Graduate Theses and Dissertations - Psychology
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ADOLESCENT PLEA BARGAINS: DEVELOPMENTAL AND CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES OF PLEA BARGAIN DECISION MAKING
(Georgetown University, 2017)Problem. Plea-bargaining is the most common conviction process in the United States yet there is a lack of research on how plea bargain decisions are made within the judicial process. By accepting a plea bargain, a defendant ... -
An investigation of the role and specificity of affective deficits in the development of callous unemotional traits and antisocial behaviors
(Georgetown University, 2017)With the development of new diagnostic criteria for Conduct Disorder (CD) in the DSM-5, the Limited Prosocial Emotions (LPE) specifier was added to identify a subgroup of children who exhibit what have traditionally been ... -
Multidetermined concern: Roles for affective and cognitive processes in empathy and altruism
(Georgetown University, 2016)Altruistic responding to distress relies on a series of empathic processes. These include perception of distress and vulnerability, affective resonance with this distress, and motivation to do something to improve the ... -
BELIEFS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF EMOTIONS: RELATIONSHIPS TO REPORTED AND OBSERVABLE EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR THROUGH INTERPERSONAL GOALS
(Georgetown University, 2016)Beliefs about emotions play an important role in guiding emotional behavior. Though emotions are interpersonal phenomena, we know little about individuals’ beliefs about the consequences of their emotions for others. My ... -
THE ROLE OF SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS
(Georgetown University, 2016)American public schools have long been the key policy mechanism for enhancing America’s human resources and for giving students the skills they need to be successful, contributing citizens in the complex, 21st century ...
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