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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMISCONSTRUING AGENCY: ISSUES RELATED TO FREE WILL AND DETERMINISMShirley Matile OgletreeAgency (related to intentionality and the importance of choices) and free will (&#34could have done otherwise&#34) have been confounded in previous psychological research, with assessments and manipulations of free will often including items related to agency. Therefore, correlates previously associated with free will may, to some extent, be based on agentic assumptions. In this study 152 college students from a … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 1 · 15 Feb 2014 · 7,547 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffects of Perceived Fitness Level of Exercise Partner on Intensity of ExertionThomas G. Plante, Meghan Madden, Sonia Mann et al.Problem statement: Social comparison theory was used to examine if exercising with a research confederate posing as either high fit or low fit would increase the exertion in exercising. Approach: 91 college students were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: Biking alone, biking with a high fit confederate, or biking with a low fit confederate. All participants were instructed … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2010 · 12,111 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDeterminants of Success within an Integrated Business Curriculum Context: An Econometric AssessmentIsmail H. Genc, Selahattin BekmezThis paper studies an ongoing curriculum innovation at the College of Business and Economics at the University of Idaho, with junior level economics and business classes under one common team taught course, the Integrated Business Curriculum (IBC), instead of independent classes. In our study, there were six modules (classes) within IBC. The students were required to form teams, along with … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 7,671 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCyberbullying Victimization and Behaviors Among Girls: Applying Research Findings in the FieldPatricia A. Snell, Elizabeth K. EnglanderProblem statement: Prior research on cyberbullying has been conducted; however specific research on gender differences has yet to be examined. The current study focuses on gender trends, specifically females, in cyberbullying victimization and behaviors. Approach: A survey was given to undergraduate students at Bridgewater State College in an effort to see what gender trends exist in cyberbullying behaviors. A pilot … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 23 Oct 2005 · 12,186 accessesView PDF Cite