Bottom Up Comparative Politics: Game Theory Abroad

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (04) ◽  
pp. 871-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Lane
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Game Theory ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Analytic Theory ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Political Narratives ◽  
National Life

If comparative politics is in one if its periodic states of theoretical collapse (Blyth 2006, 493), no one feels the lack of roof and walls more acutely than instructors in undergraduate comparative politics classes. With professional colleagues and graduate students one preaches to the choir, but with college students, many of whom may be non-majors, we must workin partibus infidelium, among those who have not yet been converted. Without an orthodox doctrine to work from, this can be a challenging task indeed. The approach used here, combining detailed socio-political narratives with strong analytic theory, tends to engage students because it fills in a full range of national life, rich in national eccentricities, cultural exaggerations, and hidden motives, and because it controls the proliferation of detail by emphasizing its logic. In a sense the abstract becomes concrete and the concrete becomes abstract.

scholarly journals A Study on Frequent Selfie Users and Narcissism among College Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Abirami Sakthivel ◽  
Priyadharshini Thangamuthu
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Early Screening ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Critical Situations

Background: Selfie a generalized expression for a "self portrait”, has become a fad among today's youth. People love to take and post their selfies even when they are in critical situations or any annoying surroundings. For example, when someone met with an accident, people take pictures, rather than calling ambulance. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the narcissism and selfie users among college students of Coimbatore, India. Materials and Methods: Descriptive design was adapted. Conveniently selected 100 post graduate students were assessed on selfie usage and narcissism. Results: Study found that 67% of the students moderately using selfie and 50% of the students had narcissism. Narcissism had a significant relationship with selfie usage. Conclusion: Study concluded that majority of the college students who were taking selfies and uploading them on social networking sites after editing them had more narcissism. Study recommends that early screening followed by appropriate interventions are required for selfie takers to avoid psychological problems in future. Keywords: Selfie usage, narcissism, students

Machiavellianism as a Strategy of Power Attainment in College Freshmen, Upperclassmen, and Graduate Students in Psychology

1988 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 953-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Madonna ◽  
Andrea L. Wesley ◽  
Glenda K. Bailey ◽  
Howard N. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Need For Power ◽  
Group Format ◽  
Psychology Majors ◽  
Interpersonal Situations

Winter in 1973 suggested that among several career groups, psychologists have a tendency to be high in the need for power ( n Power). Machiavellianism, typically a strategy of manipulation, results in attainment of power or control over interpersonal situations. The present study investigated Machiavellianism as a means of power attainment in college students. The Mach V Scale was administered in a group format to the following: (a) college freshmen, (b) upperclass psychology majors, and (c) graduate students in psychology. Analysis indicated significantly different scores between groups as freshmen scored significantly lower than did upperclass or graduate students.

scholarly journals The Initial Period of Activity of the Central Council of Ukraine: Since March 3 (16) till the National Congress in April 1917

2021 ◽  
pp. 110-123
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Kucheruk
Keyword(s):  
Initial Period ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Central Council ◽  
Public Consciousness ◽  
National Life ◽  
National Congress ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
The Masses

Among many issues related to the phenomenon of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921, the specifics of the development of the earliest stage of its history attracts special attention of the researchers. It is no accident, because during this period the Ukrainian national movement in the Russian Empire, which was in fact totally banned with the outbreak of the First World War, proved its strength and its ability to become a real factor in mobilizing the masses. The logic of historical events initiated almost immediately by the appearance in early March 1917 in Kyiv of the organizational center of Ukrainians led to a revolutionary transformation of public consciousness in terms of moderate demands made in pre-revolutionary times by a relatively small group of public figures, as well as to a strong assertion of the sovereign will of the Ukrainian people, who had irreversibly embarked on the path of state formation. The demands mainly concerned schooling, basic opportunities for development of national culture and extremely limited forms of local self-government.In view of this, the article considers both the historical context, circumstances and conditions of the establishment of the Central Council of Ukraine, and the peculiarities of positioning the representatives of various political currents during the least documented period: from the end of February 1917 to the All-Ukrainian National Congress (April 6-8, 1917). Based on the analysis of the recollections of participants and witnesses of the process, periodicals and official publications of the Central Council of Ukraine, the names of the Ukrainian figures who were its founding members, were clarified. It was emphasized that, despite the dissatisfaction of the older Ukrainian activists associated with the Society of Ukrainian Progressives, this revolutionary parliament began to form as a broad union of groups, parties and organizations representing the full range of Ukrainian political forces at the time. Particular attention is paid to the fact that at the initial stage of formation of the Central Council of Ukraine the problem of consolidation has become one of the most pressing on the agenda of national life.

Minority College Students and Digital Agency

2019 ◽  
pp. 103-135
Author(s):  
Charlotte Baker ◽  
Rebecca J. Blankenship
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Real World ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Preservice Teacher Training ◽  
Minority College Students ◽  
Digital Agency ◽  
Workplace Setting

As noted in the 2017 Horizon Report on Higher Education, it is no longer enough to simply graduate with a degree in a particular discipline; the Hart Research Associates Report also emphasizes the point that employers are requesting that colleges and universities place more emphasis on practical and real-world skills rather than focusing on competencies in broader disciplinary theories that may never be applied practically in the daily workplace setting. In this chapter, the authors look at two specific examples: preservice teacher training and the training of graduate students in epidemiology (STEM). The purpose of this qualitative analysis is to examine and compare the literature related to two primary concepts: (1) access to technology and digital literacy of minority college students and (2) minority serving institution (MSI) response to promoting digital literacy among faculty and students enrolled in clinically based programs.

