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Anger Is A Feeling Too: An exploration of emotional work and the effects of gender based Emotional Language Competency development in heterosexual relationships
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In order to maintain or regain harmony in a romantic relationship, couples must carry out emotional work. It is possible that this work is not equitably distributed across both partners. A number of emotions have been gendered and stigmatized within society over the evolution of humanity with...
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How autistic are you? Autistic-like traits, language ability, and how a nasal voice shapes people’s social judgements
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Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is thought to be the far end of a spectrum of behaviours that include individuals from the neurotypical population. Characteristics associated with ASD are autistic-like traits such as decreased social skill and acute attention to detail. Language difficulties,...
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How Does Learning L2-English in an Immersion Context Compare to Learning in a Majority-Language Context? Comparing Adolescent L1- Mandarin Speakers in Taiwan to Peers in Western Canada
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This dissertation reports three independent studies undertaken to better understand the second language (L2) English abilities that speakers of first-language (L1) Mandarin develop in language immersion classrooms. Children learning an L2 as the majority language of their community and schooling...
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Socialization for independence and interdependence in Canadian and South Asian immigrant families in Canada
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In this study I compared independence and interdependence in Canadian (N = 43) and South Asian immigrant mothers (N =49) and their children (Canadian: N = 44, South Asian: N = 47), living in Edmonton, which is an Anglophone city in Western Canada. Canada and South Asia have been classified as...
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Testing Effects of Bilingualism on Inhibition, Shifting and Working Memory Ability in Adults
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Bilingualism is a prevalent experience and the notion of bilingual advantage in cognitive abilities has been debated hotly over the past decades. Researchers have sought to investigate the long-term impacts of knowing a second language on executive function (EF) enrichment. Some studies have...
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Fall 2023
Cognitive load theory posits that due to our limited cognitive resources, gestures can be used as external storage to maintain some of the information as the load increases. In this study, we used a narrative task to examine the significance of cognitive load and spatial abilities on gesture...