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Tong, Yuk-yue. "Information organization and storage : the role of implicit theories /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20715572.
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Pruneddu, Alessio. "Implicit person theories and Q-sort : personality change in emerging adults." Thesis, University of York, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6503/.
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The aim of this PhD project was to investigate personality change in a sample of emerging adults. Change is examined considering both a variable centred and a person centred approach (prototypes obtained from Q-sort). Data were collected using Q-sortware, a web application designed to administer Likert scale tests and Q-sort. To test the equivalence between the paper version and the online version, a study (Study 1) was conducted (N=61). The results revealed that the test retest coefficient (.79) from the answers given via the Q-sortware was satisfactory. To examine personality change, a longitudinal study included an initial sample of 163 emerging adults (Study 2). Participants were tested again after one year (Study 3). In order to find out what determines change, implicit person theories were taken into account. Implicit theories are naïve assumptions about the malleability (incremental theory) versus the fixedness (entity theory) of personal attributes. It was expected that incremental theory subscribers also experience significant personality change. The nature of the association between implicit person theories and personality, and between implicit person theories, Self-esteem and well-being was also investigated. These topics were addressed in Study 2 (N=163). The results showed that support for an incremental theory was associated with higher scores on Extroversion, Openness to Experience, and Emotional Stability. Support for an incremental theory was also associated with higher scores on Self-esteem and Life satisfaction. Returning participants (Study 3, N=118) showed a mean level increase in Extroversion and a decrease in Conscientiousness, together with high ipsative and rank order continuity. With respect to the prototypes obtained from the Q-sort, "Achievement oriented" individuals showed a significant mean level increase in Conscientiousness, and tended to support an incremental theory of personality attributes.
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湯旭瑜。 and Yuk-yue Tong. "Information organization and storage: the role of implicit theories." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31221737.
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Kruger, Sonet Beatrice. "The establishment of implicit perspectives of personality in Sesotho-speaking South Africans / Sonet Kruger." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1080.
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The application of personality assessment techniques for clinical and personnel decisions has
always been a major activity for psychologists all over the world. In South Africa personality
assessment tools are often used for purposes of selection, placement, determination of job
satisfaction and development. Psychological testing in South Africa was originally initiated
with white test-takers in mind, and currently none of the available personality questionnaires
used in South Africa have been found to provide a reliable and valid picture of personality for
all cultural (language) groups.
Since 1994 South Africa has had a new constitution and there are stronger demands for the
cultural appropriateness of psychological tests. In this study, the implicit perspectives of
personality of Sesotho-speaking South Africans are being determined in order to develop a
more culturally fair personality assessment tool for South Africans.
A qualitative research design was used with an interview as data-gathering instrument. A
Sesotho-speaking fieldworker was recruited to interview 120 Sesotho-speaking South
Africans from the Free State Province. The study population was purposely drawn from
different sections of the Sesotho-speaking population. A total of 4873 Sesotho-speaker
personality descriptors were obtained from the participants and then translated into English.
Content analysis was used to analyse, interpret and reduce these descriptors to a total of 94
personality characteristics, which highlights the most important perspectives of personality
for Sesotho-speaking individuals.
The personality characteristics were divided into seven categories, namely sociability,
interpersonal relatedness, emotionality, meanness, conscientiousness, dominance and other.
The majority of the characteristics are representative of communalism or the collective
consciousness in African communities. Sesotho-speaking persons are socially active and are
sympathetic, caring and tolerant towards others, they are willing to become involved in the
feelings, problems and welfare of others.
The findings of this study were compared to the Five Factor Model and evidence were found
for the extraversion, conscientiousness, neuroticism and agreeableness factors, but not for the
openness to experience factor. In comparison with the Chinese Personality Assessment
Inventory support were found for 17 of the 22 personality scales. Characteristics such as
admonitory, resourcefulness, religion, humour, fair, judgemental and discriminating can be
seen as characteristics indigenous to the Sesotho culture.
Limitations in the research are identified and recommendations for future research are made.Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.
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Li, Brian. "The Theories of Deindividuation." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2010. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/12.
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Has it ever occurred to you to wonder why a soldier would sacrifice his life by jumping on a bomb to save the rest of his brigade? Or why an individual in a gang might display respectable behavior when alone but swear and vandalize when in the group? The phenomenon of people getting pulled into crowds and adopting the group’s mentalities and behaviors has been recognized but not fully researched. However, it has been recorded in early literature and research that it is human nature to want to fit into a group, for example in Abraham Maslow’s (1943) paper, A Theory of Human Motivation, in which he proposed that the hierarchy of human needs includes a stage that emphasized an individual’s need to feel a sense of belonging.
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Dohn, Matthew Charles. "Implicit Theories of Personality and Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Responses to Interpersonal Transgressions." W&M ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626380.
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聶可欣 and Ho-yan Nip. "Information-gathering strategies in trait diagnosis: the role of implicit theories." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31225020.
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Nip, Ho-yan. "Information-gathering strategies in trait diagnosis hthe role of implicit theories /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22826099.
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Shyamsunder, Aarti. "The Influence of Dispositional and Induced Implicit Theories of Personality on the Relationship between Self-Reported Procrastination and Procrastination Behaviors." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1226941146.
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Kuo, Ya-Hui. "The Retailer Brand Personality - Behavioral Outcomes Framework: Applications to Identity and Social Identity Theories." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/613397.
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This research aims to examine a framework to test the relationships between consumers' perceptions of a retailer's brand personality and outcome variables (i.e., positive word-of-mouth about and patronage intention toward the retailer) by applying identity and social identity theories to reveal possible factors influencing these relationships in both department and discount retailer image formats. This research hypothesized that retailer brand personality should influence consumers' behavioral outcomes through private and public forms of self-congruity. The more positive the perception of a retailer's brand personality, the higher the private and public self-congruities with the brand personality. In addition, considering the unique, tangible nature of a store's environment, this research suggested that retailer brand identity (RBI), a consumer's perception of oneness with a retailer brand, should play an important role in the retailer brand personality-behavioral outcomes framework by mediating the influences of both private and public self-congruities on various behavioral outcomes. Moreover, the relationships among two forms of self-congruity and perceived RBI should be moderated by the shopping conspicuousness situation (i.e., whether co-shopping with important others or alone and whether shopping in an environment in which one is visible to important others or is relatively secluded) and consumer shopping involvement (i.e., whether consumers see shopping as an important and self-relevant activity). To test the study's hypotheses, data were collected from a sample of 616 general consumers via a self-administered questionnaire provided through the website of an online survey research firm. This research used a 2 (retailer image format) X 2 (shopping situation conspicuousness) between-subjects quasi-experimental design in which subjects were randomly assigned to one of the four treatment groups who read a scenario that provided a description of a retailer image format of either a hypothetical department (n = 311) or discount store (n = 305) and a description that manipulated the shopping situation as being either high (n = 303) or low (n = 313) in shopping conspicuousness. Results revealed that the retailer brand personality scale, adapted from BPS, a brand personality scale developed by Aaker (1997) and other scales specifically used to measure retailer brand personality (Dardin & Babin, 1994; d'Astous & Lévesque, 2003; Helgeson & Supphellen, 2004) comprised two positive dimensions (i.e., Modish and Genuine) and one negative dimension (Inactive). Each dimension influenced the behavioral outcomes of Word-of-Mouth and Patronage Intention differently. Perceived Genuineness was the most influential dimension among the three, exerting direct and indirect influences through increasing Private and Public Self-congruities and overall RBI on both WOM and Patronage Intention. However, Modish had only a direct negative effect on Patronage Intentions whereas Inactive had indirect effects on both behavioral outcomes through a combined (direct and indirect) negative effect on overall RBI. This research also revealed that overall RBI, driven by its affective and evaluative dimensions, fully mediated the influences of Private and Public Self-congruities on behavioral outcomes, suggesting overall RBI as an important factor in the retailer brand personality-behavioral outcomes framework. Moreover, the relationship between Public Self-congruity and overall RBI was found to be stronger in the high Shopping Conspicuousness Situation whereas the relationship between Private Self-congruity and overall RBI was found to be stronger in the department store image format. The moderating role of Consumer Shopping Involvement on the relationships among self-congruities and overall RBI was not significant. Theoretical and managerial implications of these findings and limitations of the study are provided.
