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Accommodating to the Learning Environment: Secondary Control, Academic Motivation, and Language Learning Outcomes in Two Cultures.
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This study proposes to identify how secondary control, which involves adjusting the self to accommodate the environment, fits into the framework of Self-Determination Theory for both Canadian and Japanese second language students. It was hypothesized that secondary control via positive...
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Are Chinese Immigrants Evaluated as More Competent than Warm? (In)congruence between Stereotypes and Speech Evaluations
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This study concerns the stereotypes of Chinese immigrants, perception of Mandarin-accented speakers, and the relationship between them. Whereas the study of accented speech has focused on attributes related to status and solidarity, recent research on stereotypes has centered on the two...
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Assessing Accent Anxiety: A measure of Non-native English Speakers’ concerns about their Accents
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Non-native speakers (NNS) often experience anxiety due to challenges posed by their accented speech. Building on these insights, this paper introduces an instrument, the Accent Anxiety Scale (AAS), specifically designed to assess three sources of NNSs’ accent anxiety, including: (1) NNS’s...
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Canadians’ Anti-Masking Attitudes on Twitter During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Several countries recommended universal masking as a preventive health measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 before public health officials in Canada started endorsing public mask wearing. In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, public use of face masks was controversial. Many...
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Changing Language Learning Mindsets: The Role of Implicit Theories of L2 Intelligence for Goal Orientations and Responses to Failure
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Most people likely hold mindsets, or beliefs, about language learning. Some people ascribe successful second language (L2) learning to a natural talent or an innate ability that cannot be further developed (i.e., an entity mindset), while other people believe that L2 learning is a flexible...
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Dimensions of biculturalism: the development of bicultural identity orientation scale (BIOS)
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Four studies (focus groups, exploratory and confirmatory analysis, and follow-up interviews) were designed to investigate people's experiences of biculturalism, particularly as they related to ethnic identity, identity conflict and integration, and hybridity, and to develop a new instrument that...
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English Canadian stereotyping of ethnic groups: The implications of warmth and competence stereotypes for intergroup affect, behaviour and attitudes
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This study examined the stereotypes, affect, behaviours and attitudes held by 167 English Canadian university students toward 16 ethnic groups. Participants completed a questionnaire which assessed their perceptions of each group’s competence and warmth (derived from the Stereotype Content Model;...
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The Changing Chinese Dragon: Implications for (Cross-) Cultural Psychology in a Globalized World
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Applying a hybridization framework that conceptualizes culture as a dynamic and open system, the overall objective of this dissertation is to illuminate some psychological consequences of sociocultural change in contemporary China. Although (cross-) cultural psychology tends to portray China as...
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Fall 2018
Currently, men are under-represented in many careers and fields of study, including foreign-language study. In seven studies, I examined social psychological correlates and causes of the gender gap in enrolment and interest in language-related fields. After reviewing research on gender...
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The relations between sleeping arrangements, and cultural values and beliefs in first generation Chinese immigrants in Canada
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between cultural values, social norms, and beliefs related to co-sleeping with the sleeping arrangements of first generation Chinese immigrants in Canada. The participants were 162 first generation Chinese immigrants from four Canadian cities...