Perceptual and cognitive determinants of tactile disgust

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (11) ◽  
pp. 2705-2716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supreet Saluja ◽  
Richard J Stevenson
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cues ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Object Identification ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Tactile Cues ◽  
Cognitive Determinants

Tactile cues are said to be potent elicitors of disgust and reliable markers of disease. Despite this, no previous study had explored what the full range of tactile properties are that cue disgust, nor how interpretation of these sensations influences disgust. To answer these questions, participants were asked to touch nine objects, selected to cover the range of tactile properties, and evaluate their sensory, affective, and risk-based characteristics (primarily how sick they thought the object would make them). Object contact was manipulated in four ways, with participants randomly allocated to corresponding groups—one that could see the objects (i.e., the control) and three that could not (i.e., the blind groups). To manipulate disease risk interpretation of the objects, labelling was used on the blind groups, with one receiving Disgust-Labels, one True-Labels and one no labels. Disgust was strongly associated with sticky and wet textures, and moderately with viscous, cold, and lumpy textures, suggesting adherence-to-skin may predict disgust. The participants in the disgust-labelled condition had the highest disgust ratings, and this was mediated by their increased sickness belief and fear of the objects. Object identification was poor when labels or visual cues were absent. Our findings suggest that tactile disgust may reflect a bottom-up sensory component—skin adhesion—moderated by judgements of disease-related threat.

Unpacking the monolith

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (9/10) ◽  
pp. 661-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Miner
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
International Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Graduate Level ◽  
Citizenship Status ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa

Purpose The term STEM often remains an undifferentiated category, especially at the graduate level. Conceptualizing STEM as a monolithic category, rather than as a combination of distinct fields, prevents researchers from understanding and documenting the full range of persistent inequality within scientific disciplines at the graduate level and throughout the lifespan. The purpose of this paper is to address two oversights prior to degree completion within the context of the USA by asking two specific questions: To what extent is gender associated with choice of discipline within STEM graduate education? In the USA, do gender differences in STEM fields depend on citizenship status? Design/methodology/approach Using data from the 2015 International STEM Graduate Student in the US Survey, this study employs multinomial logistic regression analyses and presents predicted probabilities to assess differences of enrollment in STEM fields by gender and citizenship status. Findings Results show that domestic women were less likely to enroll in computer sciences and engineering when compared to domestic men. However, in contrast to domestic students, there were no gender differences among international students’ enrollment in engineering. Research limitations/implications This paper shows the importance and complexity of how gender intersects with citizenship status in enrollment patterns in STEM graduate fields. The survey included the top 10 universities in the USA based on the total enrollment of international students, and it is unclear if there exists differences in these selected students and schools when compared to students at colleges and universities that enroll less international graduate students. Originality/value The author makes the case to disaggregate STEM to better assess how specific fields can be modified to attract graduate students worldwide. This paper accentuates the significance of gender and citizenship status for understanding differences in choice of discipline among graduate students in STEM.

Writing Apprehension among Graduate Students: Its Relationship to Self-Perceptions

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 1034-1039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Writing Apprehension ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Scholastic Competence ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between scores on Daly and Miller's (1975a) Writing Apprehension Test and on seven dimensions of Neemann and Harter's (1986) Self-perception Profile for College Students. Participants were 97 students (81 women and 16 men) from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds enrolled in graduate courses in research methodology. Analysis indicated that students with the lowest perceived scholastic competence and perceived creativity tended to have the highest anxiety about writing. Recommendations for research include replication.

scholarly journals Assessing food insecurity prevalence and associated factors among college students enrolled in a university in the Southeast USA

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Wooten ◽  
Marsha Spence ◽  
Sarah Colby ◽  
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public University ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
University System ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Southeast Usa ◽  
Final Sample

AbstractObjectiveTo assess rates of food insecurity (FI) among college students enrolled at a large public university system across one US state and identify factors associated with experiencing FI.DesignCross-sectional online survey administered to eligible, enrolled students (n 38 614) across three campuses within the university system, with 5593 students responding (4824 final sample after applying exclusion criteria, 12·5 % response rate). FI was assessed using the US Department of Agriculture’s Adult Food Security Survey Module. Descriptive statistics were conducted to calculate FI status and identify sample characteristics. Associations between FI status and independent variables were assessed using bivariate analyses (χ2 and ANOVA tests) and multivariate logistic regression.SettingLarge public university system, Southeast USA.ParticipantsEnrolled college students (excluding freshman, <18 years of age).ResultsThirty-six per cent of students were classified as FI. After controlling for confounders, factors that were significantly associated with increased likelihood of FI included previous FI (P<0·001; OR=4·78), financial factors and self-reported grade point average ≤3·85. Seniors were significantly more likely experience FI than graduate students (P=0·004, OR=1·41). A significant relationship was not identified between FI and meal plan participation, and no differences in FI were found between graduate students and individuals with sophomore or junior standing.ConclusionsThis research identifies high rates of FI among college students enrolled in a large public university system in the Southeast USA, as well as selected factors related to FI. Programmes to assist college students experiencing FI need to be developed and tested.

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