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Livingstone, Kimberly, and Kimberly Livingstone. "The Effects of Implicit Theories of Emotion on Emotion Regulation and Experience." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/12512.
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This dissertation examined the effects of implicit theories of emotion (beliefs about the malleability of emotion) on emotion regulation and experience. Incremental theories involve beliefs that emotions are controllable; entity theories involve beliefs that emotions are uncontrollable. I hypothesized that an incremental theory would be associated with better well-being, more adaptive emotion regulation, and mastery-oriented patterns of response to emotion regulation difficulty, compared to an entity theory. Study 1 developed a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess trait implicit theories of emotion and examined correlations with self-reports of personality, emotional experience, emotion regulation, and well-being. A trait incremental theory was associated with greater positive emotion and less negative emotion, an effect that was mediated by the tendency of incremental theorists to use more active coping and adaptive emotion regulation strategies, compared to entity theorists. Incremental theories were also associated with greater overall well-being, lower depression, and less stress. Studies 2-5 manipulated implicit theories of emotion and examined their causal effects on emotion and emotion regulation. Although entity and incremental participants did not report differences in emotional experience when experiencing emotions naturally (Study 2), participants in the incremental group were more likely to regulate their emotions when explicitly asked to do so (Study 3). Specifically, only incremental participants responded to instructions to remain objective while rating emotionally evocative images. Studies 4 and 5 examined differences in reactions to emotion regulation difficulty. After completing an emotional interference task, all (Study 4) or a random half (Study 5) of participants were told that they had done poorly and rated attributions for their performance, affect, and motivation to remain engaged versus withdrawing. Although hypothesized patterns did not emerge as a whole, participants in the incremental condition were more likely to attribute their performance (failure or success) to strategy use. This research has implications for the study of emotion regulation, in particular, patterns of helplessness and mastery within the domain of emotions.
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Smith, James Carroll. "Charlotte Mason: An Introductory Analysis of Her Educational Theories and Practices." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27029.
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This study has two goals. One is to begin to explicate the educational theories and practices of Charlotte Mason and the other is to determine whether or not her educational theories and practices are still useful in a 21st Century American School. The first goal is addressed in six essays that discuss major educational tenets of Mason’ s educational philosophy. The second goal is studied through a case study on The Children’s Community School.
The six essays based on major tenets of Mason’s educational theories and practices begin with the principle, â children are born persons,â which permeates all of her beliefs about teaching and learning. â Children are born persons' means that children change from within and not from without and, therefore, are discoverers of knowledge not vessels to be filled. Rousseau believed that children come with a good nature, but Mason contended that they come with a nature that is both good and evil, as all humans. Therefore children need to be educated to attenuate the evil nature. That is the second tenet. The third tenet is a discussion of authority and docility. If children have a good and evil nature then authority is necessary. However, since children are persons, they have a right to an education and they have a right to self-authority. The fourth essay discusses Mason’s beliefs about the sacredness of a child’s personality. In the fifth essay on pedagogy the discussion is concentrated on Mason’ s use of narration as an instructional tool. The last essay is on curriculum and includes a discussion of Mason’s views on curriculum and the use of the narrative in the curriculum. All of the essays bring to the discussion the thinking of other educational thinkers both past and present.
At the end of each essay is the story of the implementation of Mason’s educational theories and practices at The Children’s Community School. The data collection for this case study is defined by Mason’s educational principles discussed in each essay. Data were collected on site at the school through observations, interviews and documents. All interviews were transcribed. Data from transcriptions, observations, and documents were then coded by the six major tenets discussed in the essays. Connections were examined between the theory of Mason and the practice in The Children’s Community School.Ed. D.
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Kyngdon, Andrew Stuart, University of Western Sydney, and School of Psychology. "Three theories of psychological measurement in the assessment of subjective control in gambling behaviour." THESIS_XXX_PSY_Kyngdon_A.xml, 2002. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/655.
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The aim of this study was to argue for a new conception of subjective control and then to devise psychometric scales to test this new conception in the area of gambling behaviour. The 'Subjective Control'scales were constructed using Michell's (1994a, 1998) theory of the ordinal determinable. After extensive pilot testing, these scales were administered to a participant sample consisting of 57 students, 104 in situ club EGM players and 49 self-referred problem gamblers. The data collected consisted of paired comparisons judgements, ratings and rank orders. The limitations of the findings were discussed and suggestions for future research were made.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Gilbey, Wayne. "Effects of Religious Motivation on the Relationship between Religion and Well-Being." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1137.
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The purpose of this study was to examine whether intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious motivations mediate the relationship between the religious philosophy and perceived well-being of believers. The intrinsic-extrinsic-quest paradigm has been the dominant measure of religious motivation for more than 3 decades. However, the different effects of intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest motivation on the well-being of believers has not been tested on a stratified, purposeful sample of the major world religions. A quantitative, quasi-experimental research design was used with an online, self-report questionnaire and mediation analysis to examine the effects of religious motivation on the relationship between religious philosophy and well-being. A stratified, purposeful sample of 763 members of the major world religions completed assessments of religion and well-being. Linear regressions revealed that intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious motivations were three distinct constructs, that they do exist across the world religions, and that they mediated the relationship between different religions and well-being, depending on which predictor and outcome variables were being examined in the mediation triangle. Positive social change is possible for counselors, therapists, psychologists of religion, religious leaders, and laypersons at the individual and societal level through knowing which religious beliefs, motivations, and practices are associated with positive affect, satisfaction with life, the fulfilment of basic human needs, eudaimonic well-being, and better physical health. Individuals come to religion mainly during times of personal crises as a way of coping, expecting urgent results, and these findings illuminate the effectiveness of their chosen coping strategy.
