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Johnson, Wendy. "Policy Inaction for People with Anomalous Visual Perception." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/28858.
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This research addresses policy inaction, a topic given scant attention in policymaking literature. The specific aim is to understand why policymakers in the state of NSW (Australia) do nothing about people who experience anomalous visual perception (AVP). Atypical perceptual distortions impact on most life skills, including reading, driving, and playing sport, thus these private subjective experiences pose problems in multiple public policy domains. In the education sector, as parent and teacher, I perceived costs of inaction namely, limited educational opportunity, hence my quest to find out why policy inaction prevails. Theoretical frameworks (Agenda Setting; Multiple Streams; Advocacy Coalition; Path Dependency and the Role of Experts) are used to comprehend policy inaction. A phenomenologically oriented methodology draws on counterfactuals: plausible and possible actions are used to spotlight policy inaction. Counterfactuals are verified by an empirical account of policymaking for students with anomalous visual perception at one NSW high school. Interactions between the Board of Studies, bureaucrats, members of Parliament, parents, and staff are recounted; students’ voices are included, and improved academic results are documented. Yet policy inaction prevails because policymakers are inhibited by the federal contract; by traditions which limit policy options and by a narrow problem frame which confines the problem to the education system. No entrepreneur has attempted to link the problem (illumination-induced perceptual distortions) with the politics (of multi-national lighting standards) and with a solution (adjustable lighting). Epistemic conflict fosters inaction. An ‘epistocracy’ claims the problem is non-existent, vision scientists demur, and philosophers argue against reductionist science. My research demonstrates inaction; contributes to understanding why government does nothing for light sensitive people and it provides a warrant for action.
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Bizot, Elizabeth Butler. "The accuracy of person perception judging people on the basis of task performance /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1988. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/8809488.
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Sun, Nee-ngor, and 孫妮娜. "Social cognitive functions of people with schizophrenia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45588600.
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Donley, Amy. "THE PERCEPTION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE: IMPORTANT FACTORS IN DETERMINING PERCEPTIONS OF THE HOMELESS AS DANGEROUS." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3813.
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This study uses two quantitative and two qualitative data sources to determine if homeless people are viewed as dangerous and if they are what factors contribute to this perception. Areas examined are respondent's characteristics, media affects and the perceived rights of homeless people to urban space. Actual levels of perpetration among the homeless are examined to allow for comparisons between perception and reality to be made. Findings showed that race plays a major role in the perception of homeless peo-ple among whites, while gender is more influential among blacks. There was no rela-tionship between media and perceptions. A negative relationship was found between support of rights of the homeless and the perception that they are dangerous. While the homeless have higher incarceration rate as compared to the poor-but-never-homeless, the crimes for which they are sentenced appear to be non-violent in nature and are of-ten what are characterized as nuisance crimes. Recommendations were made to study actual perpetration rates among the homeless to allow for a more in-depth analysis of criminal involvement.Ph.D.
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Donley, Amy Melissa. "The perception of homeless people important factors in determining perceptions of the homeless as dangerous /." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002261.
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Thompson, Leanne Julia. "Object representation and tactile picture perception in blind people." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.421972.
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Willis, Lia. "Housing subsidy and self-perception of well-being does housing subsidy make a difference in residents' perception of their physical and mental health? /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4734.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 4, 2008) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Wong, King-man Corina, and 黃敬萬. "Perception of young people in requesting help over personal problems." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31249097.
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Mazzullo, Nuccio. "Perception, tradition and environment among Sami people in northeastern Finland." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.544151.
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This thesis is a study of the Sämi community in the village of Inari in northeastern Finland. Through the study I address the following issue: is there any fundamental difference in the way Sämi people relate to the environment compared to neighbouring communities, and to people of socalled "Western" societies? Following recent studies of indigenous peoples of the circumpolar North, my analytical approach hinges upon the principle that the landscape is important in fashioning people's sense of identity and as a repository of their traditions. The natural world is not understood as standing apart from the domain of human social life, but rather as continuous with it. For this reason, no absolute distinction can be drawn between relations with human beings and relations with non-human components of the environment. Hence the question is: what is the relationship between the Sämi people and the environment they inhabit? I argue that this relationship is indeed very intimate, despite numerous technological changes that have affected the ways in which people talk about, engage with and move in it. I also argue that there are subtle differences between their approach and that, for example, of the Finnish community, whose cultural background lies in farming. 6Overall, this study demonstrates that although a number of ecological, cultural and social variables substantially affect the ways people relate to the environment, the connections between these variables are not based on simple cause and effect. Intentionalities shape the quality of these interactions in unpredictable ways. Hence perceptions, identities and traditions are dynamic and continually under construction. Conflicting views on these issues are also very prominent in Sämi life. Their importance lies in the ways they guide people's understandings of their actions in the landscape, both socially and environmentally. Finally, this study further suggests that any ontological division between humanity and nature should be abandoned if we are to pursue environmental policies that realistically address northern native peoples' practical engagement with the diverse constituents of their familiar environments. Such an approach affords the possibility not only of a much richer ethnographic appreciation of indigenous cultures, but also a powerful critique of our own 'Western' assumptions. It also raises the critical problem of understanding how the indigenous perspective responds to the ever-increasing involvement of native people with such 'Western' institutions as the nation state, the market and the Church
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Jarvie, Stewart. "Self perception and psychosocial functioning in people with intractable epilepsy." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1993. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/825/.
