Volume 1, Issue 1 (2010) | Current Research in Psychology

Towards the Decline and fall of Radical and Educational Constructivism (Mark I)

James Carifio — 2010-01-01

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 1 January 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.1.15

Problem statement: In 1974, McKeachie published a brief article in The Educational Researcher called, "The Decline and Fall of the Laws of Learning". Approach: This article was primarily about ...

Development and Validation of a Measure of Relational Leadership: Implications for Leadership Theory and Policies

James Carifio — 2010-06-20

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 20 June 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.16.28

Problem statement: This study reports the development and validation of the Relational Leadership Questionnaire (RLQ). The consensus attributes of relational leadership are that the relational leader ...

The Path to Treatment: Does It Matter? Relapse and the Reason for Seeking Treatment

Evelyn A. Cage — 2010-06-30

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 30 June 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.29.34

Problem statement: Substance abuse is difficult to treat and many of those who struggle with substance abuse do not see treatment as necessary. Moreover, relapse is common among those who receive trea...

Object Identity, Apparent Motion, Transformation Geometry

Felice L. Bedford — 2010-06-30

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 30 June 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.35.52

Problem statement: A classic question in cognition was addressed on how two glimpses separated in time are determined to refer either to the same object or to two different objects, without which coh...

Olfaction and Emotion Content Effects for Memory of Vignettes

Jeremy W. Grabbe — 2010-06-30

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 30 June 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.53.60

Problem statement: Recent research has shown a relationship between olfaction and episodic/autobiographical memory. The mnemonic theory of odor asserts that odor representation and storage is tied t...

The Relationship between Gender, Age, Depression and Academic Achievement

Rumaya Bte Juhari — 2010-06-30

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 30 June 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.61.66

Problem statement: Depression is said to have a relationship with academic achievement. Thus, the purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between age, depression and academic achiev...

Ageism in British Columbia: A Brief Report

Larry Anderson — 2010-06-30

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 30 June 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.67.70

This short report, using Palmore (2001) Ageism Survey, presents data demonstrating the prevalence of Ageism in British Columbia, Canada. Correlation patterns relating to humour, employment, victimizat...

How (Un)biased are Airport Security Screening Procedures? A Social-Cognitive Experiment

Poornima Madhavan — 2010-06-30

Current Research in Psychology, Published online: 30 June 2010; doi:10.3844/crpsp.2010.71.74

Problem statement: This research examined the role that social-cognitive biases such as gender biases and racial biases play in decision making processes during the screening of carry-on luggage at ai...