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Uys, Mariaan. "The establishment of implicit perspectives of personality among Sepedi-speaking people in South Africa / Mariaan Uys." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4326.
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Flynn, Sydney. "Applying Psychological Theories of Personality, Identity, and Intergroup Conflict to Radical Violence: A Case Study of Extremist Behavior." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1890.
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This paper aims to address possible psychoanalytical explanations for the heinous acts in which terrorists, particularly ISIS, engage. It focuses on Harold D. Lasswell’s principles of the id, ego, and superego as well as Tajfel and Turner’s social identity theory. Within the framework of these two theories, relevant psychological and social psychological theories are discussed in order to explore a possible connection between the psyche of violent perpetrators and their actions. By exploring these connections, I find that there may be more nuanced psychological explanations for these violent acts, which could lead to new methods of weakening perceived biases, intergroup conflicts, and extremist behavior.
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Kyngdon, Andrew Stuart. "Three theories of psychological measurement in the assessment of subjective control in gambling behaviour /." View thesis, 2002. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20031219.165037/index.html.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) (Psychology) -- University of Western Sydney, 2002.A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology), December, 2002. Bibliography : p. 246-260.
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Eastes, Bryan. "Fluid and Crystallized g vs. Multiple Intelligence| A Structural Equation Modeling Study of Human Intelligence Theories & Measurement." Thesis, George Mason University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10140345.
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The thesis investigated debated intelligence theories: Cattell’s (1943) “Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence” and Gardner’s (1983) “Theory of M.I.” The research asks: Which existing theory-based and hypothetically based measurement models of intelligence fit the measurement data better? How does a traditional vs. modified M.I. Theory measurement model fit? How does a combined measurement model of the theories fit? Participants (n=287) were students (age 18-25) from a top-tier East-Coast university. Approximate statistical power is .90 with effect size of .5 (p≤.05). Participants were administered the Reynolds Adaptable Intelligence Test and Multiple Intelligence Developmental Assessment Scales. Structural equation modeling revealed better fit for the “Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence” data (χ2(4) =8.08, p=.09; CMIN/d.f.=2.02; RMSEA= .06; TLI= .98; CFI= .99; IFI=.99; SRMR=.0221). The traditional Theory of M.I.” model fit was insupportable (χ 2(300) =1441.448, p<.000; CMIN/d.f.=4.80; RMSEA= .12; TLI= .61; CFI= .64; IFI=.65; SRMR=.2239), but alternative M.I. models were supported. A correlated M.I. model (χ2(264) =569.09, p<.001; CMIN/d.f.=2.16; RMSEA= .06; TLI= .88; CFI= .90; IFI= .91; SRMR=.06) and 4-factor model M.I. with distinct bodily-kinesthetic and musical talent (χ2(267) =526.32, p<.001; CMIN/d.f.=2.12; RMSEA= .06; GFI=.91; TLI= .92; CFI= .94; IFI= .94; SRMR=.06) show acceptable to good fit. A M.I. Indicator & R.A.I.T. TII to g SCU Model shows good fit (χ2(120) =247.56, p<.001; CMIN/d.f.=2.06; RMSEA= .06; TLI= .89; GFI=.94; CFI= .96; IFI= .96; SRMR=.10). Current findings are further discussed in relation to analogous studies.
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Derler, Andrea [Verfasser]. "The Ideal Employee : the influence of work context, personality and organizational culture on leaders' prototypical implicit follower theories / Andrea Derler." Hagen : Fernuniversität Hagen, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1068374721/34.
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Smith, Jeffrey A. "A new approach to the study of emergent leadership : the application of personality patterns based on general self-efficacy, intelligence, and dominance /." Thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03032009-040355/.
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Porter, Keshia. "The Relationship Between Essentialism, Religious Beliefs, and Views of Change." TopSCHOLAR®, 2012. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1172.
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In this study, the relationship between essentialism, religious beliefs, and views of change was investigated. Participants were given surveys containing three sets of items and a demographic questionnaire. Item sets included the Intrinsic/Extrinsic-Revised Scale of Religiosity, the Essentialist Belief Scales, and the Change Vignettes. Results indicated those with gradualist religious views were not more likely to endorse essentialist views when compared to those with conversionist views. Those who essentialized at high levels were not less likely to endorse the possibility of change in comparison to those who essentialized at lower levels. Participants with high levels of extrinsic religiosity were not more likely to demonstrate essentialist beliefs as compared to those with low levels of extrinsic religiosity. In addition, individuals did not view change as more plausible as they were determined to be more intrinsically religious. No relationship was found between religious affiliation and views of change or measures of essentialist thought. Those belonging to Fundamentalists and Liberalist denominational groups were found to be similar in regard to beliefs about change, and essentialism, as well as intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity. Those classified as Others were significantly different from Fundamentalist and Liberalists, excluding ratings of the importance of good deeds.
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Pickworth, Glynis Ellen. "An integration of the theories of JL Holland and DA Kolb a theoretical and empirical study of vocational personality and learning style types /." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 1997. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03012007-133156.
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Sacre, Sandra M. "Dreams and adjustment following marital separation : implications for the function of dreaming." Queensland University of Technology, 2006. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/20472/.
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Arguably the most popular current theories of dreaming are the functional theories, including the emotional adaptation or problem-solving theory. These theories revolve around the idea that dreams may serve an independent adaptive function, helping us to adjust to, cope with, or resolve emotionally difficult life circumstances, problems and concerns. Contrary to these theories, other researchers have argued that dreams may have no function of their own, but are an epiphenomenon of REM sleep. The cognitive theories of dreaming suggest that dream content is continuous with waking concerns and preoccupations, and that dreaming about waking concerns is not adaptive but reflective, in a similar way that waking thought or daydreaming is reflective, of what is uppermost in the mind of the dreamer. A relatively small body of research (e.g., Barrett, 1993; Cartwright, 1991; Kramer, 1993) relating to individuals who have experienced major stressful life events, is often cited as support for the theory that dreams serve the specific function of helping us to adjust or adapt to current events. Until recently, this body of work has gone largely unexamined and unreplicated, though some have questioned the findings and their implications for the function of dreaming. The research presented in this thesis examined whether dream content reflects a process of adjustment in people who had recently experienced a marital separation, by investigating the relationship between their dream content in relation to measures of adjustment over time. In Study 1, 97 recently separated participants and 93 married controls were tested on personality and coping factors, asked to answer questions about their dream content, and then monitored over 12 months for change in their adjustment. In Study 2, a subset of 42 separated participants kept dream logs for a period of four weeks. Their dream reports were subjected to a qualitative analysis of thematic content, including threat and threat mastery, and analyses were conducted to explore the relationship between threat content, mastery and adjustment. In Study 3, a subset of eight Study 2 participants participated in a case study analysis which investigated contextual information about their individual situations in relation to their dream content and adjustment, in order to explore, in a more detailed way, the relationship between dream themes, adjustment, and waking concerns. Study 4 was designed to compare the findings of the previous studies with a separate sample, using three different methodologies for the collection of dream content data. This study was carried out to replicate the previous studies with the addition of a laboratory-based data collection technique. In Study 4, 18 separated participants spent one night in the sleep laboratory, monitored with a Nightcap, which allowed dream data to be collected from them via questionnaires, dream logs, and REM awakenings. Across all of the studies, and regardless of the method used to measure dream recall and content, there was a significant concurrent relationship between better adjustment and fewer dreams relating to participants’ marital situations. Those with the most distress were the same ones who were dreaming excessively about their separation. These findings suggest that dreams are continuous with waking preoccupation, and do not function to aid adjustment. As such, they did not support the functional adaptation theories of dreaming. The findings were more consistent with the cognitive theories of dreaming, including the theory that dreams have meaning, but no independent function of their own. A significant relationship was, however, found between ego strength, coping style and adjustment, highlighting the greater influence of internal personal resources in adjusting to difficult life circumstances. While these findings do not discount the suggestion that individuals derive significant personal meaning from their dreams, nor the possibility that dreams may reflect something of the function of REM sleep, they do suggest that “adaptationist” assumptions of functional theories of dreaming may be unfounded.
