ii Acknowledgements I would first like to thank Dr. Kate Jensen for being so instrumental in the completion of this thesis. In addition to being the source for the theory of this project, she also read countless drafts and was always helpful in reducing the Proustian length of my sentences. I would also like to thank Dr. Jack Yeager and Dr. Rosemary Peters for agreeing to be on my committee and for providing their substantial insight. Lastly, I would like to thank my family and friends for having patiently listened to m