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It has long been recognised that many people with poorly controlled epilepsy suffer from significant inter-ictal psychosocial problems. Yet there is little consensus on appropriate treatment for such difficulties. It is argued that this has been due to an overconcentration on seizure control in treatment practice and a lack of professional agreement on potential aetiological factors or of consistent appropriate definitions of psychological and social difficulties. Recent research on patients' perceptions of their condition has indicated that such perceptions may be a more potent predictor of psychosocial functioning than objective information such as seizure type or frequency. If such perceptions were found to vary in a consistent and predictable manner, this would have considerable assessment and treatment implications. Analysis was made of the literature on patient perceptions. Four main conceptual areas were implicated: The perceived social effects of epilepsy, the perceived physical effects of epilepsy, perceived control over epilepsy and its effects, and knowledge of epilepsy. From this analysis a hypothetical `perception of epilepsy' model was developed: From this, it was suggested that patients' perceptions vary between `adaptive' perceptions, and `maladaptive' perceptions. It was proposed that `adaptive' perceptions were typified by good knowledge, high efficacy beliefs, high perceived control over seizures and health related behaviours, low fear of seizures and low perceived social limitations imposed by epilepsy. Conversely, `maladaptive' beliefs were typified by poor knowledge, low efficacy beliefs, external control beliefs, high perceived social limitations and high fear of seizures. It was hypothesised that if this model proved to be valid, the more maladaptive an individual's perception, the greater the psychosocial risk. A further supplementary hypothesis was made concerning `underadaptive' perceptions which, it was speculated, would result in passivity and dependency.
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Wong, King-man Corina. "Perception of young people in requesting help over personal problems /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13117063.
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Wardell-Johnson, Angela. "People in context: critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems." Thesis, Wardell-Johnson, Angela (2007) People in context: critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/476/.
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Landscape-based approaches to solving environmental issues have been widely recommended by scientists and policy makers. These issues are found at the interface of social and ecological systems. Understanding the social dimensions of landscape issues has been suggested as part of the solution. This doctoral research integrated theoretical concepts with survey-based numerical taxonomy and qualitative analysis to explore three social dimensions underpinning decision-making at the landscape scale in rural Australia.
These linked social dimensions that provided a research focus were sense of place and accompanying social capital that is embedded within private, social and institutional practice in discourses of the environment. Complex systems theory provided the framework to explore the interactions and relationships between these dimensions and to describe the emergent processes.
The first phase of this research developed theoretically and empirically derived conceptual models for the three dimensions. These models provided a basis for operationalisation for the survey-based numerical taxonomy in the second phase. Data for this analysis was collected through survey questionnaires (124 returned with 60% response rate) from two social catchments (the Katanning Zone in the Blackwood Basin in Western Australia and the Condamine Headwaters in the upper reaches of the Murray Darling Basin in Queensland). The results from the numerical taxonomy provided a focus for semi-structured interviews (24 representative participants) that provided further analysis through qualitative methods in the third phase.
Combining conceptual models with quantitative and qualitative analysis was used to expose three emergent processes that maintain resilience in these landscape systems. The first was formed through the interactive social relationships between communities of place, identity and interest that constitute social catchments. The second emergent process formed at the nexus of local, scientific and Indigenous frameworks of knowledge. The interactive social catchment relationships and three knowledge frameworks dictated the relative weightings of social, ecological and economic values of the triple bottom line, which formed the third emergent process. It is suggested that the interactions of these emergent processes characterised resilience in these systems.
The social dimensions in this thesis provided a focus that suggests that the interactions between community in a social catchment governs the predominance of knowledge form and the accommodation of the values in the triple bottom line. The integration of theoretical, quantitative and qualitative approaches can be couched within a complex systems framework. This contributes to a re-framing of the social relationships in landscapes to identify social catchments as the appropriate focus for interaction in decision-making at the landscape scale.
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Wardell-Johnson, Angela. "People in context : critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems /." Wardell-Johnson, Angela (2007) People in context: critical social dimensions in complex landscape systems. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/476/.
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Landscape-based approaches to solving environmental issues have been widely recommended by scientists and policy makers. These issues are found at the interface of social and ecological systems. Understanding the social dimensions of landscape issues has been suggested as part of the solution. This doctoral research integrated theoretical concepts with survey-based numerical taxonomy and qualitative analysis to explore three social dimensions underpinning decision-making at the landscape scale in rural Australia.
These linked social dimensions that provided a research focus were sense of place and accompanying social capital that is embedded within private, social and institutional practice in discourses of the environment. Complex systems theory provided the framework to explore the interactions and relationships between these dimensions and to describe the emergent processes.
The first phase of this research developed theoretically and empirically derived conceptual models for the three dimensions. These models provided a basis for operationalisation for the survey-based numerical taxonomy in the second phase. Data for this analysis was collected through survey questionnaires (124 returned with 60% response rate) from two social catchments (the Katanning Zone in the Blackwood Basin in Western Australia and the Condamine Headwaters in the upper reaches of the Murray Darling Basin in Queensland). The results from the numerical taxonomy provided a focus for semi-structured interviews (24 representative participants) that provided further analysis through qualitative methods in the third phase.
Combining conceptual models with quantitative and qualitative analysis was used to expose three emergent processes that maintain resilience in these landscape systems. The first was formed through the interactive social relationships between communities of place, identity and interest that constitute social catchments. The second emergent process formed at the nexus of local, scientific and Indigenous frameworks of knowledge. The interactive social catchment relationships and three knowledge frameworks dictated the relative weightings of social, ecological and economic values of the triple bottom line, which formed the third emergent process. It is suggested that the interactions of these emergent processes characterised resilience in these systems.
