In two studies, we surveyed the beliefs of undergraduate students (Study 1) and general public 2) about deceptive behavior, memory functioning, effects lying on memory. We compared participants’ with current deception literature. Overall, participants in both studies believed that different types lies (i.e. false denials, feigning amnesia, fabrication) would elicit impairing effects, although t...

In Nigeria, almost every tribe has several superstitious beliefs which, tend to affect their day behavior. The current work investigated the relationship of such with personality traits in southeast geopolitical zone country [specifically Igbo land]. researchers used Big 5 Inventory (BFPI) and Culture Superstitious Belief Scale. internal consistency reliability ICSBS ranged from .30 .67. A tota...

In this descriptive study, we investigated undergraduate students’ epistemic beliefs in history and examined the relationship between their performance written historical reasoning context of a course. We measured expressed through discipline-specific survey, which compared with when writing source-based argument. A subset students also participated task-based interview to investigate more taci...

Most parents and children spend significant amounts of time together, particularly during a child’s K-12 years. Hence, the parent-child relationship may be instrumental in forming an individual’s environmental attitudes and actions. This research examines the relationship between a parent and child’s environmental beliefs, concerns, and behaviors in two ways. First, parents and their college-ag...

the aim of present research was examine of relationship between destruction meta-cognitive beliefs and academic achievement of students with test anxiety. for this purpose, 243 girls and boys subjects with test anxiety of 900 students of guidance schools of noshar city were determined as the sample of study. for gathering the data, meta-cognition questionnaire and test anxiety inventory were us...

BACKGROUND Although considerable research has examined beliefs and learning outcomes (e.g. Schommer, 1990, 1993a, 1993b; Schommer & Dunnell, 1997), little has looked at the relationship between beliefs and the actual learning process. AIMS This research examines the relationship between beliefs about learning and knowledge, and reports of learning strategy-use relevant for successful text com...