Exploring Cognitive Dissonance between College Students\u27 Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Their Higher Education

With perceptions of conflict between religion and science often appearing in popular discussions and academic writings, cognitive dissonance may result if college students find their epistemological beliefs challenged during their undergraduate education. The purpose of this study is to explore whether students experience cognitive dissonance between their religious and spiritual identity and their college education and experiences, as well as whether certain factors in college life lead to cognitive dissonance. College students (N = 272) from the Central Florida area were surveyed with measures exploring the dimensions of college life that affect the likelihood of students experiencing tension between their religious and spiritual beliefs, and their course material and college experiences. Results from binary logistic regressions reveal that the level of a student\u27s religiosity and/or spirituality bears no relation to experiencing cognitive dissonance. Involvement in fraternities and sororities, partying, and church attendance were associated with a decrease in the likelihood of experiencing cognitive dissonance. These results may suggest a social factor that mitigates cognitive dissonance for students

Reduction of Rocket-Borne Atmospheric Density Measurements Using Monte Carlo Simulation

The HEX II atmospheric rocket experiment, conducted near 9:30 U.T. February 14, 2007 from the Poker Flat Rocket Range in Alaska was designed to lead to a better understanding of density and velocity gradients in the lower thermosphere. In a supporting role to this mission, cold cathode ionization gauges recorded composite density along three rocket payload trajectory paths from 90 km to 200 km. Rocket-borne instruments experience near sonic to hypersonic velocities and encounter a range of viscous, slipflow, and collisionless flow conditions at these heights. These variable conditions necessitate the use of tailored analytic expressions appropriate to the flow conditions, requiring increasingly unacceptable levels of approximation beyond their applicable range. In contrast, Direct Monte Carlo-based simulations (DSMC) reproduce the full behaviour of a gas through direct representation of gas molecules and their kinetics by a matrix of state variables, allowing accurate prediction of evolving macroscopic gas characteristics under a wide variety of mean free path conditions. The HEX II ion density measurements are corrected for atmospheric ram and wake effects using G.A. Bird\u27s DSMC DS3VD software and a simulated payload in a model atmosphere. Density measurements were likewise corrected through the use of analytic expressions appropriate to either viscous or collisionless flow. The ambient atmospheric densities reduced by the DSMC simulation factors are maximum +4.5%/-5.7% uncertain, instrument error excluded. However, DSMC reduced ambient densities near 115 km were outside the bounds of estimated model atmosphere variation(+200%/-50%). Other sources of error, such as instrument and calibration uncertainty, must be not only identified but also accounted for to improve these results. DSMC ram reduction factors were typically only +/- 2% different from collisionless analytic factors above 120 km, wake regions excluded. Therefore, less costly analytic ram factors may be used in place of DSMC simulations for a carefully designed instrument chamber within the collisionless region, typically above 120 km

Biography of Reverend Charles William Rogers (1809-1861)

The early life of Rev. Charles w. Rogers is very obscure. Having been born into a wealthy family and becoming a Minister, I am going to assume he was well educated. He married Caroline M. R_?., a native of Connecticut. To them four children were born; Anna, Carrie, Georgia and Charles U. Rogers. Indications are that Anna was the oldest of the four children, named for her grandmother. Already married at the time of her father\u27s death, she was also first child mentioned in her father\u27s will. Anna married Dr. Joseph West. Daughter Carrie married Samuel Stiles of Savannah. Two months after the death of her father Georgia Georgia married Peyton L. Wade of Screven County July 16, 1861. Georgia was later widowed and in 1865, she married Fraser Ho Grant Jr., a local bookkeeper. Charles w. Rogers, son of Rev. Charles W. Rogers died in 1863, at the age of 18, two years after the death of his father.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/1144/thumbnail.jp

The Leadership Effectiveness of the Judean Kings/Queen

In this study, the leadership effectiveness of the Judean kings/queen during the divided kingdom was examined. The research methodology utilized was a multi-case study of the Judean rulers through an exegetical analysis of 2 Chronicles 10-36. A multifaceted method was utilized for genre inquiry to explore the unique properties of the book of Chronicles. The study placed biblical literature into the history genre through the Chronicler’s varied conveyance methods. The textual units linked with the narrative analysis of the discovered location, repetition, and themes. Some intertextual engagement overlapped with archaeology, Kings’ records, and prophetic literature. The researcher identified seven leadership themes from the Chronicler\u27s document that provide theoretical and practical implications for contemporary leaders

An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationships Between Self-Images, Perceived-Risk, and Purchase Intention Horizons.