The social dimensions in this thesis provided a focus that suggests that the interactions between community in a social catchment governs the predominance of knowledge form and the accommodation of the values in the triple bottom line. The integration of theoretical, quantitative and qualitative approaches can be couched within a complex systems framework. This contributes to a re-framing of the social relationships in landscapes to identify social catchments as the appropriate focus for interaction in decision-making at the landscape scale.
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Wan, Ka-pik, and 尹家碧. "An exploratory study of the elderly people's perception of quality of life." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3197837X.
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Wan, Ka-pik. "An exploratory study of the elderly people's perception of quality of life." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19470988.
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Catrone, Rocco Giovanni. "FRAMES OF ERROR: THREE BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES TO REDUCING STIGMA TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES." OpenSIUC, 2020. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1884.
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What makes a person disabled is a much-debated topic with some focusing on the individuals impairments (putting the onus of disability on the individual) while others focus on how the environment (both architectural and social) exacerbates an individual’s impairments and creates the conceptualization of disability (putting the onus of disability on society). No matter how a person with a disability (PWD) is categorized, they are met with healthcare, education, and work disparities that are perpetuated both unintentionally and intentionally. This paper examines the various ways disability and subsequently stigma arises from a variety of viewpoints both within and outside the tradition of behaviorism. Given an overview of behavioral research, much of which is line with non-behavioral conceptualizations track well on to, the author points to how Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS) may offer potential applications for the reduction of stigma towards PWDs. Three studies were detailed across relevant relational frames and their potential roles in the formation and defusion of stigma thereby extending the prior behavioral research on utility for potential, computer-based societal interventions.
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Boukas, Nikolaos. "Cultural tourism, young people and destination perception : a case study of Delphi, Greece." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/35873.
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The aim of the study is to identify young visitors’ perceptions of the archaeological site of Delphi in Greece by measuring their importance and satisfaction levels from a series of cultural attributes through importance-satisfaction analysis. Even though young people are an important segment of the tourism industry little research has been done concerning their actual behaviour towards culture and cultural destinations. Given their significance, an examination of their perceptions towards cultural destinations can give useful insights. This can be done both academically, for the enrichment of theory, but also practically, for the appropriate management of cultural sites according to their needs and wants. In this study it was found that young visitors consider culture as one of the most important motives for travelling. According to the respondents, attributes related to monuments/exhibits at the site are more important than the facilities and amenities provided by its managers. The research identified that, overall, young people were fairly satisfied with Delphi, particularly with its beauty and landscape, but less satisfied with the man-made interventions. Importance-satisfaction analysis indicated that issues concerning the organisation and promotion of the site have positive levels of satisfaction, while issues concerning education and quality have comparatively negative levels. Factor Analysis derived three groups of attributes that should be considered for the future planning of the destination: ‘Place and Experience’; ‘Amenities and Quality’; ‘Facilities and Operation’. Finally, Cluster Analysis indicated that there are three main segments of young visitors in Delphi which, according to their profile, develop certain behaviours that should also be taken into account for the future promotion of the site; ‘The Greeks’; ‘The Americans and others’; ‘The French’. Therefore, better management strategies according to the needs and wants of this dynamic market would make the site more attractive, contributing to the promotion of cultural tourism in general. The study found that young people are great ‘consumers’ of culture and seek to enrich their knowledge while visiting cultural destinations. If a cultural destination meets their specific needs and wants, greater levels of satisfaction will be generated. Positive levels of satisfaction will lead to a series of positive consequences: loyalty, mouth to mouth marketing and peer influence. This, in addition to the fact that young people are the tourists of the future, can lead to the creation of consciousness for culture while travelling and to the enhancement of the potential visitation of the site in the following years.
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Eriksson, Ottilia. ""When they talk people listen" : Perception of power among Luo women in Kenya." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-274176.
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This thesis examines perceptions of political power among Luo women in Kenya. The research was conducted in the autumn of 2015 and founded by a MFS-scholarship from Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The research examines the hypotheses that there are three factors that affect women’s chances to get political power, namely: education, economy and social capital. Through qualitative methods 20 respondents were interviewed. The results show that all three factors were recognized as important. To get power the respondents experienced that you have to take part in a reciprocal pattern. You have to give money, help or knowledge, and with higher education, good economy or a lot of social capital, you will have easier to offer those things.
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Aranda, George. "Functional brain electrical activity during affective facial processing in people with schizophrenia." Swinburne Research Bank, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/36027.
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Thesis (PhD) - Swinburne University of Technology, Brain Sciences Institute, 2008.[Submitted for the degree of] Doctor of Philosophy, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University of Technology - 2008. Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-269).
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Kunzmann, Richard. "The self-concept of spinally-injured people : the role of frequent internet communication within cyber-communities." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2002. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10132005-122701/.
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Chan, Miu-ping, and 陳淼冰. "A study of patients' perception towards geriatric day hospital and itsimplications for social work practice." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31248068.
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Li, Chi-ho. "Determinants of quality of life : the perception of the elderly in nursing homes /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22331554.
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Murry, Peter John. "Frequency lowering to improve speech reception of hearing impaired people." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998.
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Wong, Yee-man. "Evaluation on perception of housing and related services provided to the elderly in public rental housing of Hong Kong /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38026089.
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Kaposambo, Vivian. "Employee perception of performance appraisal and its relationship with organisational commitment: the case of a meat corporation in Namibia." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23768.
