The Effects of Self-Presentational Goals While Using Social Networking Sites on Contingencies of Self-Worth

People’s social image is an important part of their feelings of self-worth (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). The rise in social networking sites allows for people to become even more social, yet allows them a great amount of control over their social image. The present research investigated whether the social and self-presentational nature of social networking sites can change its users’ contingencies of self-worth (Crocker & Wolfe, 2001). It was hypothesized that social networking use leads to an increased concern with others’ perception and a greater dependence on external contingencies of self-worth (appearance, approval of others, and competition). Forty-four participants used a social networking site designed to mimic Facebook for one week. Participants’ goals for the social networking site were manipulated and change in their external contingencies of self-worth and concern with perception on Facebook was measured. Although no significant changes in external contingencies of self-worth were found, participants with an impression goal became more concerned with their perception on Facebook compared to participants with an expression goal. This provides preliminary evidence that striving to impress others through social networks can lead to an increased concern with others’ perceptions and possibly an increased value placed on validation from others.No embarg

Pacing Ourselves: Saving Medicaid through Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

The baby boomer generation is aging, and those in the boomer generation will soon pose an unparalleled burden on government-subsidized health care systems like Medicaid. To sustain this impending burden, these systems must undergo significant reform. Most elderly individuals require long-term care at some point in their lives. Today, many baby boomers are providing this care to their elderly parents, and this practice has kept most of the elderly in need of care at home and out of long-term care facilities. As the baby boomers age, though, they will have fewer family members available to care for them and will depend on outside sources for care. Furthermore, the baby boomers will depend on Medicaid to pay for this care. However, this health care system is already strained, even with the current trend of family caregivers. Fortunately, one health care program could lighten this oncoming burden: Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Through PACE, patients can remain at home and in their communities while receiving care from an interdisciplinary team of professionals. Regulations controlling PACE demand high-quality care, and operating PACE organizations have experienced positive outcomes. Because of the cost benefits of home- and community-based care, states that have enacted PACE have also saved on health care costs. Current PACE regulations allow states to optionally offer PACE through Medicaid. However, the high start-up costs of opening new PACE centers deter the program’s expansion. This Comment will advocate for the federal government to subsidize these start-up costs. Subsidizing start-up costs will expand PACE through Medicaid, effectively reaching PACE’s target audience. By expanding PACE, elderly citizens will enjoy the benefits of the program, and the federal government will reap the cost savings. This solution will relieve the strain on Medicaid while supporting the baby boomers’ looming long-term care needs

Personality Effects on Perception of Emotion from Audible Cues

nil lcrences in personality traits lead to varied reactions to emotional judgments (Golim & CMorc. 2000). It was investigated whether higher levels of emotional clarity, intensity, and attention improve emotional reaction times and accuracy. Participants reacted to sounds by indicating the presence and description of emotions. Participants completed personality scales to determine individual levels of traits. It was found that higher ratings for any trait were related to accuracy. Faster participants were more accurate in their responses and increasingly so when possessing higher clarity. This group also had increased levels of intensity and attention. For those slower, attention was correlated with accuracy. Those able to identify an emotion quickly were more accurate in emotional Judgments

See Where it Drifts: the Influence of Aboriginal Art on an Australian Ontology of Painting

This thesis examines the influence of Aboriginal contemporary art on an Australian ontology of painting. This investigation is driven by the questions that arise as an emerging artist working in the unfolding discourse of the contemporary, the historical legacy of colonialism, and the unparalleled impact and influence of Aboriginal contemporary art on the Australian artworld. The methodology and concerns of the research have emerged directly from the studio practice and have been examined through both the thesis and studio work. The influence of Aboriginal art on an Australian ontology of painting is addressed through three major areas of impact and intersections between Aboriginal and non-Indigenous art at the core of contemporary Australian painting—the possibility of influence, the idea of landscape and appropriation. The author’s work is considered throughout the thesis, in particular as the core case study of influence. The thesis emphasises the important viewpoint of emerging artists in this evolving discourse. A significant part of this research project has been the collection of empirical data: through interviews, exhibitions, research trips to remote art centres and curatorial projects across Australia. The discourse surrounding this field is one that is rapidly developing, and has increased significantly during the research project. The increase in publications and articles not only indicates the significance of this field to current discourse and artistic practice, but also its evolving nature. For this reason the thesis has highlighted literature that has been published in the last five years

Bullies In Blue: Origins and Consequences of School Policing

This new ACLU white paper, "Bullies in Blue: Origins and Consequences of School Policing," explores the beginnings of school policing in the United States and sheds light on the negative consequences of the increasing role of police and links it to both the drivers of punitive criminal justice policies and mass incarceration nationwide. The report traces a line back to the struggle to end Jim Crow segregation during the civil rights movement, and challenges assumptions that the function of police in schools is to protect children. It posits that police are police, and in schools they will act as police, and in those actions bring the criminal justice system into our schools and criminalizing our kids

Senior Joint Recital:Amy Zordan, Bassoon Megan French, Oboe

Kemp Recital Hall Saturday Afternoon February 12, 2005 5:30p.m