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Two studies are presented that examine the role of attractiveness and expertise in the "match-up hypothesis." Much "match-up hypothesis" research has focused on physical attractiveness. Study One examined physical attractiveness as a match-up factor and its impact on brand attitude, purchase intent...
Two studies examined a matching hypothesis: Attitudes predict behaviors better when they both involve the same rather than different levels of attitude-relevant action activity. In Study 1, participants listed actions they might take toward gay men and immediately reported their attitudes. One to two...
The contact hypothesis was developed in the middle of the 20th century by researchers who were interested in understanding how conflict and prejudice could be reduced.Studies in the 1940s and 1950s, for example, found that contact with members of other groups was related to lower levels of prej...
We predicted that state self-efficacy might play a mediating role between state boredom and cheating behaviors (Hypothesis 2). 1.6. Present Study In the current work, we primarily aimed to measure the correlations between state boredom, state self-efficacy, and cheating behaviors on task ...
alienating behaviours in childhood. This study explored the association between exposure to parental alienating behaviours in childhood and mental health outcomes in adults. This study was exploratory. As such, hypothesis testing was not conducted and causal relationships between variables could not be ...
The role of the hippocampus in decision-making is beginning to be more understood. Because of its prospective and inferential functions, we hypothesized that it might be required specifically when decisions involve the evaluation of uncertain values. A g
Human emotions fluctuate over time. However, it is unclear how these shifting emotional states influence the organization of episodic memory. Here, we examine how emotion dynamics transform experiences into memorable events. Using custom musical pieces a
The hypothesis describes the cyclical way in which the increase in reported rates of mental health problems might lead to increased mental health awareness-raising efforts, which in turn leads to two processes, improved recognition and overinterpretation, that lead to increased reported rates of mental...
The starting point for the evaluation of a canonical solution is the rejection of the null hypothesis that there is no relationship between two sets of variables, i.e., the variates X* and 𝑌Y* [97]. With λWilks’ = 0.61, our CCA showed a significant result for the overall model, ...