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Publication Metadata only Interaction between abstract agents: increasing the readability of causal events with animation principles(Association for Computing Machinery, 2016) Obaid, Mohammad; N/A; Department of Psychology; Department of Psychology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Ramoǧlu, Muhammet; Bostan, İdil; Göksun, Tilbe; Özcan, Oğuzhan; PhD Student; Undergraduate Student; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; KU Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries (KUAR) / KU Arçelik Yaratıcı Endüstriler Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (KUAR); Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A; 47278; 12532In cognitive psychology, causality studies investigate simple causal relations to understand how people perceive a causal relation between agents. In those experiments, geometric shaped characters are used to examine the causal relations only. However, the actions of characters (or agents) in those experiments were not completely described as causal events by many participants, which might be the result of a shortcoming in the design of agents' actions. We believe we can improve the readability of causal events with animation principles. We created expressive actions by the use of animation principles of anticipation and reaction, which are used to emphasize the meaning of the main action with expressiveness in pre- and post- actions. To analyze the effect of expressivity and its effect on different embodiments of agents, we conducted a user study with 4 animation clips including expressivity (expressive vs. non-expressive action) and embodiment (object vs. robot embodiment) conditions. We analyzed data from 116 adult participants and the results showed that expressive actions significantly increased the readability of interaction between abstract agents in causal events. We also found that the type of embodiment has no effect on readability when we applied expressive actions into their movements.Publication Metadata only Role of personality traits in first impressions: an investigation of actual and perceived personality similarity effects on interpersonal attraction across communication modalities(Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, 2018) Department of Psychology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; N/A; N/A; N/A; Cemalcılar, Zeynep; Baruh, Lemi; Kezer, Murat; Kamiloğlu, Roza Gizem; Niğdeli, Bihter; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Master Student; Master Student; Master Student; Department of Psychology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities; Graduate School of Business; 40374; 36113; N/A; N/A; N/AWe investigate the effects of perceivers' impressions of others' personality traits on their social attraction, after a brief encounter face-to-face or via Facebook. We first examine the main effects of perceived personality traits. Next, we compare and contrast the effects of perceived- and actual-personality similarity through polynomial regressions with response surface analysis (RSA) accounting for dyads' respective levels of personality traits. Results suggest that RSA yield estronger effects of perceived similarity (vs. actual) on attraction. Perceivers are more attracted to targets who are "better versions" of themselves, yet too much discrepancy impede attraction, more so when face-to-face. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Publication Metadata only Revealing images as facebook profile pictures: influences of demographics and relationship status(Soc Personality Res Inc, 2017) Guldin, Dror A.; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Hetsroni, Amir; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 258782In this study, we examined the impact of demographics and relationship status on posting a revealing picture of oneself as a profile picture on Facebook. We randomly sampled and coded 1,000 profiles of Israeli Facebook users ranging in age between 18 and 61 years. Over 40% of the profiles showed at least 1 picture of the user dressed in a skimpy outfit. Results of a multiple logistic regression model indicated that younger age, a lower level of education, and not being engaged in a committed romantic relationship were significant predictors of the posting of these pictures. Further, gender alone was not a significant predictor, but the interaction of gender and level of education was. Specifically, women with a high-schoollevel education posted revealing pictures of themselves more often than did men with a similar level of education. We analyzed our results in light of Goffman's theory of self-presentation.Publication Metadata only Testing the BFI-2 in a non-weird community sample(Elsevier, 2021) Kezer, Murat; Soto, Christopher J.; Sumer, Nebi; John, Oliver P.; Department of Psychology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Cemalcılar, Zeynep; Baruh, Lemi; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Psychology; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 40374; 36113We present two studies testing the validity and nomological properties of the Turkish adaptation of the Big Five Inventory-2 (BFI-2) using a university student sample and a nationally representative community sample of young adults aged 18-35. Findings from the university student sample replicate the psychometric properties of the BFI-2. Findings from the community sample replicate the factor structure and majority of the trait-outcome associations obtained from non-community samples in WEIRD populations. However, there were notable differences in terms of the internal consistency reliabilities of the personality domains, and some trait-outcome associations, specifically with outcomes that are germane to the Turkish culture.Publication Metadata only Rubbernecking effect of intimate information on Twitter: when getting attention works against interpersonal attraction(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 2015) Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Psychology; Baruh, Lemi; Cemalcılar, Zeynep; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 36113; 40374Social networking sites offer individuals an opportunity to document and share information about themselves, as well as engaging in social browsing to learn about others. As a micro-blogging site within which users often share information publicly, Twitter may be a particularly suitable venue that can help satisfy both of these motivations. This study investigates how viewers react to disclosure of intimate information on Twitter. Specifically, the impact of disclosure intimacy is studied on attention that viewers pay to a Twitter page, reduction in their uncertainty about the attributes of the page owner, and their interpersonal attraction to the owner of the page. A total of 618 adult online panel members viewed one of six Twitter pages that contained either low-intimacy or high-intimacy tweets. Analyses indicated that viewers exposed to the Twitter pages containing high-intimate information paid more attention to the pages, were more confident about the attributions they could make about the page owner, yet were less willing to pursue further socialization with the page owner. Furthermore, attributional confidence mediated and perceived similarity moderated the relationship between disclosure intimacy and interpersonal attraction. This interaction between disclosure intimacy and perceived similarity was such that viewers who considered the page owner to be similar (dissimilar) to themselves were more (less) socially attracted to page owners who disclosed intimate information. These findings suggest that while intimate information shared on a Twitter page draws attention, this does not necessarily result in further