Gender Differences

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the economic returns to investment in education by applying human capital theory to Turkey. Turkey, one of the least studied of the OECD countries, is an important case considering both its strenuous attempts to modernize and its ne…

This dissertation aims to describe the linguistic behavior of men and women in Cairo. To this end, two sociolinguistic variables are studied: the use of the voiceless uvular stop /q/; and apical palatalization. For each variable, a detailed linguistic analysis is provided; as we…

This study explored meaningful experiences of heart opening. The 13 coparticipants (8 men and 5 women) were 31 to 63 years of age (mean = 45); 8 were Caucasian, 3 ethnic American, 1 Japanese, and 1 Ukrainian. Coparticipants were interviewed and asked to bring something to the in…