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Thompson, Charles N. "Personal characteristics and the impact of transformational leadership behaviors on follower outcomes." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1212926187.
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Šikolová, Lenka. "Vedení lidí." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15502.
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Diploma paper compares theoretical data of questions of leading people with established practice. The information about established practice in leading people was acquired by the help of questioning among managers. The aim of the paper is to evaluate informaion from practice of leading people and to compare them with methods, instructions and recommendations described in theory.
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Harmon, Geraldine Mart. "William Faulkner, his eye for archetypes, and America's divided legacy of medicine." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07152008-114016/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008.Title from file title page. Thomas L. McHaney, committee chair; Nancy Chase, Marti Singer, committee members. Electronic text (175 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed November 6, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175).
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Pretot, Sophie. "Les communautés d'intérêts : essai sur des ensembles de personnes dépourvus de personnalité juridique." Thesis, Paris 1, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016PA01D012.
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Indivisaires, concubins, membres d'une même famille, copropriétaires siégeant à une même assemblée, sociétés d'un même groupe, adhérents à un même parti politique, salariés d'une même unité économique et sociale, couple d'époux ou de partenaires, personnels de direction d'une même clinique... aucun lien ne semble rapprocher ces situations. Pourtant, toutes ont pu être qualifiées de "communautés d'intérêts". Hasard du langage ou, à l'inverse, signe de l'émergence d'une véritable notion ? Quels enseignements peuvent être tirés de l'emploi récurrent de l'expression "communauté d'intérêts" en droit positif ? Approfondissement minutieusement l'état de notre droit, cet essai s'applique à démontrer l'existence de la nation de communauté d'intérêts, ses spécificités et tout l'intérêt de sa consécration. Appréhendant la communauté d'intérêts comme un ensemble de personnes unies par des liens particuliers, l'étude menée ici s'avère audacieuse. Elle met à la disposition du juge et du législateur des outils de protection adaptés aux particularités de cette entité juridique et requise par celle-ci. D'une utilité pratique indéniable, l'étude répond également à une nécessité théorique. Elle propose de combler un vide juridique, celui qui existe au sein des groupements de personnes, et situe ainsi les diverses communautés d'intérêts entre les ensembles dépourvus de toute cohésion et ceux qui sont dotés de la personnalité morale ou qui en sont privés pour des raisons formellesInterest owners, cohabitees, members of a same family, co-owners at a same general assembly, subsidiairies of a same company, members of a same political party, employees of a same economic and social entity, spouses or life partners, management staff of a same clinic... these appear as unrelated and dissimilar simulations. Yet, all qualify as "communities of interests". Is this a mere vocabulary coincidence or the indication that a genuine concept is emerging ? What lessons can we learn from the recurring use of the term "communities of interest" in positive law ? Thoroughly researching the state of our law, this essay demonstrates the concept of "community of interest", its specificities and why it should be legally anchored. Apprehending the community of interest as a group of people united by special ties, the study undertaken here appears bold. It provides the judge and the legislator with protection tools adapted to the particularities of this legal entity and required by it. The study answers a theoretical necessity, and demonstrates its undeniable practical use. It proposes to fill a legal vacuum that exists within groups of people, and thus places the different communities of interest between the entities without any cohesion at all and those with legal personality or who are deprived of legal personality for formal reasons
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Nijman, Janne Elisabeth. "The concept of international legal personality : an inquiry into the history and theory of international law /." The Hague : T.M.C. Asser Press, 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/recht/toc/484567152.pdf.
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Howell, Alexandra L. "Exploration of Social Comparison Theory's Application for Women Who Engage in Lifelong Habitual Indoor Tanning." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1276607275.
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Wang, Chi-hsiang, and 王季香. "Personality-type Theories of Scholars in Pre-Qin Dynasty." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/17141012484792094433.
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Thesis abstract Base on certain principal documents, this study focus on " Personality-type Theories of Scholars in Pre-Qin Dynasty ". There are three purposes in this work: First, discovering the prosperous thoughts of scholars in pre-Qin; and the second, providing the models of perfect persons for the modern people; the last, examining the ancient Chinese personality theories to compare those theories originated in western psychological concepts. This thesis divides eight chapters. The introduction explains respectively the motivation, hypothesis and the methodology. Those aspects focus on the advantages of the viewpoint of "philosophical study on man" and "the philosophical study on talent" in present China. The second chapter defines the "personality" and analyzes the personality types divided in western psychology. Depending on the definitions, we discuss about four personalities including the western psychological tendency, and synthesize the affiliation by comparison between the psychologist''s biography and the personality theory, therefore we attends to discover the ideal personality which these psychologists expected. The third chapter discusses the personality types which the thinkers classify in Pre-Qin dynasty offering as elaborates following several chapters. From fourth to sixth chapter, we adopt the synchronic and diachronic approaches to interpret the scholars’ texts about personality- type theories. Those contents are divided into three criteria: moral culture, spiritual self-restraint and the social achievement. In surmounting the boundary of nations/scholars, seventh chapter compares the theories personality types and its cultural development which reflected between western world and China. Finally the conclusion summarizes each chapter, also links up the history to manifest the influence of the classification in later generations. Furthermore, we draw the perspective for this study.
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Burkitt, Ian. "Social selves: theories of self and society." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5820.
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Liu, Alex, and 劉國斯. "Theories and Practice of Personality Protection in Taiwan: A Focus on the Rights of Personality in Civil Law." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/79351145436010520422.
