The Vehicle, Spring 2010

Table of Contents ForgettingRashelle McNairpage 34 MuseMary Lieskepage 35 My CompulsionAshton Tembypage 38 MemoryKate Vandermeerpage 41 Killmercialize MeGreg Petersonpage 42 PenJake Smithpage 46 GrassKate Vandermeerpage 48 Character CreationMary Lieskepage 52 Ring Around TheKim Hunter-Perkinspage 54 The Great Cursive ScareJake Smithpage 55 OpiateDoug Urbanskipage 61 What Happens to Little Girls...Jennifer O\u27Neilpage 63 Poetry Sunny DaysRyan Poolpage 2 AtlantisDoug Urbanskipage 4 Garbage CityKate Vandermeerpage 6 Fat Girl ThongsKim Hunter-Perkinspage 7 MercilessRosalia Pecorapage 19 ChemistryMary Lieskepage 20 He-Who-Stopped-TalkingJustin Sudkamppage 22 In Which Iris Contemplates a Barren EarthSean Slatterypage 24 At the Bottom of the WorldNick Canadaypage 27 Dogma: Mush!Scott Maypage 28 ThiefMary Lieskepage 29 Prose Coming HomeDoug Urbanskipage 8 DodoDan Davispage 31 The Poet in the PedestrianScott Maypage 37 Toxic RainJacob Swansonpage 40 What\u27s Your Greatest Fear?Justine Fittonpage 43 Soul VoiceHolly Thomaspage 49 Conversations with a SniperKim Hunter-Perkinspage 56 LettersDaniel Paquinpage 65 Art San Marcos, MexicoKate Vandermeercover Contemplation of the World\u27s EndNicholas Giffordpage 18 Little Lady SitsSarah Hadwigerpage 26 MoodAlycia Rockeypage 30 Four Ducks in a RowMegan Mathypage 36 The Daily EasternBen Tillerypage 39 BirdsAlycia Rockeypage 45 March of the BugsMegan Mathypage 47 Mexico Work ExperienceKate Vandermeerpage 53 Feather and JewelsAlycia Rockeypage 60 The ForgottenMegan Mathypage 64 Special Features Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Vehicle Award Winnerspage 1 James K. Johnson Creative Writing Awardpage 74 Kim Hunter-PerkinsWinning Entries (Poetry)page 75 Clint WalkerWinning Entry (Fiction)page 86 Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jason Brownpage 99 About the Contributorspage 106 About the Editorspage 110https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1093/thumbnail.jp

Re-examining the relationship between measures of static and dynamic balance among young adults

Balance is essential to several activities of daily life, from the capacity to stand independently to the execution of complex sport movements. The extent to which balance can be improved has led researchers to consider whether underlying features of a general balance ability exists, and whether they can be used to predict performance on future balance tasks. Adjacent to this investigation is the debate between theorists who support a general motor ability (GMA) and those who advocate for motor specificity. The notion of task specificity has been supported within the literature, such as the highly cited study by Drowatzky and Zuccato (1967) that compared balance tasks, finding weak correlations between tasks assessed. The purpose of the current study was to replicate this classic study using a more mature, contemporary sample and investigate the relationship between six static and dynamic measures of balance among a young adult population to determine if there is continuing support for this notion. Standardized instructions and procedures were followed when completing the Stork Stand Test, Diver’s Stand Test, Bass Lengthwise Stick Test, Sideward Leap Test, Modified Bass Stepping Stone Test, and a Modified Balance Beam Test. Five hundred and seventy university students completed these six balance performance tests. A Spearman’s rank-order correlation test, assessing the relationship between the results, revealed significant weak to moderate correlations. These results contrasted with the original study that yielded weak correlations between balance tasks, with only one correlation reaching significance (Drowatzky & Zuccato, 1967). While the nature of the tasks assessed made it difficult to draw conclusions with respect to the motor specificity hypothesis, they allowed further reflection on the complexity of balance, and on the specificity of practice hypothesis, thus calling to revisit the debate

Do we know when our impressions of others are valid? evidence for realistic accuracy awareness in first impressions of personality

Do people have insight into the validity of their first impressions or accuracy awareness? Across two large interactive round-robins, those who reported having formed a more accurate impression of a specific target had (a) a more distinctive realistically accurate impression, accurately perceiving the target's unique personality characteristics as described by the target's self-, parent-, and peer-reports, and (b) a more normatively accurate impression, perceiving the target to be similar to what people generally tend to be like. Specifically, if a perceiver reported forming a more valid impression of a specific target, he or she had in fact formed a more realistically accurate impression of that target for all but the highest impression validity levels. In contrast, people who generally reported more valid impressions were not actually more accurate in general. In sum, people are aware of when and for whom their first impressions are more realistically accurate. © The Author(s) 2011.Link_to_subscribed_fulltex

The Vehicle, Spring 2010

Table of Contents ForgettingRashelle McNairpage 34 MuseMary Lieskepage 35 My CompulsionAshton Tembypage 38 MemoryKate Vandermeerpage 41 Killmercialize MeGreg Petersonpage 42 PenJake Smithpage 46 GrassKate Vandermeerpage 48 Character CreationMary Lieskepage 52 Ring Around TheKim Hunter-Perkinspage 54 The Great Cursive ScareJake Smithpage 55 OpiateDoug Urbanskipage 61 What Happens to Little Girls...Jennifer O\u27Neilpage 63 Poetry Sunny DaysRyan Poolpage 2 AtlantisDoug Urbanskipage 4 Garbage CityKate Vandermeerpage 6 Fat Girl ThongsKim Hunter-Perkinspage 7 MercilessRosalia Pecorapage 19 ChemistryMary Lieskepage 20 He-Who-Stopped-TalkingJustin Sudkamppage 22 In Which Iris Contemplates a Barren EarthSean Slatterypage 24 At the Bottom of the WorldNick Canadaypage 27 Dogma: Mush!Scott Maypage 28 ThiefMary Lieskepage 29 Prose Coming HomeDoug Urbanskipage 8 DodoDan Davispage 31 The Poet in the PedestrianScott Maypage 37 Toxic RainJacob Swansonpage 40 What\u27s Your Greatest Fear?Justine Fittonpage 43 Soul VoiceHolly Thomaspage 49 Conversations with a SniperKim Hunter-Perkinspage 56 LettersDaniel Paquinpage 65 Art San Marcos, MexicoKate Vandermeercover Contemplation of the World\u27s EndNicholas Giffordpage 18 Little Lady SitsSarah Hadwigerpage 26 MoodAlycia Rockeypage 30 Four Ducks in a RowMegan Mathypage 36 The Daily EasternBen Tillerypage 39 BirdsAlycia Rockeypage 45 March of the BugsMegan Mathypage 47 Mexico Work ExperienceKate Vandermeerpage 53 Feather and JewelsAlycia Rockeypage 60 The ForgottenMegan Mathypage 64 Special Features Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Vehicle Award Winnerspage 1 James K. Johnson Creative Writing Awardpage 74 Kim Hunter-PerkinsWinning Entries (Poetry)page 75 Clint WalkerWinning Entry (Fiction)page 86 Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jason Brownpage 99 About the Contributorspage 106 About the Editorspage 110https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1093/thumbnail.jp