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  • Event-based cultural life scripts and the effect of personal experiences 
    Güllü, Büşra Nur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    The cultural life script theory states that there are shared expectations among the members of the same culture regarding the important events in a prototypical life course, and timing and order of them. These events ...
  • Maternal reactions to autonomous behaviors in toddlers in the context of different maternal representations 
    Dinler, Gökçe. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    The present study aims to investigate a sample of first-time mothers’ reactions to emerging autonomous behaviors in their toddlers in the context of different maternal representations. With this purpose, five mothers-of-sons ...
  • Basal forebrain GABAergic projections to the amygdala and the BNST in wistar rats 
    Tuna, Tuğçe. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Medial septal GABAergic neurons of the basal forebrain selectively innervate GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus and form a disinhibitory circuit. This long-range GABAergic projection contributes to hippocampal ...
  • Factors affecting retrieval order of autobiographical memories 
    Kavdır, Arif Yasin. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    The retrieval mechanism that governs the recall of both episodic and autobiographical memories has been studied for more than a century. There are still many aspects of it that are waiting to be explored. Some phenomena ...
  • The effects of motion and smooth pursuit eye movements on the visibility of chromatic stimuli 
    Tanrıverdi, Dilce. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Previous literature showed that a drifting inducer modulates the sensitivity of an achromatic target abutting the inducer when the eyes are steady. Additionally, it has been shown that the contrast sensitivity to stimuli ...
  • The relationship between cultural thought styles and political ideology :|viewed through multiple aspects of holism 
    Şencan, Rüya Su (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Holistic thinkers are found to be socially more conservative, relying on the Triad Task as the measure of holism. However, holism is defined in the literature as a multifaceted construct and there are reasons to believe ...
  • Impact of risk visualization formats on decision making 
    Avcı, Burcu. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    This thesis investigates how exponentially increasing risks are understood and how this understanding leads to decisions. This research is grounded in two literatures: (lack of) understanding of exponential growth and risk ...
  • Cognitive and social correlates of saving behavior in early childhood and adulthood 
    Kamber, Ege. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Savings play a crucial role in keeping the balance between income and expenses. However, individuals struggle to save and mostly end up with less savings than they have expected. Long-standing research on adults’ savings ...
  • The relation between visual impairment and the earliest autobiographical memories in young adults 
    Koç Demircan, Rabia. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Autobiographical memory is a memory system that consists of personal experiences and personal information about an individual's life. Therefore, it performs the function of self-representation and is directly related to ...
  • A shea butter-based ketamine ointment :|the ameliorative effects of transdermal ketamine on behavioral despair 
    Akan, Merve. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    After a decade of monoaminergic antidepressants, repurposing ketamine in depression launched a new era with its rapid-onset nature and unique action mechanism based on glutamatergic neuroplasticity. Ketamine and its ...
  • The relationship between socioeconomic status parameters and inflammation in pregnant women in Turkey 
    Ateşyakar, Nilay. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with prenatal physiology including inflammation. However, the contribution of different SES parameters to inflammation during pregnancy, such as timing (early life vs. current) ...
  • The illusion of explanatory depth in moral versus non-moral issues 
    Yılmaz, Sinem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    Fernbach, Rogers, Fox, and Sloman (2013) found that extremity of people’s political attitudes can be reduced by confronting them with their lack of understanding of political issues. Considering the crucial implications ...
  • Implications of femininity threat for support for transgender rights and gender-specific system justification 
    Şahin, Özlem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2021., 2021.)
    The literature on precarious manhood defines manhood as an achieved status, which can be threatened, and needs to be protected or restored. Womanhood, however, is assumed to be a biologically or physiologically ascribed ...
  • Examining self-defining parental relationship memories :|the role of perceived parenting style and attachment 
    Arslan, Feyza. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    The present study investigated the core conflictual relationship themes in self defining relationship memories with mothers and fathers, and their relationship with attachment and perceived parenting styles of mothers and ...
  • Episodic features of collective and vicarious memories 
    Tunaoğlu, Doruk. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    The classical episodic-semantic memory distinction states that a memory should be directly experienced to be considered as episodic memory. However, a number of researchers claim that the episodic-semantic distinction is ...
  • An exploratory study on the link between sibling relationships and friendship quality 
    Alıcı, Asya. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    Sibling and friend relationships of emerging adults have been rarely studied compared to parent-child relationships. This study is primarily designed to explore the link between sibling relationship qualities and best-friendship ...
  • Men's perceptions of ambiguous sexual harassment cases under gender hierarchy threat 
    Yurtseven, İlknur. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    Men’s Perceptions of Ambiguous Sexual Harassment Cases Under Gender Hierarchy Threat In the patriarchal system, men’s higher status in the gender hierarchy is maintained by various practices and beliefs promoting women’s ...
  • Women nurses working on the front lines against COVID-19 :|a qualitative inquiry 
    Çopuroğlu, İpek. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    The COVID-19 pandemic has placed healthcare workers around the globe under immense pressure. Although women nurses working at the front lines are positioned at the intersection of several particularly challenging burdens, ...
  • The effect of perceived cultural adoption on dehumanization of refugees in honor culture 
    Yakın, Sevgi. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    Refugees are often dehumanized by host societies creating negative intergroup consequences. In current research, I investigated a potential cause of dehumanization: perceived cultural adoption. Moreover, drawing from ...
  • Father involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic :|a qualitative study on the effects of remote working 
    Tanrısever, Özlem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2022., 2022.)
    The present study aims to understand the experiences of fathers who were fully or partially working from their homes during the COVID-19 lockdown measures. In order to do so, twelve fathers who have fully or partially ...

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