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Yen, Bing-Ju, and 顏炳洳. "The Design of a PEM : Personality Evaluation Model and Strategic Interface --- Using the Neuro/Fuzzy Theories." Thesis, 1993. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99286492275946385729.
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資訊工程研究所
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A "Personality Evaluation Model,PEM" based on neural netwok and fuzzy theories is proposed. In this thesis, referrencing to the architecture of "Management Intelligence System,MINTS", and the ideal functions of "Decision Support System, DSS" revealed that the "characteristics" and "personalities" of "decision-mak ers" are so closely related to the strategical decision. For the reason as mentioned aboved, we assume that the PEM model would help us to transfer the "Unstructured" personality data into a Numeric form during the process of decision-making. For building the PEM model, we''ll take the following steps: Firstly, refer to the Robert F. Bales''s method, a three dim ensional characteristic composing space model is proposed , and then design a questionnaire plays the significant role as the knowledge acquision interface. Then, PEM would transfer the ori ginal data into a 6-D "personality membership vector, PMV". Secondly, an unsupervised learning self-organized map (SOM) net would be established the kernel of our PEM model. The net have 6 nodes at input layer, 5x5 network topology at output la- yer. Where the inputs reprent the PMV, and the outputs indicate the classification of human personality trend. Finally, we''ll analyze the weighting-matrix of the training samples, and then identify the rationality of our PEM model.
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O'Keefe, Paul Andrew. "The Situational Adaptiveness of Implicit Theories of Intelligence and Achievement Goal Orientations." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/1324.
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Previous research has largely highlighted the maladaptive consequences of holding an entity theory of intelligence and the adaptive consequences of holding an incremental theory (for reviews, see Dweck, 1999; Dweck & Leggett, 1988). This research, however, has largely ignored the role of the achievement context and how it may conflict with the goals that naturally arise from implicit theories of intelligence. The present research demonstrates that the adaptiveness of theories of intelligence may depend on the demands of the situation. Across two studies, the most adaptive motivation, affect, and use of self-regulatory resources was observed when entity theorists pursued performance goals and when incremental theorists pursued learning goals (fit). Conversely, maladaptive outcomes were observed when entity theorists pursued learning goals and when incremental theorists pursued performance goals (nonfit). For several achievement-related outcomes, however, this pattern of results was moderated by perceived competence, suggesting that fit may be most adaptive when confidence in abilities is high, and nonfit may be most adaptive when it is low. Implications for achievement motivation and goal pursuit are discussed.
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Wolf, Amie Diana. "An examination of how personality traits and implicit theories of intelligence affect metacognitive control over study-time allocation." Thesis, 2017. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8H13DHV.
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Effective monitoring and control over one’s thinking, or effective metacognition, is a central component to many cognitive tasks and thus is essential to optimize learning (Metcalfe, 1993; Paul, 1992; Reder, 1987; Reder & Ritter, 1992; Schneider & Lockl, 2002; Simon & Newell, 1971; Willingham, 2007). Many factors impact how strategies are implemented. We know a good deal about the cognitive variables that affect implementation of cognitive strategies, but nothing about personality or motivational traits that contribute to effective metacognitive strategy use. This study aimed to explore and clarify the relationship between personality traits, implicit theories of intelligence (Dweck, 1999) and metacognitive control over study time allocation and subsequent test performance. The independent variables included the personality traits described in the Five Factor model (McCrae & Costa, 1997; Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) and participants’ implicit theories of intelligence (entity or incremental theory), as well as one between-subjects factor, which was time allotted to study passages, or time pressure (High Time Pressure vs. Low Time Pressure). The dependent variables included test performance and metacognitive strategy used. This study used a study-time allocation paradigm similar to the design used in the Son and Metcalfe (2000) study, where participants first ranked passages based on difficulty and interest, then studied the passages under either high or low time pressure. Participants were tested on their understanding of the material after studying. Participants also completed self-report measures of personality and implicit theories of intelligence. Primary findings revealed that participants high on Conscientiousness allocated more study-time to passages judged as interesting compared to participants who were average or low on Conscientiousness. Additionally, when faced with time constraints, participants who identified with an incremental theory of intelligence were more likely to allocate study-time to passages judged as interesting compared to participants who did not identify with an incremental theory of intelligence. Openness was positively related to test performance, and Extraversion was negatively related to test performance. Lastly, the trait Openness was significantly related to having an incremental theory of intelligence.
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Kruger, Pierre Carl. "The relationship between personality and biographical factors in absenteeism." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2310.
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This research deals with personality and biographical factors in absenteeism.
The literature review looks at personality traits and absenteeism. The
following question must then be asked: Can the construct ”personality” be
analysed and described within the context of the work environment, and can
the relationship between personality, biographical factors and absenteeism be
studied empirically. The empirical study focuses on measuring the relationship
between personality and absenteeism.
The construct ”personality” is presented within the dimensional or trait
perspective. The empirical investigation is presented within the functionalistic
paradigm (quantitative approach). The chosen measuring instrument, namely,
the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF SA 92) was administered
by means of a random sample to 72 Aviation Security Officers. The reliability
of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire was determined using the
Cronbach Alpha coefficient method. To determine if personality is a predictor
of absenteeism, stepwise regression analysis was done. The results indicate
that the degree (category) of absenteeism is associated only with marital
status and number of dependants.Industrial and Organisational Psychology
M. Comm. (Industrial Psychology)
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Armstrong, Carolyn Sue. "A moral development theory : a synthesis from selected moral development theories, a spiral progression model of human development, and ego-state personality theory." Thesis, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/36864.
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Controversy regarding moral development research has given rise
to a proliferation of theories competing for acceptance. For all
these researchers, the work of Lawrence Kohlberg is the pivot point
for comparisons, contrasts, and discussions. Still, no theories to
date adequately describe and document a theoretically complete conception
of moral judgment and behavior. The contention in this thesis is
that Kohlberg's moral development theory should remain the base-camp
for further exploration but concepts from the past as well as new components
from other fields should be added to construct a better model
of human moral thinking and behaving. This thesis formulates a comprehensive
and more adequate moral development theory which fits
existing data. Pertinent aspects of past and present moral theories
are summarized. Theories are evaluated in light of knowledge gained
from past thinkers and recent research. Inadequacies are discussed.
New pieces from psychological personality theories are presented to
replace the normally accepted concept of a unitary ego theory. A more
realistic model of growth as a spiral development process is presented.
This spiral model allows features of the invariant stage
sequence and step-wise hierarchial development process, critical to
Piaget's cognitive development theory and to Kohlberg's justice-oriented
moral development theory, to exist while couched in a broader
growth process that encompasses the pertinent additional features of
other researchers' works. The newly constructed theory is presented.
Documented case materials and portions of counseling sessions are used
to show some adequacy-of-fit of aspects of this theory.Graduation date: 1992
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Coetzee, Hannalize. "Persoonlikheidstrekke van sportdeelnemers met spesifieke verwysing na krieketspelers." Diss., 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1136.