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Performance appraisal is a human resources function that many organisations undertake. Organisations should therefore try to understand why many often perceive their performance system to be unfair. The purpose of this study was to examine employee perception of performance appraisal and its relationship with their organisational commitment. Using a justice approach, this study considers issues regarding perceived fairness, trust, process clarity, and quality of communication regarding the performance appraisal system. Performance appraisal is a tool, which if managed well, will increase work performance. A quantitative research approach was used and a cross-sectional field survey generated the primary research data. An online survey consisting of 55 questions was e-mailed to 150 staff members who participate in the performance appraisal system at a Meat processing plant in Namibia. Regression analysis was employed to examine the relationship between employee perception of performance appraisal and organisational commitment. The results of the statistical analyses show that very weak to moderate relationships exist between organisational commitment and employees' perceptions' of performance appraisal. The results indicate that for an organisation to obtain employee commitment, the organisation should ensure that performance appraisal is a company-wide system that is well understood, fair and clearly communicated to the employees. Furthermore, managers should create an environment within the organisation to enhance employees' perceptions about the performance appraisal system.
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Yue, Pak-hong, and 余柏康. "Assessing the standard and perception on visibility for tourists and local people in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207476.
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In recent decades studies all around the world have shown an increasing trend of visibility degradation. In Hong Kong, the visibility has shown a deteriorating trend from 1968 to 2003 (Leung et. al 2004). The level of visibility has been proven to be related to the level of air pollutants causing air pollution. Therefore, visibility degradation is a sign of deteriorating air quality and a potential threat to human health. In addition, visibility degradation will blur the vista of the skyline that tourists are looking for in their trips. The degraded visibility will harm the tourists’ enjoyment at popular tourist sites such as the Peak, Hong Kong.
This study aims at finding the standard of visibility violation of the lay public and the tourists in Hong Kong and their perception on visibility degradation. The study designs a questionnaire based on a judgement study on photograph of perception and justification of visibility standards by Pryor (1995) and the conceptual model of Sell et al. (1988) to unveil the reason behind the human standard on visibility degradation and the relationship between people’s background and their perception.
The study suggests the standard of visibility violation is 4.5km in the Peak, Hong Kong and the standard varies from place-to-place while it is very much based on the environmental setting of the vista. A modified model based on the conceptual model by Sell et. al (1988) is introduced to explain the relationship between environmental change, individual, perception and their responses. It is deduced that human perception on visibility degradation will start when the environmental degradation exceeds the acceptance level of people.
The finding proved that the standard of visibility violation could be determined. The standard would change according to a place-to-place format and poor visibility was interpreted according to the aesthetic characters and the aesthetic integrity of the vista. The demographic background of different individuals only determined the perception on visibility degradation but not the standard of visibility degradation. Meanwhile, according to the findings, a standard of low visibility based on either health concern or aesthetic concern and an early warning system of low visibility were proposed.published_or_final_version
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Chow, Yeow Leng. "Perception versus reality : nurses' personality characteristics, attitudes towards older people and levels of self-esteem." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310489.
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Sinclair, Donna Lynn. "Contested Visions of Place: People, Power, and Perception on the Columbia's North Shore, 1805-1913." PDXScholar, 2004. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3068.
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This is a narrative of place, of intersections between people, power, and perception of landscape. The environs of the Columbia River Gorge create a very distinct sense of place. Where once a series of three rapids - the Cascades of the Columbia - blocked industrial upriver transport, now Bonneville Dam and Locks allows smooth passage. To the north the vast 1.3 million acre Gifford Pinchot National Forest dominates the landscape. On the Columbia's banks lies the town of Stevenson, Washington, with Carson a few miles away, in a transitory ecological zone between east and west, at the forest's edge. There, community development has been manifestly influenced by human relationships to the landscape.
Contested visions of place during the nineteenth century resulted in violent conflict and framed debates over place.Examining struggles over who would control access, first to the Cascades of the Columbia, and then to the timber of the Wind River Valley, provides a venue for examining power - of nature, ideas, and changing human cultures as overlapping groups imposed their views of the good life onto the landscape. As each successive group gained power, the relationships of humans to the land, and to one another, changed.
By examining historic connections between river and forest, and between human communities to each, this study identifies multiple meanings of the same environment for different groups. I use a bioregional approach, exploring relationships between land, people and resources on the Columbia's north bank between 1805 and 1913. Power relations at the Cascades and in the forest were determined through conflict, negotiation, and the federal government, with the human relationship to nature influencing outcomes. Conflict often resulted from struggles over access to place, while human groups negotiated their place within the landscape. Nature privileged one group over another through disease, fire, and human perception, while the United States government co-opted place through public land laws, Indian removal, and by measuring and bounding the landscape. Who gained access to the river and forest of the Columbia's north shore, and how they did it, is the focus of this story.
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Wells, Holly. "Families of people with experience of psychosis : exploring the impact of family interventions and understanding the role of young people in their parent's care." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25908.
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Background: While literature indicates a positive impact of family interventions (FIs) on people with experience of psychosis, less is known about outcomes for other family members involved with these interventions. Furthermore, there is a paucity of literature offering an understanding of how young people with a parent with experience of psychosis view themselves in relation to their parent’s care. In the context of community care for psychosis, consideration of family views and outcomes is important in establishing how their needs may best be met. Aim: The thesis aims were twofold: (a) to systematically review the literature to explore the impact of single FIs for psychosis on family members, establish whom outcomes are being gathered for, and to what extent children and young people are involved; and (b) to develop an understanding of how young people with a parent with experience of psychosis conceptualise themselves in the context of their parent’s care. Method: A systematic search of the literature was conducted in October, 2016. Additionally, 12 interviews were carried out with 11 young people (aged 14-18 years) with a parent with experience of psychosis. A grounded theory approach was employed. Results: 21 studies were included in the systematic review. 86% revealed at least one positive outcome for family members engaging with FIs. None of the studies included children or young people. In the empirical study, a provisional theory was generated and at the core of this is how young people establish and negotiate their role in relation to their parent’s care in the context of adolescence; balancing caring for and/or living with a parent with experience of psychosis with “being a teenager”. This process appears dependent on young people’s perception of parental needs and supports and among other factors, seems to be facilitated by having appropriate information (that is specific and formulation based). Young people perceiving adults to view them as “too young” appears to be a significant barrier to this. Conclusion: The systematic review points towards a generally positive impact of FIs on family members but involvement of children and young people is lacking. The empirical study highlights that parental psychosis appears to pose additional and unique challenges to young people, particularly in the context of adolescent development; emphasising the need for better support, appropriate information sharing and adults recognising and validating young people’s experiences. Future research would benefit from the exploration of inclusion of children and young people in FIs.
