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Slot machine near wins: Effects on pause and sensitivity to win ratios.
(2015)When a near-win outcome occurs on a slot machine, stimuli presented resemble those presented when money is won, but no money is won. Research has shown that gamblers prefer and play for longer on slot machines that ... -
Source use by second-year psychology students in online distance learning
(2019)Literacy skills and behaviours of university-level students are of wide interest today. The research reported here fits in this tradition. It examines second-year psychology students’ source use in a course taught through ... -
The Sovereign New Zealand Wellbeing Index.
(2013)This article outlines the development, methodology, and some preliminary results of the Sovereign New Zealand Wellbeing Index (SNZWI) - a web-based observational longitudinal study of 10,000 adults aged 18 years and over ... -
Stereotypes and discrimination.
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Stereotypes and theories of discrimination.
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The 'negative' credit card effect: Credit cards as spending-limiting stimuli in New Zealand
(2010)The "credit card effect" describes a finding where greater value is given to consumer items if credit card logos are present. One explanation for the effect is that credit cards elicit spending behavior through associative ... -
The influence of reinforcer quality on self-control.
(2006)This study used a self-control paradigm designed as an analogue of choice situations in which individuals choose between two competing immediately available reinforcers each associated with a different delayed reinforcer. ... -
The international wellbeing study: Development, challenges and initial findings.
(2010)Discusses the wellbeing study. Researchers have devoted decades to understanding what leads some people to be healthier than others. However, most people have only studied disease and disorder and failed to also address ... -
Thinking machines.
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Transcending operating barriers online for disabled bodies.
(2006)People with disabilities often face physical, social, and psychological barriers in daily life because of inaccessible structures and disability prejudice. The online medium's physically, nontaxing capacity for participation ...