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The main purpose of this study was to determine:
* If there is a relationship between certain personality traits and participation in sport.
* Whether cricket players possess certain personality traits in general and with regard to levels of play, playing positions and age.
The literature study indicated that the study of personality tend to be complex and showed a relationship between personality traits and participation in sport. Furthermore the literature study showed that personality is not static, but dependant on acquired traits and responses.
The empirical study revealed that certain personality traits in cricket players figure stronger than others regarding levels of play, playing positions and age, for example cricket players on club level tend to have more self control than school players and bowlers tend to show a larger tendency to disregard social rules and tend to be more enthusiastic, and greater risk-takers than batsmen and wicketkeepers.Educational Studies
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Ngcobo, Khumbuzile Mornica. "A study of factors shaping learners' perceptions of ICT-based teaching and learning by applying personality and technology adoption theories on indigenous knowledge students." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/1707.
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Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Information and Communications Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.Existing literature indicates that the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKSs) in the school curriculum have the potential to increase academic performance. However, formal education is still unable to integrate ICTs into the teaching and learning of school subjects, especially, those that are related to IKSs. This research therefore aims to construct a model of the factors shaping learners’ perceptions on the usefulness of ICTs for the teaching and learning of IKSs. This aim is sub-divided into four research objectives: (a) to identify appropriate technology diffusion theories for the investigation of the factors shaping learners’ perceptions on the usefulness of ICTs for the teaching and learning of IKSs, (b) to construct a theoretical model of the factors shaping learners’ perceptions on the usefulness of ICTs for the teaching and learning of IKSs, (c) to perform an empirical confirmation of the above announced theoretical model of the factors shaping the perceptions of learners on the usefulness of ICTs for the teaching and learning of IKSs, and (d) to suggest new ideas for future research on learners’ perceptions on the usefulness of ICTs for the teaching and learning of IKSs. A review of existing literature on eLearning adoption by students and learners was conducted in order to achieve objectives a, b, and d. As for objective c, it was achieved through the survey of 115 Hospitality studies learners from the ILembe and UMgungundlovu municipality districts in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province of South Africa. The study’s findings can be summarized as follows: (a) The Technology Adoption Model (TAM) is the backbone of the model designed by this study on the factors affecting learners’ perceptions of the usefulness of ICTs for the teaching and learning of IKSs; (b) Learners’ perceived usefulness of ICTs is hypothetically affected by the following factors: demographics, computer self-efficacy, trust in ICTs, and level of conscientiousness, (c) All these factors were empirically confirmed through a survey conducted by the current study, except that the only validated demographics were : school location, cell phone access, class grade and preferred subject; (d) This research recommends further investigation on the factors affecting learners’ perceived usefulness of ICTs for the teaching and learning of IKSs, mainly because of the insufficient literature on this subject.
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Vercueil, Megan. "A select bouquet of leadership theories advancing good governance and business ethics: a conceptual framework." Thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27355.
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How authors and scholars have approached leadership studies – in terms of their thinking, defining and studying – has changed remarkably over time. According to literature, this is predominantly due to greater optimism about the field and greater methodological diversity being employed to better understand complex, embedded phenomena. As a result, there has been a significant rise in the use of qualitative research approaches to the study of leadership.
Numerous definitions, classifications, explanations and theories about leadership, exist in the contemporary literature. However, despite the vast array of literature, the challenge of failing leadership persists. Challenges, such as the speed of technological advancements, social, and economic change are ever-present, while the impact of COVID-19 is, as yet, uncertain. Despite these challenges, can companies compete successfully in the marketplaces they operate in while also remaining ethical and engaged with the challenges of the broader business and social environment? To answer this question, this study has undertaken qualitative research on the bouquet of trait, situational and value-based leadership theory, in order to re-assess both established and developing theories. The predominant aim is to describe, explain and analyse available literature in an attempt to ascertain academic guidance on how it might be possible to enable leaders and society to mitigate leadership challenges by proposing a conceptual framework that could support leadership theory and, in so doing, take an academic stance in providing better answers or guidance to the failures currently being experienced.
Several authors have noted that leadership makes a difference with resulting impacts on many which implies that to make the world a better place, leadership has two contradictory elements; good and bad. These elements are reflected in today’s connected world where the media, either showers praise on leaders or writes articles deriding their incompetence and abuse of their roles at all levels The proposed conceptual framework of this study endeavours to enable society and leaders, practically and at an individual level, to evaluate leadership issues and link leadership frameworks to their everyday lives and, in so doing, aid in mitigating the challenges being faced.Business Management
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SUDOVÁ, Markéta. "Canisterapie v České republice s ohledem na odbornou průpravu a kynologickou erudici terapeuta." Master's thesis, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-49104.
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In this piece I have attempted to perform descriptive quantitative research in the field of Animal-Assisted Activities and Animal-Assisted Therapies in the Czech Republic. I have placed emphasis on the professional background and dog handling skills of the dog-handler. I tried not only to focus on the impact of dogs on humans, but also to emphasize the importance of the personality of the therapist. I also consider the impact of different personality theories on the personality of the handler/therapist, and the importance of theoretical background and preparation in the given area in which the handler/therapist engages with dogs. Based on the positive respondent reactions, I trust that this research will prove to be of use to people involved in human-animal positive interactions.
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Badenberg, Robert 1961. "Sickness and healing : a case study on the dialectic of culture and personality." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18027.
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Sickness and healing expenence is universal, but the context in which both are
perceived and dealt with is particular. Culture and the individual constitute the
universal context. The social structures, values, beliefs, the symbol system of a culture and the
tendency of the individual to act upon his existence within cultural parameters, inform the
particular context. The relationship that exists between culture and the individual is
best described as dialectic.
The concept of dialect is the theoretical tool to analytically show how this relationship works
out in real life. At the base of this relationship operates conflict. Sickness, or permanent
ill health since early childhood as shown in an in-depth case study, triggers conflict on at
least two levels: the personal-psychological and the socio cultural level.
To effectively deal with sickness and the inner conflicts caused by it, is to channel the
motivation to resolve them by way of employing a symbolic idiom, a cultural symbol that
attains personal meaning. G. Chewe P. of Bemba ethnicity, the
main actor of this thesis, demonstrates how his life experience of sickness made various
symbols become operational, how he filled them with personal meaning, and that there was no hiatus
between the public and private domain.
Healing requires more than medical aid. Cultural symbols that become
personal symbols are often tied into religious experience of some kind. Individuals who
successfully employ personal symbols eventually achieve healing because the symbolic
idiom helps them to resolve intrapsychic conflict.
Missiology cannot escape from two realities: culture and the individual. If anything, missiology
must be interested in culture and the individual. Missiology, in the role of aide-de-camps of the
Christian Mission, shows the history of how individuals connect to God, and how God transforms them
in their cultural environment. To be able to achieve both goals, the issues of context and
conflict must be addressed.