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León, Ramón, and Martínez Juan José Tan. "Humiliated and offended people: A study about scorn and discrimination in Peru." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2013. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/101246.
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Seven hundred eighty nine Peruvian students (362 men and 427 women, in ages between 16 and 27 years) answered a 6 - items Scale of Perception of Contempt in Peru. Although there is no significative statistical differences between the total scores in men and women, item- analysis showed these difference in three items. The subjects wich saw themselves as of white race had a stronger perception of contempt in the Peruvian society than the other people. The validation and other psychometric qualities of the Scale of Perception of Contempt in Peru are commented in this communication.Setecientos ochenta y nueve universitarios peruanos (362 varones y 427 mujeres, en edades entre 16 y 27 años) respondieron una escala de 6 ítems que evaluaba la percepción de desprecio en el Perú. Aunque no se dieran diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los puntajes totales de hombres y mujeres, el análisis de ítems puso en evidencia esas diferencias en tres de ellos. Los sujetos que se vieron a sí mismos como de raza blanca tuvieron una percepción más fuerte de desprecio en la sociedad peruana que otras personas. La validación y otras cualidades psicométricas de la Escala de Percepción de Desprecio en el Perú son comentadas en esta comunicación.
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Allen, Siobhan O. "Policing young people at mass events: Does procedural justice foster help-seeking?" Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402725.
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Young people’s consumption of illicit substances at mass events (e.g., music festivals; school-leaver events) is a major health concern to authorities world-wide. Police are required to enforce laws on illicit substances at such mass events, but critics claim that heavy-handed police enforcement can alienate patrons and reduce their willingness to seek help from police in the event of an adverse reaction or overdose. In recent years, police in Australia have been urged to shift their approach from a ‘law enforcement’ approach to a ‘harm reduction’ approach at these types of events, particularly when dealing with young people. Harm reduction policing approaches focus on supply, demand and harm-minimisation associated with illicit drugs, with recent literature proposing that police discretionary decision-making and interpersonal interactions with users aimed at building trust and respect can contribute toward secondary harm reduction (Stevens, 2013). Despite the call for harm reduction policing approaches at these events, police still use crackdown tactics in Australia. These policing tactics have been linked to excessive consumption of drugs to avoid detection (e.g., Dunn & Degenhardt, 2009; Hickey et al., 2012). To foster young patrons’ help-seeking in illicit substance emergencies at mass events, it is important to better understand how they perceive police at mass events and policing responses that target illicit substances.
Research demonstrates that public perceptions of procedural justice policing—fair treatment and fair decision-making—influences a range of attitudes and behaviours in citizens, including: satisfaction with police, compliance with police directives, trust in police, and willingness to cooperate with police (e.g., Hinds & Murphy, 2007; Sunshine & Tyler, 2003). This prior research also shows that relational concerns regarding procedural justice tend to be more important for shaping attitudes and behaviours toward police than instrumental concerns, such as perceived risk of sanction or perceptions that police are effective. Adopting a procedural justice framework, my research explores for the first time how policing approaches at mass events influences young peoples’ trust in police, their willingness to cooperate with police, and their help-seeking behaviours in the event of adverse reactions to illicit substances.
A mixed methods approach is adopted across three studies. Study 1 includes observations of two mass events in Queensland (a two-week high-school graduation celebration known as ‘Schoolies’, and a music event known as ‘Stereosonic’) and interviews with 19 Queensland Police Service officers. Study 2 uses the interviews with police officers, while Study 3 includes a survey of 440 youth who attended the Schoolies event during the same years as the observations and interviews.
Study 1 found that the policing approach in the first week of Schoolies more closely aligned with a harm minimisation approach than the second week of Schoolies or the Stereosonic music festival. It was also found to demonstrate more characteristics of procedural justice policing compared to Stereosonic (the other mass event studied). Study 2 revealed that police had varied understandings of procedural justice and noted several barriers in its practice but indicated that the principles underlying its framework were important for policing youth at these events. Study 3 indicated that youth’s self-reported help-seeking was driven more by instrumental concerns such as a perceived risk of sanction for wrongdoing than relational factors such as procedural justice. However, perceptions of procedural justice and trust in police dominated young peoples’ willingness to cooperate with police, with procedural justice being very important to fostering trust. Further, young people were more likely to say they would seek help from police at mass events for a friend than themselves, and also when they perceived policing tactics to be less law enforcement focused.
This thesis fills several gaps in the literature. It is the first to explore the theoretical link between young people’s perceptions of procedural justice, trust, and willingness to seek help for an adverse consequence associated with illicit substance use. It is also the first to compare policing tactics employed at Schoolies to another youth mass event, and the influence policing tactics at these events have on youth trust in police and willingness to cooperate and seek help. This thesis raises important implications for the widespread applicability of the procedural justice framework, and for how police should best approach policing mass events in the future.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Crim & Crim Justice
Arts, Education and Law
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Chow, Edward W. "The structure and development of physical self-perceptions in young people." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2002. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6833.