The purpose of this study is to examine in some detail the nature of some commonly acknowledged psychological constructs related to consumer behavior. These constructs, perceptual in nature, are self-image and perceived risk. In addition, a third concept of more recent vintage was included: purchase intention expectations, or more simply time perceptions. The focus of the study was an exploration of interrelationships among the three constructs. The following objectives were specified: (1) to analyze the relationship between self-image and ideal self-image across a group of products, across time, and as this relationship relates to risk, (2) to investigate the relationships of the three types of risk (economic, social, and psychological) and overall risk to images, to products, and to time perception, and, (3) to investigate overall relationships which might aid in the interpretation of image and risk perception phenomena. The data required for analysis of these relationships were collected from a sample of adult consumers who reside in selected areas of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These respondents are representative of a large proportion of American consumers. To the extent possible, instrumentation (to include stimuli) were selected to reflect past research in the areas of self-image and perceived risk. However, this consideration was modified by virtue of the fact that the interrelationships of the constructs was of primary concern. An important aspect of this research was the issues of reliability and validity related to the instrumentation used. These issues were examined in detail, given the limiting nature of theory in the area of construct measurement. This effort pointed out shortcomings in the theory when applied to single-item measurement. Hypotheses were constructed around each construct and around construct interrelationships. Testing of these hypotheses led to the following general conclusions: (1) Evidence of the sought relationships have been found in the data, (2) The relationships are not simple and vary from product to product and from construct to construct, (3) Different products and product groups display variations in risk/image relationships, (4) The various types of risk relate differently to the image factors, (5) Both risk and image factors seem to vary more widely with durable products than with convenience products, (6) In a general way, image congruence is associated with less risk perception, (7) Ownership was indicated as being related to both risk and image variables, (8) Consumer\u27s reports of overall perceived risk predict more accurately than their reports of specific risk types, and (9) The relationship between image matching and purchase intention horizons may not have much meaning for consumers when the concepts are applied to most products. Based on the knowledge gained, a number of suggestions for further research have been generated. These suggestions relate to construct definition and refinement, to constructing and testing specific typologies of consumers, and to consideration of brands of products and other market factors

The psychology of protest: Activism involvement and burnout

Since January 2021, the SPU community has protested policies that result in employment discrimination for the LGBTQIA+ community. We tested a model of indirect effects, predicting protest-related burnout directly from hours per week of protest activity and indirectly through eight work values. No work values predicted protest engagement and protest-related burnout was not predicted by weekly hours of protest engagement. The work value relationship, had an was inversely related to protest-related burnout (*B* = -0.293, *p* = 0.003); security was positively related to protest-related burnout (*B* = 0.150, *p* = 0.072). Our model predicted 31% of the protest burnout variance

Sacred changes on campus the effects of higher educational experience on religiosity and spirituality, and resolving cognitive dissonance

Changes in religious and spiritual trends over the past few decades are contradicting previously held assumptions in academia pertaining to personal religious and spiritual definitions, identities and how these religious and spiritual identities are affected by higher educational attainment. In addition, there is limited research on how students may resolve cognitive dissonance if it develops due to discrepancies between their college experiences and their personal spiritual or religious convictions. The intent of this thesis is to explore the effects of college experience and higher educational attainment on students\u27 religious and spiritual identities; to explore the growing trend to identify as \u27spiritual, but not religious;\u27 and to explore whether any changes in their religious and spiritual identity are as a result of adjustments spurred by cognitive dissonance. This study helps fill in gaps in current literature about the effects of higher education on religious and spiritual identity and their resolutions of cognitive dissonance

Composition and dynamics of the nucleolinus, a link between the nucleolus and cell division apparatus in surf clam (Spisula) oocytes

Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2011. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (2012): 6702-6713, doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.288506.The nucleolinus is a little-known cellular structure, discovered over 150 years ago (1) and thought by some investigators in the late 19th to mid-20th century to function in the formation of the centrosomes or spindle. A role for the nucleolinus in formation of the cell division apparatus has recently been confirmed in oocytes of the surf clam, Spisula solidissima (2). However, we know so little about the composition and dynamics of this compartment, it is difficult to construct mechanistic hypotheses or even to be sure that prior reports were describing analogous structures in the cells of mammals, amphibians, plants, and other organisms where it was observed. Surf clam oocytes are an attractive model to approach this problem because the nucleolinus is easily visible by light microscopy, making it accessible by laser microsurgery as well as isolation by common cell fractionation techniques. In this report we analyze the macromolecular composition of isolated Spisula nucleolini and examine the relationship of this structure to the nucleolus and cell division apparatus. Analysis of nucleolinar RNA and protein revealed a set of molecules that overlaps with, but is nevertheless distinct from the nucleolus. The proteins identified were primarily ones involved in nucleic acid metabolism and cell cycle regulation. Monoclonal antibodies generated against isolated nucleolini revealed centrosomal forerunners in the oocyte cytoplasm. Finally, induction of damage to the nucleolinus by laser microsurgery altered the trafficking of α- and γ-tubulin after fertilization. These observations strongly support a role for the nucleolinus in cell division and represent our first clues regarding mechanism.This work was supported by a grant from the NIH (GM088503) to M.C.A