This thesis seeks to account for the dialectic between culture and the individual,
how context and conflict shaped the person and the Christian G. Chewe P. of Bemba ethnicity, and
how he acted upon this context to resolve his travail.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Tumane, Sylvia Puseletso. "Ukucwaningwa kwamagama abaliswa emidlalweni kaLawrence Molefe : Izwe lizothini nethi Bahlukumezekile behlakaniphelana nje." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22594.
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In isiZulu and English abstractLolu cwaningo lucubungula amagalelo kaLawrence Molefe ekubhaIweni kwemidlalo yakhe emibili ethi Bengithi Lizokuna kanye nethi Bahlukumezekile Behlakaniphelana Nje. Inhloso yocwaningo kule midlalo ukubheka ukuthi abalingiswa bayo bethiwe kanjani na? Lolu cwaningo luhamba luthinte izinsiza kuhlaziya esingathi amathiyori (theories) nendlela aytha abalingiswa bakhe ngayo kanye nesitayela esisetshenziswe umbhali kule midlalo yakhe emibili. Kukhethwe le mibhalo kaLawrence Molefe ukuze sibone ukuthi ingabe kukhona okusha esingakufunda kuye uma sibheka indlela aytha ngayo abalingiswa bakhe nokuthi uhambisana kanjani kuyiphiramidi kaFreytagi (1863). Lo msebenzi wehlukaniswe waba yizahluko eziyisithupha . Lolu cwaningo lubhekelele indlela elandelwayo uma kwethiwa amagama ukuthi ingabe indlela efanele nokuthi okuphi okumelwe kulandelwe uma kwethiwa amagama. Kubhekwa ukuthi ikuphi lokhu kubaluleka okuqukethwe ukuba khona kwegama emuntwini. Kuyazeka nokho ukuthi lolu hlobo locwaningo lunalo izingqinamba okuhlangatshezwana nazo okungaba ukungatholi izinsiza ezifanele ezizoba nolwazi olwanele mayelana nokwethiwa kwamagama ikakhulukazi asuke ebhalwe ngesiZulu. Kuyatholakala ukuthi kwezinye izilimi akuyona inkinga kangakho ukuthola ulwazi olusuke luxhumene nalo mkhakha. Miningi imiqulu ekhiqiziwe ewusizo ngezilimi zesiNgisi ikakhulukazi. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kumele umcwaningi embule ambulule azame ukuthi abe nezindlela eziphusile azokwazi ukuzisebenzisa ukuqhuba ucwaningo lwakhe. Kubuye kubeke umcwaningi ethubeni lokuthi abheke phela ukuthi izinhloso zocwaningo lwakhe ziwela emkhakheni wesikhashana esifushane noma wesikhathi eside. Kodwa lokhu kuchaza ukuthi azibhekelele lezo zinhloso uma eqhuba ucwaningo lwakhe. Kubalulekile ukuthi umcwaningi abheke ukuthi iyiphi ithiyori yokwethiwa kwamagama angase ayilandele nokuthi athini manye mathiyori na. Lokhu kubuye kweyame esifundweni esitholakala ekwethiweni kwamagama. Kuhle futhi ukuthi sethulelwe ukubaluleka kocwaningo lapho kubhekwe ukuthi yini ezocwaningwa emagameni abalingiswa nokuthi yini edala ugqozi olungaka noma intshisekelo yokwazi kabanzi ngokwethiwa kwamagama ikakhulukazi esiZulu. Kubalulekile futhi ukuthi kubhekwe noma kwethulwe izinsizakuhlaziya ucwaningo oluzohamba phezu kwazo ekwethiweni kwamagama. Nakuba inhloso isekutheni kubhekelelwe lawo esiZulu, kodwa kuhle kuphinde kubhekwe nakwezinye izilimi ukuthi ingabe eyabo indlela ihluke kanjani kweyesiZulu na?Ucwaningo lubuye lulandelele imvelaphi yombhali wezincwadi ezisuke zizocwaningwa ukuze kutholakale kabanzi ngobungaye nezinhloso zakhe ekubhaleni nokuthi uma kubhekwa umlando wakhe yini emenza ahluke kwabanye ababhali. Uma kuqhutshwa ucwaningo kuhle ukugxila ezindleleni ezizosetshenziswa ekuqoqeni ulwazi nezizolandelwa. Akupheleli lapho, kuhle ukuthola ukuthi abanye ongoti noma osolwazi bathini ngokucwaningwa kokwethiwa kwamagama. Kubuye kubhekwe ukuthi ucwaningo luzobhekiswa emibhalweni eyimidlalo lapho kubhekwa ukuthi abalingiswa bawuqhubekisa kanjani umdlalo ngendlela abasuke bethiwe ngayo. Lana kubhekwa imidlalo emibili ebhalwe ngu Molefe ethi ‘Izwe Lizothini’ kanye nothi ‘Bahlukumezekile Behlakaniphelana Nje. Kuhle ukuthi ukuthi umcwaningi athulele abahloli bakhe nomeluleki isithombe ngokuba ethule imidlalo ngamafuphi. Lokhu kuyobasiza ukuba bakwazi ukubona indlela abethiwe ngayo abalingiswa ukuthi kukhona yini okumele akulungise noma anconywe kukho. Ubuye abheke ukuthi kuyisakhiwo nesizinda sayo le midlalo abalingiswa balukhuphula kanjani izinga. Ucwaningo kumele lubheke futhi isitayela sombhali emdlalweni yomibili Izwe Lizothini kanye nothi Bahlukumezekile Behlakaniphelana Nje ukuthi sihluke kanjani kwabanye ababhali nokuthi sime kanjani. Lolu cwaningo kumele manje liyiphothule indima yalo ngokuba lethule okusuke kuhlaziywa, okuphi okuncomekayo okuphawuliwe nokuthi lapho kunegebe okumele livalwe kanjani. Kumele iphothulwe ngokuba kunikwe umhlahlandela ekuthuthukiseni ucwaningo lwalolu hlobo ikakhulukazi olimini lwesiZulu.