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Self-esteem development is one of the main concerns in school physical education (PE). PE aims to help school children gain a holistic development by engaging them in a wide range of physical activities. However, to date, mechanisms underpinning this process are not clear. In this research, three correlational and one experimental studies have been conducted with the aim to further understanding of this issue. The research began by examining the hierarchical and multi-dimensional structure of physical self-perceptions in British secondary school children. This was extended to studying how physical self-perceptions at lower levels of generality influence physical self-worth and global self-esteem Ii n Hong Kong Chii nese secondary school children. It was found that task orientation indirectly affects physical self-worth and global self-esteem via physical self-perception sub-domains, including sport competence, physical condition, body attractiveness, and physical strength. An attempt has been made to decompose perceived ability in school physical education into self-referenced and other-referenced perceived ability It was found that the two differentiated measures mediated the effects of the two goal orientations in different ways. In order to further explore how physical selfperceptions at the level of self-efficacy affects perceived sport competence and physical self-worth, an experiment was conducted using trampolining skills development programme as an intervention. Participants were found to have significant increases in self-efficacy, perceived sport competence, and physical selfworth after the completion of eight 1.5-hour sessions. Findings lend support to the importance of school PE in self-perception enhancement.
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Deeg, Anja, and Ann-Lisa Niemann. "Social Responsibility: what’s the big deal? The influence of news media on future business people : A study on the three CSR-dimensions in media." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18584.
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The current study aims to provide insight into future business people’s perception of Social Responsibility topics in news media generated in the European Union. Furthermore, the study develops an understanding of the link between the perception of future business people and the three CSR-dimensions in media. These three dimensions include ‘opinion forming’, ‘opinion illustrating’ and ‘responsibility for own business actions’, emphasizing the media’s responsibility towards its stakeholders in order to act in line with socially responsible business actions. In news media, CSR is rather complex and sensitively linked to agenda setting, democracy, and transparency issues as well as accountability and one-way communication. The study focuses on future business people’s perceptions based on how they are affected by a media company’s commitment to the three CSR-dimensions since opinions are formed through media within society as a whole. Furthermore, the current study is conducted with qualitative research in order to gain deeper insight into the sample group’s in-depth feelings, experiences and opinions. Focus groups are conducted in order to achieve a thorough understanding of their perceptions. The analysis of the current study is based on thematic analysis enabling a systematic approach in order to provide the reader a clear overview. Moreover, findings are discussed and implications for management of media companies and society are demonstrated. A number of differing opinions become evident through the study among future business people. Their perceptions towards SR topics in news media emphasize the importance of the topic in today’s business environment and society as well as a subject that needs attention in news media. Moreover, future business people share a concern regarding news media’s agenda setting and illustrating, which in turn has an effect on the way they perceive a media company’s social responsibility processes. At the same time, SR topics in news media are intended to be taken into consideration for future decision-making.
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Eriksson, Staffan. "Falls in people with dementia." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Univ, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1449.
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Malmquist, Ludvig. "The ethnic identity of the Sami people : A study about the perception of Samis’ ethnic identity." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100674.
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The purpose of this thesis is to analyze perceptions about the Sami ethnic identity. In order to analyze the topic, this thesis is using a qualitative method. It seeks to answer the research questions “how do the Sami perceive they can live and express their ethnic identity?” and “how are the Sami people´s ethnic identity being portrayed by others”?. The conclusions were reached through studying language and to be more specific, a discourse analysis using various academic papers and from newspaper articles. The analysis is based on a broad analytical framework which consists of stigma by Goffman, Ethnicity by Olsson, Ålund, and Johansson, and ethnic identity three-stage model development by Phinney. These theories and concepts were chosen since they are the most suitable theories in order to analyze the objective. The findings were broken down into four different topics, the topics are “reindeer herding”, “relationship with each other and other indigenous groups”, “climate change” and “Sami identity”. The results suggest that Sami people are proud of their identity and that they can express their identity, even though there are perceptions that they live in a colonial system. The results also suggest that non-Sami people very often perceive the Sami ethnicity in a negative way. The results correspond to stigma and ethnicity and mostly regarding ethnic identity development. However, there are some flaws in the ethnic identity development three-stage model.
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Tam, Sing-fai. "Exploring, measuring, and enhancing the self-concepts of Hong Kong Chinese adults with physical disabilities /." [Hong Kong] : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14777393.
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Davies, Bronwen. "Emotional perception and regulation and their relationship with challenging behaviour in people with a learning disability." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/50462/.
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Objectives: This study explores the relationships between challenging behaviour, emotional recognition, alexithymia and cognitive emotional regulation strategies in a population of people with learning disabilities. The Emotional Recognition Questionnaire was developed to measure an individual’s ability to identify the emotions they would feel in a given situation. One objective of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the tool. Methodology: Cross-sectional data was collected from 96 participants with a learning disability and 95 of their carers. The service user participants completed the Emotional Recognition Questionnaire (ERQ), and adapted versions of the Alexithymia Questionnaire for Children (AQC) and the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire for Children (CERQ-k). Carer participants completed the Checklist for Challenging Behaviour (CBC) and the Observer Alexithymia Scale (OAS). Correlational analyses were computed to identify relationships between the variables and linear regression was used to identify the predictive value of variables in relation to the main outcome variables of challenging behaviour frequency, management difficulty and severity. Finally, a between group analysis was conducted to compare the emotional recognition abilities of people with high frequency challenging behaviour with those with low or no challenging behaviour. Analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses. Results: No relationship was found between the ERQ and the AQC so the construct validity of the ERQ was not supported. The results highlighted significant negative associations between emotional recognition abilities and challenging behaviour frequency and management difficulty. Significant differences in emotional recognition abilities were found between people with high frequency challenging behaviour and those with low or no challenging behaviours. Observer rated alexithymia was significantly related to challenging behaviour frequency, management difficulty and severity. Cognitive emotional regulation strategies and service user measured alexithymia were not, however, related to challenging behaviour. Other relationships were found between service user rated alexithymia and the cognitive emotional regulation strategies of Catastrophizing and acceptance, and emotional recognition was negatively related to self-blame. Conclusions: Overall, the study suggests that emotional recognition and observer related alexithymia are important in understanding challenging behaviour presented by people with a learning disability. This has implications for clinical practice and further research. Additional research needs to be conducted to evaluate the construct validity and test-retest reliability of the Emotional Recognition Questionnaire.
