Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stevens Institute of Technology, 1996. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2009. / "Graduate Program in Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-70).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 39-42).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009. / Title from title screen (site viewed September 08, 2009). PDF text: vii, 174 p. : ill. ; 652 K. UMI publication number: AAT 3354832. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Psychology)--Vanderbilt University, Aug. 2005. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D)--Ohio State University, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-102). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Texas at Dallas, 2007. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 126-133)

Cette thèse traite de l’organisation sociale des Noirs et de leurs relations avec les Indiens Chachi du littoral équatorien, à travers l’étude de la cuisine. Le processus culinaire, de la production à la consommation des aliments, est abordé sous l’angle sensoriel et affectif. D’une part, ce processus vise à désodoriser et réodoriser les aliments carnés. Symbole d’hygiène et de degré de civilisation, les techniques utilisées à cette fin sont déterminantes dans les relations entre Noirs et Chachi. Le fait de les adopter favorise la mise en place de stratégies individuelles économiques et/ou migratoires. L’inverse conduit à produire de la discrimination sociale et à estomper ou à renforcer la distance sociale entre eux. D’autre part, l’analyse du lien entre cuisine et affects révèle une obsession chez les Noirs de rester chrétien. Autrement dit, il est nécessaire d’entretenir une relation de réciprocité avec les saints, les Vierges et Dieu. Il faut également éviter la « tentation » et les risques de métamorphose en « ennemis ». C’est en contrôlant les affects, notamment au moment de cuisiner, que les Noirs atteignent leur objectif. Ainsi, la cuisine sera analysée à travers trois aspects : le système alimentaire des Noirs en faisant ressortir l’importance des odeurs ; l’adoption ou non de la désodorisation par la marinade et ses conséquences dans les relations entre Noirs et Chachi ; la maîtrise des émotions en cuisinant au quotidien et lors de certains rassemblements catholiques. Finalement, ce travail montre une interpénétration sociale et culturelle, sélective et dynamique des populations noire et indienne. / This dissertation examines the social organization of the Blacks of coastal Ecuador and their relations with neighboring Chachi Indians through the study of cooking. The cooking process, from the production to the consumption of food, is approached from the angle of the senses and emotions. On one hand, the process involves removing odor and then adding odor to meat. These "deodorizing" and "reodorizing" techniques, symbols of hygiene and the degree to which one is "civilized", are crucial to relations between Blacks and Chachi. Adopting these techniques is part of individual economic and/or migratory strategies. Ignoring these techniques leads to social discrimination and to the reinforcement of social boundaries between the groups. On the other hand, analyzing the link between cooking and feelings reveals an obsession among the Blacks to remain Christian. In other words, they must maintain reciprocal relations with the Saints, the Virgin Mary, and God. They must also avoid "temptation" and the risk of changing into "enemies". It is by controlling their emotions, especially while cooking, that the Blacks reach their objective. Thus, cooking will be analyzed under three aspects: the food system of the Blacks which brings out the importance of odors; the adoption or not of deodorizing marinades and the consequences for Black-Chachi relations; and the mastery of emotions while cooking every day and for certain Catholic feast days. Finally, this work reveals the social and cultural, selective and dynamic interpenetration of the Black and Indian populations.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact white affect toward African Americans has on whites' racial policy opinions. The study also identifies the difficulty of measuring affect in the traditional feeling thermometer. Moreover, the study introduces and tests a new method for measuring affect that improves interpersonal comparability of reported affect by anchoring the respondents' self-placements. The study investigates the changes in the relationship between white affect toward African Americans and racial policy opinions of presidential election years between 1964 and 2008. Furthermore, the study tests a new method for measuring affect by having respondents rate where they believe groups representing points on an ordinal scale would belong on the scale. The method allows for an adjustment of the respondents' self-placement in relation to where the respondent places the group. The findings contained here show that affect can be an important predictor of white racial policy opinion and the strength of affect can vary over time. In addition, the measurement of affect can be improved by utilizing anchoring objects in a survey to clarify the ordering of the scale for the respondents, as well as allowing for a reallocation of scores.