This research analyses the impact by Lawrence Molefe made as an author for two drama books known as Izwe Lizothini and Bahlukumezekile Behlakaniphelana Nje. The primary aim of the research in these drama books is to see how much power and influence is in naming of the characters and how have they been named? The research also focuses on theories and ways that can be used in naming characters as well as the style the author used in his two drama books that would be analyzed. The researcher has chosen drama books from the author Lawrence Molefe to see whether is there anything new that can be learnt from him on how he has name his characters. This will go to as far as analyzing how the author has name his characters and how his style of naming does fit in Freytag’s pyramid (1863). This research is divided into six chapters. This research also focuses on acceptable ways and methods that are being followed and used when naming the characters or even children at large. Analysis focuses on the importance of giving a name to a human being. It is also known that this kind of research has some challenges that are usually experienced. Challenges such as relevant resources that can be used in assisting a research especially when research conducted in naming is written in isiZulu. It is well known that these kinds of resources are widely and abundantly available in other languages. There are many resources whether it is books, articles or journals on naming or onomastics in English available. This simply says that it is imperative for the researcher to go all out in finding important ways that would be used in conducting the research. This also gives a researcher an opportunity to look into the aims and objectives of the analysis. The researcher will also be mindful of whether the analysis will be based on the short term or long term period. This means that the researcher will have to take into consideration the aims and objectives of the research. It is imperative for the researcher to be mindful of the theory that will be used in analyzing naming or onomastics and also look at other theories of onomastics. This lies on the theme or lesson that will be found in naming or giving a name in a character. The analysis needs to focus on the theory that focuses on naming . The research analysis also focuses on what will be analyzed on naming the characters and what inspires the research to be conducted especially giving Zulu names. It is important to look at the resources that will be used when conducting the research on naming. Even though, at this stage the focus is on analyzing Zulu names, it is also vital to look at how different analysis is on naming specifically in other languages. The research analysis also looks at the biography of the author regarding drama books that he published. This allows readers to know more about the author and what inspired his love of writing. This go beyond on finding more about the author and what makes him different from other authors when analyzing his name giving his characters. When conducting research analysis, ways or methods of collecting data or information needs to be clearly explained. Again, it is outmost vital to read what other onomasticians or linguists say about how to analyze name giving or naming. The focus is also on analyzing two literary dramas where attention is given to the role that characters play in ensuring that the story is a success of course with the help of how they have been named. We look at the impact their names have in the drama by just being given names. x The researcher also gives a summary or an overview of story from each book so that the supervisor and co-supervisor have understood what the story is about so that they are able to see how characters have been named. This also allows the researcher to see whether is there any gap that needs to be closed when analyzing naming in isiZulu nor commend on the good work done. It also allows the researcher to look at how names of the characters have impacted on plot and the structure of the drama. Research analysis has also to focus on the naming style used by the author in his two drama books namely Izwe Lizothini and Bahlukumezekile Behlakaniphelana Nje and how does his style differ from other authors. At the end, the research summarizes the role and the impact of name giving and its analysis, what are recommendations on the gap identified during the research and how to close challenges identified. The research is concluded by giving way forward or guidelines that would ensure that more researchers engage in analyzing naming in isiZulu and perhaps other African languages.
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Henriques, Mariana de Ascensão. "The role of individual differences in shame-induced behavior: a review of the literature and investigation of the contribution of attachment individual differences in predicting prosocial behavior following shame." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/6155.
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In this article I will review research on the role of individual differences in predicting shameinduced
behavior. Shame emerges essentially from a perception that one is viewed as
unattractive by others and serves the important evolutionary function of warning individuals
that they may be rejected and excluded by others. To help people deal with the threat of
rejection, shame is postulated to motivate them to engage in socially valued behaviors that
will protect or improve their social images and in this way grant them the acceptance of others
and prevent their loss of group membership. Nevertheless, research has for decades focused
on the negative interpersonal and psychological consequences of shame, with studies showing
how this emotion leads people to hide when commiting transgressions, become more
aggressive and hostile and exhibit dimished empathy for others. Only recently have the
positive behavioral functions of shame begun to be uncovered, with studies showing how this
emotion may also motivate people to behave in ways that promote interpersonal acceptance
(e.g. striving in performance situations, engaging in reparations following wrongdoing and
behaving prosocially towards others). However, the extent to which shame will promote one
type of behavior or another is dependent upon individual differences that predispose people
towards adaptiveness or maladaptiveness in the face of this emotion. Because space does not
allow for a consideration of all such relevant individual differences, I will review evidence of
the role of self-esteem and attachment individual differences in predicting adaptive versus
maladaptive behavior following shame.Neste artigo serão revistos os resultados da investigação existente acerca do papel das diferenças individuais na predição do comportamento em situações de vergonha. A vergonha surge essencialmente de percepções de ausência de atractividade social aos olhos dos outros e serve a importante função evolucionária de avisar os indivíduos de que podem ser rejeitados ou excluídos. Por forma a lidar com a ameaça da rejeição, tem sido defendido que a vergonha motiva os indivíduos a terem comportamentos socialmente desejáveis que irão proteger ou melhorar as suas imagens sociais aos olhos dos outros e assim garantir-lhes que são aceites por eles. No entanto, a investigação durante décadas focou-se nas consequências interpessoais negativas da vergonha, com vários estudos a demonstrar como esta emoção leva as pessoas a fugir quando cometem transgressões, tornar-se mais agressivas e hostis e exibir menor empatia pelos outros. Apenas recentemente têm as consequências interpessoais da vergonha vindo a ser desvendadas, com alguns estudos a evidenciarem que esta emoção também pode motivar as pessoas a comportar-se de formas que promovem a sua aceitação social (e.g. dedicação em domínios de performance, reparações após transgressões, comportamento prosocial). Porém, a medida em que a vergonha irá promover um tipo de comportamento ou o outro depende de diferenças individuais que predispõem as pessoas a comportar-se adaptativamente ou não quando confrontadas com esta emoção. Porque o espaço não permite a consideração em detalhe de todas as diferenças individuais relevantes para este tópico, evidência acerca do papel da auto-estima e da vinculação na predição do comportamento em situações de vergonha será revista em maior detalhe.
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De, Beer Annelize. "The effects of resilience training as a component of strengths-focussed training on team performance : a case study in the food and beverages manufacturing industry." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1442.
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The study determines the effects of resilience training on team performance. An investigation was undertaken to:
* establish a theoretical foundation for using resilience training to improve performance;
* identify parameters and criteria for determining the effects of resilience training on the individual within the team;
* gain insight on how learners experienced the resilience training; and
* whether they implemented the resilience training within the workplace.
This study included the review of literature on various motivational theories, resilience, psycho-education, adult learning and team performance. It also included an empirical investigation on the effects of resilience training on the individual within the team and the team performance as such. Data was collected against the main research question: What is the effect of strengths-focussed training on team performance?Educational Studies
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ZELENKOVÁ, Barbora. "Vliv imigrační a integrační politiky na podmínky života cizinců ze třetích zemí žijících v České republice." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-152537.
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The work deals with the impact of immigration and integration policies on the living conditions of third-country nationals in the country. It is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part defines related terms and types of migration. Further describes the causes and effects of migration in the economic, social and demographic. This work also introduces the current migration theories. The work also reflects the integration and integration policy of the state to receive and foreigners living in the Czech Republic. The thesis introduces the living conditions of foreigners living in the Czech Republic, with their position in the labor market, with their terms of health and social security. The work is also given view of immigration and immigration policy, Christian social ethics. The practical part of the thesis research by talking to strangers, employees of the state administration and employers who employ foreigners and thus actively contribute to the successful integration of foreigners into Czech society, to verify the facts mentioned in the theoretical part, the search for the causes of these facts, respectively. possible solutions.