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Nixon, Yumi. "Nonverbal perceptual styles of British and Japanese people : a study of cultural influences and perception training." Thesis, University of York, 2005. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/14064/.
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Chiapa, Ana Luz. "The Relationships among Perception of Stigma, Ethnic Identity, and Acculturation in People Living with HIV/AIDS." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5293/.
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to grow and minorities have been affected at a disproportionate rate. Two factors that are hypothesized to be associated with HIV/AIDS stigma include ethnic identity and acculturation. The current study uses a diverse, gender-balanced sample (n= 201, aged 23-68) of African-Americans (54.2%), European Americans (31.8%), and Latinos/Hispanics (10%) to evaluate the relationship among the proposed variables. The study found that higher levels of ethnic identity and other group orientation were associated with lower levels of perceived HIV/AIDS stigma. A stepwise linear regression analysis (adjusted R2 = .13, F(11, 189) = 3.74, p < .001) revealed that as the level of inclusiveness of other ethnic groups (t = -4.263, p < .001) increases, the level of perceived HIV/AIDS stigma decreases. The results from this study suggest that the development of interventions that address stigma and inclusiveness of other ethnic groups may benefit people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Bare, Stephanie, Natalie Dubin, Haley Hawks, K. Quinn, B. Ratliff, and Brenda Louw. "Nutrition Students’ Perception of The Role of the SLPs in Treating People Living with HIV/AIDS." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2147.
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Bare, Stephanie, Natalie Dubin, Haley Hawks, Kathleen Quinn, Brittany Ratliff, and Brenda Louw. "Nutrition Students’ Perception of The Role of the SLPs in Treating People Living with HIV/AIDS." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2141.
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This project explores nutrition students’ perceptions of SLPs' and Nutritionists’ role in healthcare needs of PLWHA through survey research. The results will describe participants’ perceptions of the SLPs' and Nutritionists’ roles in the healthcare needs of PLWHA. Recommendations are made regarding interprofessional training curricula for SLP and Nutrition students.
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Hollie, Joshua Raphael. "THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL VARIABLES ON THE PERCEPTION OF PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT RACES AND JOB TYPES." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2505.
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The study assessed how stimuli that contradict pre-experimental histories affect the formation of new relations. The study also assessed whether social variables such as race would influence college students’ perceptions of people of different races and job types. Twenty-six college students at a Midwestern University participated in the study. During the pre-test, participants rated the degree of “Good” or “Bad” of various pictures of African American males, police officers, and random objects on a Likert-type scale. Next, based on their pre-test results, participants completed a match to sample task that paired pictures of African American males and police officers opposite of their initial perceptions. Afterward, all participants again completed the Likert-scale rating task. Pre-test results revealed that some participants demonstrated strong negative pre-experimental biases toward police officers and that the race of the participants influenced their pre-test ratings. Individual data showed that 22 out of 24 participants changed their perceptions for at least one stimulus. Match to sample and post-test results revealed that participants with strong pre-experimental biases took more trials to complete the task, scored less accurately when conditions included socially loaded stimuli, and were less likely to change mean ratings for police officers during the post-test rating scale.
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Järborg, Ellen. "Recognising the Movements of Other People : What role do the feet play?" Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-11183.
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The ability to recognise the movements made by humans and other animals, referred to as biological motion, is a specialised human ability that develops at an early age. This perceptual ability is strong even for the minimal amount of information contained in a point-light display, which has been used to study specific features of biological motion to find out what properties contribute to this ability. The perception of biological motion depends on visual perception, visual attention and motor cognition, and perception depends both on the global form, configural information and local information of a body in motion. Depending on the situation, either global or local motions will be more salient and processed to a greater extent by the perceptual system. Previous research has shown that the local and configural information contained in the feet play an important role for identification, direction discrimination and the inversion effect. The salience of the feet for perception has previously been studied when they are subjected to focused attention, but not reflexive attention. The goal of this study was to investigate if the local and configural information of the feet can trigger reflexive attention and be incidentally processed by the visual system in a direction discrimination task. To test this experimentally, a masking paradigm was used where the feet were placed in a mask consisting of scrambled walkers. The results show that the feet affect recognition of target direction when the target is upright, but not when inverted. An interesting and unexpected finding was that for upright targets, the feet aid recognition when they move in the opposite direction of the target. Due to the experimental setup, it is difficult to say with certainty what the results imply, and suggestions for a follow-up study are presented.Kognitionsvetenskap handlar om hur människor tänker, uppfattar världen och interagerar med omgivningen och med andra människor. Inom kognitiv psykologi har människors förmåga att uppfatta andra människors och djurs rörelser studerats länge. Vi kan känna igen vänner och familj på det unika sätt som de rör sig och forskningen har visat att vi har förmågan att identifiera många olika typer av rörelser och handlingar även när den tillgängliga informationen är minimal. Studier som använt s.k. punktljusdisplayer, där endast vita punkter som representerar kroppens stora leder visas mot en svart bakgrund, har visat att förmågan att känna igen biologiska rörelser är mycket känslig och robust för störningar. Forskare har undersökt vilken information hos rörelser som vi använder för att lyckas med detta, och hur visuell perception och uppmärksamhet fungerar då vi tittar på punktljusdisplayer. Det har visat sig att fötterna har en stor inverkan på igenkänning av rörelseriktning och att det framförallt är på grund av fötterna som det är svårt att känna igen rörelser som presenteras uppochner. Något som inte har testats tidigare är om fötterna är så starka signaler att de kan påverka vår perception även om vi inte riktar fokuserad uppmärksamhet mot dem, utan endast reflexiv uppmärksamhet. Den här studien har testat om fötter kan trigga just reflexiv uppmärksamhet och påverka hur vi känner igen rörelseriktningen hos en gående punktljus-figur. Resultaten visar att fötternas specifika rörelsemönster kan trigga reflexiv uppmärksamhet i situationer då rörelserna är upprätta och då fötterna rör sig i motsatt riktning från den figur som deltagare fokuserar på. Experimentdesignen har dock inneburit att resultaten är svåra att tolka. För att säkrare kunna säga huruvida resultaten beror på fötterna föreslås en ny studie, och detaljer kring vilka justeringar som borde göras i en sådan studie presenteras.
