Acculturation is when a person adopts traits from another culture as a result of being exposed to a new cultural environment. Through acculturation individuals find themselves adopting the traits of the culture they are exposed to. Mexican Americans often find themselves navigating through the process of acculturation due to the exposure of new cultural and societal norms that are dominant in America. Culture plays a role in the way we perceive and express our emotions which influence our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors..This research examined the relationship between acculturation and emotional belief and regulation among Mexican-American. However, the findings indicated no association between acculturation levels and emotional beliefs and regulation among Mexican Americans.

It is well established that events in childhood can affect development and later relationships. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that an individual experiences before their 18th birthday. Experiencing four or more ACEs not only increases a person's risk of developing health issues, but it also affects aspects of an individual’s social development, such as attachment. ACEs can disrupt a child’s interpersonal relationships and their ability to form connections and secure attachments with others. This foundation in relationships is later seen in adulthood with romantic relationships often mirroring an individual’s early experiences. Romantic relationships can be one of the closest relationships that adults form in their life, but they can be influenced by early experiences. The study's purpose is to examine the relationship between ACEs and adult attachment styles in romantic relationships. Based on past research, it is hypothesized that 1) fewer ACEs will be negatively correlated with secure attachment (close subscale); 2) more ACEs will be positively correlated with anxious attachment (anxiety subscale); and 3) more ACEs will be positively correlated with avoidant attachment (depend on subscale). One hundred participants currently in a romantic relationship for six months or longer will be recruited. They will take the Adverse Childhood Experience scale and the Adult Attachment Scale to measure ACEs and attachment style, respectively. Once all the data is collected, a Pearson correlation will be used to test the hypotheses.

Online classes have existed for many years and consist of asynchronous and synchronous classes. Synchronous classes include live lectures while asynchronous classes tend to include pre-recorded lectures that can be a few minutes to over an hour long. As online classes have risen in popularity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, TikTok has as well. Therefore, it can be advantageous to see if TikTok can be incorporated into online classes to help with comprehension. The study will be conducted on Qualtrics and will be both experimental and quantitative. If the results show that TikTok videos can aid content comprehension, then both the fields of psychology and education can be benefited. If significance is found, then more instructors can try using TikTok videos to help their students learn. Additionally, researchers can measure the role of cognitive load on online lecture comprehension.