socialization with the page owner-an effect we named as the "rubbernecking effect" of intimate information.Publication Metadata only Evaluation of a surgical interface for robotic cryoablation task using an eye-tracking system(Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, 2016) Acik, Alper; Barkana, Duygun Erol; Akgun, Gokhan; Aydin, Cagla; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Yantaç, Asım Evren; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 52621Computer-assisted navigation systems coupled with surgical interfaces (SIs) are providing doctors with tools that are safer for patients compared to traditional methods. Usability analysis of the SIs that guides their development is hence important. In this study, we record the eye movements of doctors and other people with no medical expertise during interaction with an SI that directs a simulated cryoablation task. There are two different arrangements for the layout of the same SI, and the goal is to evaluate whether one of these arrangements is ergonomically better than the other. We use several gaze related statistics some of which are employed in an SI design context for the first time. Even though the performance and gaze related analysis reveals that the two arrangements are comparable in many respects, there are also differences. Specifically, one arrangement leads to more saccades along the vertical and horizontal directions, lower saccade amplitudes in the crucial phase of the task, more locally clustered and yet globally spread viewing. Accordingly, that arrangement is selected for future use. The present study provides a proof of concept for the integration of novel gaze analysis tools developed for scene perception studies into the interface development process.Publication Metadata only Beyond a paycheck: the influence of workforce participation on women's cancer screening in Turkey(Springer/Plenum Publishers, 2016) Kumkale, G. Tarcan; Şen, Celia Katrine Naivar; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Baruh, Lemi; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 36113The present study investigates the influence of workforce participation on women's cancer screening behaviors in Turkey. In cultures with predominantly Muslim populations like Turkey, emphasis is typically placed on a woman's traditional role as a child bearer. Although the impact of workforce participation on women's welfare has been studied in various contexts, the relationship between workforce participation and health protective behavior has received scant attention. Using quantitative data from a survey of women aged 40 and above from 33 urban cities in Turkey (N = 483), we examine the influence of workforce participation on breast and cervical cancer screening behaviors. Homemakers were less likely than working/retired women to be up-to-date on screenings. Women with lower income and education screened less; however, workforce participation seemed to have a positive effect on screening among these women. Additionally, working/retired women and homemakers differed from each other in terms of their perceptions regarding their risk of developing cancer (perceived susceptibility). In addition, both perceived susceptibility and women's perceptions regarding their ability to get cancer screening (self-efficacy) were significant predictors of intention to engage in screening in future. In Turkey, homemakers are in a vulnerable position due to lower rates of cancer screening. Furthermore, targeting homemakers for interventions may be easier than trying to identify other low screening groups of women such as those with lower education or income. Interventions raising perceptions of susceptibility to cancer, possibly by targeting neighborhoods during working hours, could be useful in increasing screening rates at risk women.Publication Metadata only When more is more? The impact of breadth and depth of information disclosure on attributional confidence about and interpersonal attraction to a social network site profile owner(Masarykova Univ, Fac Social Studies, 2018) Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Psychology; Baruh, Lemi; Cemalcılar, Zeynep; Faculty Member; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 36113; 40374Social network sites (SNSs) provide users with ample opportunity to share information about themselves and to engage in social browsing to learn about others. This article reports results from two experiments (with participants from the U.S.) that investigate the impacts of breadth and depth of information disclosed in a profile on viewers' attributional confidence about and interpersonal attraction to the profile owner. in the first experiment (n = 320), participants viewed a profile containing either low or high breadth of information. analyses indicated that, higher breadth of information shared in the profile increased interpersonal attraction and that attributional confidence mediated this relationship. the second experiment (n = 537) tested the respective influences of breadth (low vs. high) and depth of disclosure (low vs. high) in a profile on perceivers' attributional confidence and interpersonal attraction. analyses indicated that, while increasing the breadth of information had a positive impact on interpersonal attraction to profile owners, increasing the depth of information reduced attraction. additionally, there was a significant interaction between breadth and depth of information in predicting attributional confidence; increasing the depth of information shared in an SNS profile enhanced attributional confidence only when the breadth of information shared was low.Publication Metadata only Is there a survival processing efect in metacognition?(Springer Heidelberg) Alper; Akcay,; N/A; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Psychology; Çabuk, Dilan; Yelimlieş, Alper; Eskenazi, Terry; Teaching Faculty; Undergraduate Student; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Department of Psychology; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; N/A; N/A; 258780Memory systems serve an adaptive function for the fitness of organisms. A good example of this is the Survival Processing Effect (SPE) which points to increased retention of information when it is processed in a survival context compared to other contexts. Survival processing may also affect metacognitive processes, by increasing confidence judgments as well as increasing metacognitive sensitivity. No previous study, however, has directly examined whether processing information for survival also has an effect on metacognitive processes. Here we ask whether SPE extends to the metacognitive system in terms of both metacognitive sensitivity and confidence bias. In Experiment 1 participants were asked to rate a list of words in terms of relevance in a survival scenario or a moving scenario. In a surprise old/new recognition test, they were given one word at a time and asked to indicate if they have rated the presented word before and state how confident they are in that choice. Surprisingly, the results did not reveal a SPE, which may have been due to high overall performance in the recognition task. In Experiment 2 we increased the level of difficulty of the memory task, which resulted in a robust SPE, but could not find this effect in metacognitive monitoring. Together, these results suggest that survival processing may not affect metacognitive processes in a reliable fashion.Publication Metadata only Theory of planned behavior: physical activity predictors among Turkish university students(Human Kinetics Publ Inc, 2019) Gürleyik, Duygu; Sen, Celia K. Naivar; Kumkale, G. Tarcan; Department of Media and Visual Arts; Baruh, Lemi; Faculty Member; Department of Media and Visual Arts; College of Social Sciences and Humanities; 36113N/A