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Wu, Xiangshu. "Illness perception and coping among older adults with coronary heart disease : a study at acute convalescent stage /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B2487341x.
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Jahoda, Andrew. "Experience of stigma and the self-concept of people with a mild mental handicap." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22866.
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Recently professionals and service planners have become increasingly aware of the consequences of stigma and of limited social experience for the self-concepts of people with a mental handicap. These issues have been central to the debate concerning the mainstreaming of children with special needs in ordinary schools and have become of major importance for those promoting the social integration of people with a mental handicap. However, there is little understanding of the relationship between the person's experience of stigma and his or her self-concept. Researchers have studied the self-concepts of people with a mental handicap using normative or standardised tests which produce quantitative scores. I argue that such studies provide little insight into 'handicapped' treatment and the participants' views of themselves. In contrast to these studies, the present research has followed the work of Edgerton (1967), who used intensive methods to study the relationship between the self-concepts of adult people with a mental handicap and their social circumstances. Three groups of adult people with a mild mental handicap took part in this research. The first group lived in their family home, the second group moved from their family home to liye more independently, and the third group came from a long-stay hospital. The instruments used in the research were open-ended interviews. In total 48 participants with a mild mental handicap were interviewed, and where possible, their mothers and staff were also involved. The interviews concerned the participants' experience of stigma and their views of themselves in relation to handicap and stigma. A longitudinal investigation with a sub-sample of the participants was also carried out to explore their pattern of social lives and networks. It was found that participants led socially rather segregated lives, had considerable experience of stigma and were often regarded by significant others in their lives as 'handicapped' as persons. Despite this, most of the participants in each of the three groups rejected a 'handicapped' identity. These findings are discussed with reference to several social theories of the self and previous research. The practical implications of the results for future policy and services for people with a mental handicap are also considered.
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Abrahams, Narzeen. "A study to determine the perception of people analytics tools to improve people management practices in selected departments within the public sector in the Western Cape." University of Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7401.
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Magister Commercii (Industrial Psychology) - MCom(IPS)People analytics refer to people-related, data-driven, processes (e.g. trend analyses and data management) aimed at describing and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of people management practices and processes in support of business outcomes in order to inform and improve people management initiatives and performance as well as business decision making.
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Tuscherer, Taylor. "Seeing Two People together: Unitization of Romantically Involved Men in Face Memory." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1436397039.
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Wong, Man-fong Mariana. "Caregivers' perception of the effect of home help service on family with an infirm elderly : an exploratory study /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12325946.
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Webb, Jennifer Jean. "Vulnerability to flooding in Columbia County, PA the role of perception and experience among the elderly /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2006.
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Martin, Emily. "Initiation of Health Behavior Change and Its Psychological Determinants in Prehypertensive People: An Exploratory Study." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32329.
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Objective: This study explored the relationship of risk perception with change in health behaviors and social cognitive theory (SCT) constructs. Additionally, this study evaluated the feasibility, utility, and practice of self blood pressure monitoring (SBPM). Design: Adults with prehypertension, ages 45-62 (N = 23) completed the Risk Perception Survey for Developing Hypertension (RPS-DH) and Health Belief Survey (HBS) during the screening portion of Dash-2-Wellness (D2W), a lifestyle modification intervention. Participants were randomized into one of two treatment groups, Dash-2-Wellness Plus (D2W Plus) or Dash-2-Wellness Only (D2W Only). Both groups were given dietary counseling regarding the DASH diet and encouraged to monitor their physical activity using a pedometer. The D2W Plus group also engaged in SBPM. Results: Moderate correlations were found between composite risk perception and change in step count (r = -.47, p = .03), and change in systolic blood pressure (r = .42, p = .04). Baseline risk perception was not related to SCT variables, with few exceptions. High levels of compliance (M = 90.36%, SD = 12.62) were reported for SBPM. Conclusions: Findings indicate that risk perception may play a limited role in motivating change in continuous health behaviors, particularly in asymptomatic conditions. Additionally, the nature of the risk reduction offered by the behavior may also influence its association with risk perception as a motivator for change. Findings suggest that SBPM is a feasible and useful behavior. Reports regarding positive affect and ease of machine use in regards to this behavior may increase the likelihood of regular compliance.Master of Science