Browsing Psychology (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Behavioural and Electrophysiological Aspects of Error Processing in Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Ageing
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2020)An inherent aspect of healthy, non-pathological ageing is a marked decline in cognitive ability across a distributed network of functions. One feature of this reduced cognitive capacity is a diminution in the ability to ... -
Behavioural reactivity and ensuing temperamental traits in young thoroughbred racehorses (Equus caballus)
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)This thesis is the culmination of a four-year research project carried out through the Department of Psychology in the University of Dublin, Trinity College and in which behavioural reactivity and ensuing temperamental ... -
Body, self and world : the embodied experience of chronic illness and medical technology
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2009)Illness and medical treatment profoundly alter how we experience the body and relate to our worlds. The aim of this thesis is to carry out a conceptual and empirical analysis of the role of the body in the experience of ... -
Caregivers’ perspectives of their relative’s admission
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2015)Caregivers often act as invisible pillars of support to both the service user and their adjoined mental health service. Caregiving can have a profound positive and negative effect on the caregiver’s health and relationship ... -
Characterisation of executive deficits in attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder and avenues for their remediation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder that affects both children and adults and is associated with a range of behavioural and cognitive difficulties. This thesis aims to ... -
Children's & mothers' experiences of parenting & parent-child relationships in lone-mother households
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2008)This qualitative study of children's and mothers' experiences of living in a one-parent household set out to investigate how parenting practices and family relationships are negotiated, understood and experienced by children ... -
Children's perceptions of closeness and security in relationships with parents following parental separation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2005)Much has been researched and written on the effects of parental separation on children's relationships with their parents. Notably absent from previous research is a focus on close emotional ties and feelings of security ... -
Cognitive processes in causal and counterfactual thinking
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2007)The aim of this thesis is to examine the mental representation of and cognitive processes involved in causal and counterfactual thinking. In particular we examine differences between different types of causes, that is, ... -
Cognitive reserve : an investigation of construct validity and relationships with cognitive function in generally healthy older adults
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2016)This thesis evaluated the construct validity of a multiple-indicator, latent variable model of cognitive reserve (CR), and investigated relationships between this construct and age-related cognitive outcomes in a cohort ... -
Comparative analysis of safety management systems and safety culture in aircraft maintenance
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2003)The overall objective of the thesis was on developing a deeper understanding of the organisational processes of safety management systems and how they are embedded in the culture of aircraft maintenance organisations. The ... -
Comparing and contrasting the effects of aerobic exercise and the exercise mimetic, resveratrol, on neurocognitive function
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Excerpt from introduction: Although taken out of context from their use in the opening line of Juvenal’s poem, Satire X, from the late 1st century, these words have often been repeated to promote the belief that only a ... -
Comparison of cardiac rehabilitation outcome measures
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)The aim of the present study was to investigate the responsiveness of psychosocial instruments to cardiac rehabilitation intervention. Responsiveness refers to the ability of an instrument to detect change over time and ... -
Congitive Processes in Moral Judgement
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2018)Psychological theories of morality tend to agree that automatic processes in the mind influence moral judgments, but they disagree about the role of effortful cognition. These theories also focus primarily on how people ... -
Connectivity of the Executive Control Network and Its Relation to Function in Adults and Infants
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Psychology. Discipline of Psychology, 2023)The executive control network (ECN) is critical for effective, organized behavior. But what mechanisms allow it to play this core role in higher cognition? An important property of the ECN is thought to be its connectivity ... -
Conscious information processing during and after recovery from deep anaesthesia
This thesis aimed to answer two important questions in anaesthesia research. Firstly, despite an abundance of studies examining brain changes upon abolition of consciousness by anaesthesia, very few have focused on how ... -
Constructing a social psychological model of prejudice towards minorities : social identity, relative deprivation and widespread beliefs
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2000)A social psychological model of prejudice was developed based on Relative Deprivation and Social Identity Theory. This model emphasised social identification and comparison processes and was designed to predict prejudice ... -
Contributing factors to the experience of Cancer-Related Fatigue (CRF) before and after treatment with chemotherapy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2013)Cancer and cancer treatment can have substantial and long-lasting physical, psychological and social repercussions that can significantly diminish quality of life (QOL). This thesis focussed on cancer-related fatigue (CRF), ... -
Contributions to human factors from three case studies in aircraft maintenance
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)Three case studies form the heart of this thesis. The first one was based on a project called AIR, which was a human factors continuous improvement change initiative. The second one was based on a different type of change ... -
Counterfactual thinking in children
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)The aim of this thesis is to examine how children imagine counterfactual alternatives to reality, that is, how they think about situations that once were possible, but are so no longer. We report six experiments, comprising ... -
Crossmodal face recognition
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Psychology, 2006)Although all faces share the same basic configuration of features, we are capable of distinguishing between, and recognising hundreds, and even thousands of faces with remarkable skill and precision. The perceptual processes, ...
