Browsing Theses - Department of Psychology by Title
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Are our memory predictions absolute or relative? : The effect of comparison on memory judgments
(Bilkent University, 2016-12)The effect of divided attention on memory is well documented. However, its effects on memory predictions are not known. One of the aims of the present study was to investigate whether divided attention affects memory ... -
The contribution of perceptual disfluency in auditory and visual modalities to actual and predicted memory performance
(Bilkent University, 2020-01)Research has shown that perceptual disfluencies may affect both actual and predicted memory performance. However, the contribution of perceptual disfluency in multiple modalities to actual and predicted memory has not ... -
The development of trust judgements about lie-tellers during middle childhood
(Bilkent University, 2021-06)This thesis investigates children's trust evaluations for lie-tellers across three ages (7-,9-, and 11-year-olds) and a number of social situations. A total of 145 primary school children were tested on a Lie-Telling ... -
The dimples of Venus: an adaptive morphological trait of physical attractiveness
(Bilkent University, 2017-07)This thesis documents a series of studies investigating the Dimples of Venus (DOV) as a physically attractive fitness-relevant cue in mating contexts. Judgments of attractiveness across four studies were measured through ... -
Does distance affect memory predictions by activating beliefs about perceptual fluency
(Bilkent University, 2016-06)People predict their future memory performance to be better for the perceptually fluent stimuli than for the disfluent ones. For instance, their memory confidence is higher for the words written in large fonts than small ... -
The effect of early life stress on brain white matter integrity and working memory performance
(Bilkent University, 2019-08)Former studies revealed that exposure to early life adversity is correlated with alterations in the white matter structure, particularly, in the areas associated with executive functioning and memory. Those alterations include ... -
The effect of maternal mental state talk on preschool children’s theory of mind abilities
(Bilkent University, 2016-05)This study investigates the relation between maternal mental state expressions during story book reading and 3- to 5-year-old Turkish speaking children’s theory of mind (ToM) abilities. Thirty-two children completed ToM, ... -
The effect of orientation-related prior probability information on contrast perception
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)It is known that visual perception is the product of sensory input and prior probability information. Previous studies support well that expectation influence recognition and decision-making; however, we have limited ... -
The effect of perceptual fluency on accurate, false and predicted memory performance
(Bilkent University, 2020-06)The retrieval of memories does not reflect the exact copy of the original event and may include false information. Studies show that people become more susceptible to false memories due to post-event misinformation. ... -
Effect of prior knowledge on the illusory truth effect and memory and metacognitive processes underlying this illusion
(Bilkent University, 2021-07)Repeated information typically produces higher truth ratings than novel information. This is called the illusory truth effect. Since this illusion can be obtained with various research materials, the repetition of the ... -
The effect of text coherence on metacognitive judgments
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)Text coherence has an important influence on measures of learning and memory performance. The more coherent the texts are, the easier they are learned and remembered in subsequent memory tests. Moreover, studies also reveal ... -
The effects of mindfulness based yoga intervention on preschoolers’ self-regulation ability
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)This thesis taps into one of the significant developments that has effects on children’s academic and social life; self-regulation. Children develop this ability from early childhood to middle childhood. Research has ... -
Effects of operational sex ratio on sexual misperception
(Bilkent University, 2017-06)The current thesis investigates the operational sex ratio of the environment and its effects on people’s accuracy in evaluating the sex and commitment intent of others. We conducted a speed meeting experiment in Ihsan ... -
The effects of type of retrieval on predicted and actual memory performance for an episodic lie-generation paradigm
(Bilkent University, 2020-08)Intentional generation of lies is a widely studied topic that has attracted attention over the last two decades. However, the memory for one’s intentional lies has not been studied thoroughly. Some studies suggest that ... -
Fact vs. fiction: preschoolers’ learning of information from narrative and expository books
(Bilkent University, 2017-12)Expository and narrative books differ in terms of their structure, content, and language. This study investigated 3- and 5-year-old children’s learning of information from different genres, and whether children differ in ... -
An investigation of Turkish mothers’ narrative styles and their relation to children’s narrative comprehension
(Bilkent University, 2018-05)Quality of mothers’ book sharing interactions with their children show variations at both individual and cultural levels. The narrative styles that mothers adopt during these book sharing interactions influence their ... -
The origins of individual differences in romantic attachment: evolutionary psychological insights
(Bilkent University, 2016-05)The current thesis investigated the hypothesis that evolved psychological mechanisms producing adult attachment strategies are sensitive to personal and contextual inputs linked to costs and benefits of alternative attachment ... -
Paternalistic leadership in Turkey: its relationship with organizational identification, work-group identification, supervisor identification and organizational citizenship behaviors
(Bilkent University, 2016-05)The present study investigates paternalistic leadership from the dyadic leader-subordinate perspective and explores whether paternalistic leadership is associated with subordinates’ identification with the organization, ... -
Relationships between preschoolers’ screen-based media use and self-regulation abilities
(Bilkent University, 2018-08)Screen-based media technologies have become integrated into nearly every aspect of families’ lives. The long-term impact of these technologies on children has only recently started to be investigated. While past developmental ... -
The role of emotion word use in perceived responsiveness during getting acquainted interactions
(Bilkent University, 2019-07)Past research has showed that perceived responsiveness (i.e., the extent to which people think that their relationship partners understand, care for, and appreciate them) is positively associated with individual and ...
