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Canadian Connections to Research in this Chapter

Assanand, S., Pinel, J. P. J., & Lehman, D. R. (1998). Personal theories of hunger and eating. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 998-1015. (University of British Columbia: http://www.ubc.ca/)


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Birmingham, C. L., Muller, J. L., Palepu, A., Spinelli, J. P., & Anis, A. H. (1999). The cost of obesity in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 160, 483-488. (University of British Columbia: http://www.ubc.ca/)


Bradley, M. T., & MacLaren, V. V., & Carle, S. B. (1996). Deception and nondeception in guilty knowledge and guilty actions polygraph tests. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81, 153-160. (University of New Brunswick: http://www.unb.ca/)


Bradley, M. T., & Rettinger, J. (1992). Awareness of crime-relevant information and the guilty knowledge test. Journal of Applied Psychology, 77, 55-59. (University of New Brunswick: http://www.unb.ca/)


Enzle, M. E., & Ross, J. M. (1978). Increasing and decreasing intrinsic interest with contingent rewards: A test of cognitive evaluation theory. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 14, 588-597. (University of Alberta: http://www.ualberta.ca/)


Epling, W. F., & Pierce, W. D. (1991). Solving the anorexia problem: A scientific approach. Toronto: Hogrefe and Huber Publishers. (University of Alberta: http://www.ualberta.ca/)


Furedy, J. J. (1996). The North American polygraph and psychophysiology: Disinterest, uninterested, and interested perspectives. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 21, 243-254. (University of Toronto: http://www.utoronto.ca/)


Hebb, D. O. (1955). Drives and the C.N.S. (conceptual nervous system). Psychological Review, 62, 243–254. (McGill University: http://www.mcgill.ca/)

Donald Hebb received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution award from the American Psychological Association in 1961 and in 1980 the award that bears his name from the Canadian Psychological Association.


Henke, P. G. (1982). The telencephalic limbic system and experimental gastric pathology: A review. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 6, 381–390. (St. Francis Xavier University: http://www.stfx.ca/)


Jasper, H. H. (1995). A historical perspective: The rise and fall of prefrontal lobotomy. In H. H. Jasper, & S. Riggio (Eds.), Epilepsy and the functional anatomy of the frontal lobe. Advances in neurology (Vol. 66). (pp. 97–114). New York, NY: Raven Press. (University of Montreal: http://www.umontreal.ca)


Jenkins, J. M., Oatley, K., & Stein, N. L. (Eds.). (1998). Human emotions: A reader. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc. (University of Toronto: http://www.utoronto.ca/)


Karniol, R., & Ross, M. (1977). The effects of performance-relevant and performance-irrelevant rewards on children's intrinsic motivation. Child Development, 48, 482-487. (University of Waterloo: http://www.uwaterloo.ca/)


Olds, J., & Milner, P. (1954). Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal areas and other regions of rat brains. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 47, 419–427. (McGill University: http://www.mcgill.ca/)

James Olds was the 1967 winner of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions.


Pierce, W. D., & Epling, W. F. (1997). Activity anorexia: The interplay of culture, behavior, and biology. In P. Lamal (Ed.), Cultural contingencies: Behavior analytic perspectives on cultural practices. Westport, CT: Prager Publishers/Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (University of Alberta: http://www.ualberta.ca/)


Pinel, J. P. J., Assan, S., and Lehman, D. R. (2000). Hunger, eating, and ill health. American Psychologist, 55, 1105-1116. (University of British Columbia: http://www.ubc.ca/)


Statistics Canada. (1995). National population health survey, 1994-1995. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 1995. (Statistics Canada: http://www.statcan.ca/)


Vallerand, R. J. (1997). Towards a heirarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 29, pp. 271-360). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. (Universite du Quebec a Montreal: http://www.uqam.ca/)


Vallerand, R. J., Reid, G. (1984). On the causal effect of perceived competence on intrinsic motivation: A test of cognitve evaluation theory. Journal of Sports Psychology, 6, 94-102. (Universite du Quebec a Montreal: http://www.uqam.ca/)

 

Weblinks

Emotional Intelligence Quiz
A short quiz to assess your “emotional intelligence” quotient.
Sexual Orientation Resources on the WWW
The University of Alberta has set out links to general information resources, organizations and networks, educational and research sites, and fun links dealing with issues relating to sexual orientation.
Polygraph Testing
The Federation of American Scientists has a page devoted to polygraph policy, with links to polygraph-related news, legislation and policy, federal use, and studies.

 

Suggestions for Further Reading

Berk, L. E. (1993). Infants, children, and adolescents. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

This text presents an excellent overview of research and theory in the fields of infant, childhood, and adolescent development.


Schaie, W. K., & Willis, S. L. (1992). Adult development and learning (3rd. ed.). New York, NY: HarperCollins.

A well-written and thorough introduction to the major issues involved in studying adult development.


Hoyenga, K. B., & Hoyenga, K. T. (1993). Gender-related differences: Origins and outcomes. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

This book examines gender differences from evolutionary, physiological, and cultural perspectives.


Harwood, R. L., Miller, J. G., & Irizarry, N. L. (1995). Culture and attachment: Perceptions of the child in context. New York, NY: Guilford.

As its title implies, this book considers cultural variables that influence the development of attachment between infants and their caregivers, including socioeconomic status, perceptions of different attachment behaviours, and perceptions of children themselves.

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