This dissertation presents a dynamic theory of personality and emotions. The theory offered is explicit in its incorporation of an evolutionary-functionalist perspective and suggests that personality and the emotions are ...

The present thesis employed psychophysical choice procedures to examine the role of the cerebellum in interval timing in Wistar rats within the context of W. H. Meck and R. M. Church's (1983) mode control model of timing ...

The present program of investigation is concerned with the optical support for the perception and control of heading during constant-altitude approach to a stationary target. Of particular interest is the functional ...

Part 1 of this study examined family group conference (FGC) outcomes (a statutory mechanism of the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989) for young offenders. Part 2 examined the acceptability of FGC outcomes ...

Previous studies comparing memory loss in dementia and depression have been criticised for failing to equate for differences in initial learning ability. The purpose of this study was to see if elderly depressed ...

The purpose of the present studies was to examine the impact of dissimulation of emotional expression on the intensity of emotion and subjective emotional experience. In further analysis the degree of subjects' success in ...

This research addresses the socio-cultural and psychological effects of tourism on the indigenous people of a developing nation. The Cook Islands served as a case study. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to ...

Sexual preference has been identified as an important component in the motivational matrix of many sexual offenders against children. Deviant sexual cues or behaviours are understood to elicit maximal arousal in the offender, ...

The seemingly endless possibility of reflecting upon psychological theories and 'knowledge' has created an intractable difficulty in understanding what psychology is about and what it produces. This 'problem of reflexivity' ...

The aim of this study was to consider the concept of Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) in New Zealand organisations. In particular this study focused on the progress of EEO in New Zealand public and private ...