION TIME ESTIMATES, KEVIN EDWARD THOMAS
TOWARDS A NEW THEORY OF SOCIAL PERCEPTION: THE EFFECTS OF SEX AND SEXUALITY ON RAPE ATTRIBUTIONS, LOUISE FARBUS
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
EXPLORATION OF RELEVANCE EFFECTS IN REASONING, SIMON FRANCIS VENN
Individual differences and strategies for human reasoning, Alison Bacon
RETRIEVAL, ACTION AND THE REPRESENTATION OF DISTANCE IN COGNITIVE MAPS, DAVI VANN BUGMANN
Retrieval, action and the representation of distance in cognitive maps, Davi Vann Bugmann
THE COUPLING OF PERCEPTION AND ACTION IN REPRESENTATION, Ed Symes
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
A MEETING OF MINDS ACROSS THE WORKSPACE: COMMON GROUND IN COLLABORATIVE DESIGN, SUSAN ELIZABETH REED
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN A (S-IgA) REACTIVITY TO ACUTE STRESS, MARK ANTHONY WETHERELL
Micro-affordances in visual mental imagery and visual short-term memory, Noreen Derbyshire
POSTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF ILLNESS, SAMANTHA CLAIRE SODERGREN
Toward a Women-Centred Approach to Infant Feeding Research, Lynne Callaghan
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Children's production of locative expressions in English : the influence of geometric and extra-geometric factors, Lynn Valerie Richards
WHAT FACTORS AFFECT CHEATING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL AND WHY?, PENELOPE KATHRYN ARMSTEAD
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO THE EXPLANATION OF GAMBLING BEHAVIOUR: AN EVALUATION, ANTONY DYSON LAURIE
Investigation into the feasibilty of providing intelligent support for computer mediation decision making groups, Andrew Martyn Morley
Losing ground : locational formulations in argumentation over New Travellers, Rebecca Barnes
Working memory and human reasoning : an individual differences approach, Alison Jayne Capon
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Acquisition of syntax in a minature artificial language : effects of input and instruction, Penelope Ann Fowler
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF COPING, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, SELF-ESTEEM AND PERCEIVED STRESS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC BOWEL DISORDERS, GEORGINA CRATCHLEY
EMOTION PROCESSING IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: THE CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS, SHIRLEY ANN RADFORD
POST-NATAL DEPRESSION IN FIRST TIME FATHERHOOD, EMMA VICTORIA WORWOOD
SAHAJA YOGA: AN ANCIENT PATH TO MODERN MENTAL HEALTH?, ADAM MORGAN
The development of undergraduates' approaches to studying and essay writing in higher education, Sherria Linda Hoskins
THEMES AND ISSUES IN THE EXPERIENCE OF CHILD SURVIVOR FRIENDS, Katherine Jane Adolphus
THEORY OF MIND IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM: IS THERE A NEED FOR BETTER TESTS OF WHAT THEY KNOW?, ALEX KAREN PROTO
TRAUMA STRESS SEVERITY AND ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS: A PROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY INTO 11 CAUSAL FACTORS, LOUISE HORNER-BAGGS
USING A PERSONAL CONSTRUCT APPROACH TO EXPLORE QUAUTY OF LIFE ISSUES WITH PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILTTIES, CLAIRE MARIE BOYES
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
THE INFLUENCE OF BELIEF BIAS ON SYLLOGISTIC REASONING, NICOLA-JANE LAMBELL
THE PRIMING OF VISUAL FEATURE INTEGRATION AND ILLUSORY CONJUNCTIONS, GRAHAM DEREK SMITH
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
A COMPARISON OF THE RELATIVE IMPACT OF A COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTION CONSISTING OF AN EDUCATION COMPONENT, WITH A POSTAL EDUCATION PACKAGE, ON COPING WITH OSTEOPOROSIS, CHARLOTTE DAVENPORT CLARKE
ARE MALE SEXUAL OFFENDERS NORMAL MEN, OR CAN THEY BE VIEWED AS A DEVIANT SUB-GROUP OF MEN?, Edwin Price
COGNITIVE APPRAISALS IN OBESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER & OTHER ANXIETY DISORDERS, Jackie MacCallam
COMMUNITY SLEEP CLINICS RUN BY HEALTH VISITORS -AN EVALUATION OF OUTCOME, GAIL MARY-ROSE BARLOW SIMCOCK
Individual differences in psychological adjustment to perceived abnormalities of appearance, Timothy Peter Moss
INDUCTIVE REASONING IN PERSECUTORY DELUSIONAL THOUGHT, IAN WALTER SHELLEY BAKER
INTRUSIVE MEMORIES, COPING AND OUTCOME IN DEPRESSION: TOWARDS A TRAUMATIC PROCESSING MODEL?, JULIE DIANE PARKER
INVESTIGATING ROLE STRAIN, COPING AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN COMBINING MULTIPLE ROLES, SURINDERJIT BANGA
IS TOILET TRAINING AS EASY AS A B C?, JOHN DORAN
REFLECTIONS ON VOICES, Lynn McClelland
STAFF RESPONSES TO CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR: AN EVALUATION OF BEHAVIOUR ANALYTIC CONCEPTS AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, NEIL BATHURST
THE POTENTIATION OF ACTIONS BY VISUAL OBJECTS, MICHAEL RICHARD EDWIN TUCKER
THE ROLE OF TACTILE SENSATION MEDIATED BY THE INFRAORBITAL BRANCH OF THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE (V) ON SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR OF MALE AND FEMALE RATS, VLASTIMIL MALINEK
Theses/Dissertations from 1996
Information selection and belief updating in hypothesis evaluation, Aidan Feeney
OUTCOME BIAS IN JUDGEMENTS OF THE QUALITY OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS, PETER BRADON
Reference and Representation in Down's Syndrome, Lois Joy Kingsbury Moore
