M.A. Theses: Recent submissions

  • Effects of motives, volunteer role identity and sense of community on sustained volunteering 
    Akman, Petek. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The aim of this study is to examine the effect of volunteer motives, volunteer role identity, sense of community, social responsibility and satisfaction with volunteering experience on length of volunteering and amount of ...
  • Gender roles, ethics of care and social dominance orientation: a feminine view on hierarchy 
    Bayram, Fatma Nur. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The present study is an investigation of the relationships between biological sex, socially acquired gender schemas, adoption of particular ethical paradigms (ethics of care vs. ethics of justice), and the interplay between ...
  • Anatomy of antidepressant effect of light: the role of the BNST lesions 
    Avlar, Billur. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The aim of the present study was to shed light on the anatomy of antidepressant effect of bright light therapy. In line with this, lesions of the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST) which is implicated as an important ...
  • Characteristics of self-consistent and self-discrepant autobiographical memories 
    Erdoğan, Ahu. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    Although the relationship between self and autobiographical memory has been examined in the previous literature, the nature of self-consistent and self-discrepant memories has not been explored. The purpose of the present ...
  • Factors underlying peer acceptance: gender, age and social skills 
    Eğercioğlu, Nurçin. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The aim of the present study is threefold: first, to assess the psychometric structure of Social Skills Rating System-Student form (Gresham & Elliot, 1990) in a sample of Turkish students from third through eighth grades; ...
  • Differential effects of photic stimulation of different wavelengths on behavioral despair in male and female wistar rats 
    İyilikçi, Onur. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    There is ample evidence in both humans and animals that light therapy has ameliorative effect on depression and behavioral despair. However, there is a paucity of studies investigating the mechanism of light treatment using ...
  • Growing up in chronic poverty: a qualitative look at its impacts on children 
    Yaşa, Yeşim. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The study aimed to explore the distress and happiness areas and coping strategies of children growing up in chronic poverty through their own voices in order to have a more complete understanding of the effects of poverty ...
  • Feeling of knowing, verb processing and executive functions in non-demented Parkinson's disease patients 
    Baran, Bengi. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2008., 2008.)
    The aim of this present study was to explore whether feeling-of-knowing (FOK) judgments are related with executive functioning of the frontal lobes in non-demented Parkinson’s Disease (PD) patients and to compare noun ...
  • Women in urban poverty: qualitative look at coping strategies 
    Tilki, Makbule Evrem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    This study aimed to conduct a qualitative research on the problems and coping strategies of the women living in urban poverty. Ten Kurdish women (20-35 years old) who lived in Tarlabaşı; one of the inner city slums of ...
  • Self and conformity: the role of socio-economic status, values and socialization patterns 
    Baydarol, Özde. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The study examined the role of self on conformity together with socioeconomic status, values, and parents' traditional family values in Turkish culture. A total of 202 students at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey ...
  • The relationship between perceived child-rearing attitudes, ego-strength, and socio-economic-status 
    Erbeş, Nazlı. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, 1983., 1983.)
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between SES and ego strength in late adolescence. It was hypotesized that there would be a direct relationship between these two variables, such that higher ...
  • A Reevaluation of canonical categories in flashbulb memories 
    Kızılöz, Burcu Kaya. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The aim of the present study is to reevaluate the canonical categories in flashbulb memories defined by Brown and Kulik (1977). Also, the present study is aimed to examine the relationship between canonical categories and ...
  • Characteristics of Odor-evoked memories 
    Yılmaz, Görgün. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The aim of the present study is to provide a descriptive picture of odor evoked memories and define the most common odors that evoked memories. Moreover it is aimed compare characterictics of memories evoked by verbal, ...
  • Effect of bilingualism on inhibitory control and theory of mind development 
    İlyasoğlu, Nazmiye Tuğay. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of bilingualism on inhibitory control and theory of mind development of preschoolers between the ages of 3 and 5. Accordingly, 2 age groups of bilinguals and ...
  • Distribution of autobiographical memories: cultural life script account examined 
    Tartar, Elif Eda. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The life script account of the distribution of autobiographical memories suggests that the culturally shared cognitive life scripts influence the encoding and retrieval of memories. Life scripts are argued to include ...
  • Negative mood regulation and the emotional disclosure paradigm: a closer look at individual differences 
    Serbest, Demime Serap. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    This study aimed to examine an individual differences variable, namely Negative Mood Regulation Expectancies (NMR), on effects of written emotional disclosure regarding depressive symptomatology, level of intrusion and ...
  • Developments in source monitoring and linguistic encoding of source 
    Ögel, Hale. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The present study examined Turkish-speaking children’s source monitoring ability, and whether their ability to use evidentiality markers predicts their source monitoring abilities. Eighty-seven 3- to 6-year-old children ...
  • Attachment and reflective functioning 
    Aracı, Işıl Feyza. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2007., 2007.)
    The present study examined the relationship between attachment security and level of reflective functioning on a sample of late adolescents. A positive relationship between attachment security and reflective functioning ...
  • Effect of BNST lesions on behavioral despair and navigational learning in female wistar rats 
    Pezük, Pınar. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2006., 2006.)
    The bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) is involved in many motivational processes especially in coping with stressful situations. Previously we reported that in male rats BNST lesions aggravated behavioral despair ...
  • Different learning environments for preschool children in Turkish private and public preschools: mind versus virtue 
    Batmaz, S. Arzu Akkum. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2006., 2006.)
    The purpose of this study is to explore the two underpinnings of learning acquisition. These are what Li (2004a, 2004b) proposes as learning for “mind” and learning for “virtue.” What is produced by the differences in ...

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