Evaluative devices as a narrative tool for enacting relational complexity

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Jović
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Cognitive Tool ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Affective Expressions ◽  
Relational Complexity

In the present article, I explore how urban youth use narrating for self-presentation as they relate to diverse contexts and audiences. Diverse narrative genres employed in this study were used as a socio-cognitive tool for looking into enactments of relational complexity — a skill of adjusting one’s communications to audiences and contexts. Thirteen adolescents were asked to narrate about the most important aspects of their lives, using two different genres and addressing two different audiences. I explored youth’s systematically varied use of psychological state expressions, as they navigated through different genres and audiences. As adolescents narrate either about the negative experiences or for the imagined peer audience, their narrating involves more cognitive than affective expressions. This indicates that systematic changes take place in narrating as a socio-cognitive process when there is a need for more intense work around issues, either to figure out what is happening, or to try to present oneself in the best light to salient others.

Emotional Computer

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shikha Jain ◽  
Krishna Asawa
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Computer Applications ◽  
Human Psychology ◽  
Intelligent Behavior ◽  
Emotional Component ◽  
Emotion Model ◽  
Emotion Modeling ◽  
Rational Reasoning

Extensive studies established the existence of a close interaction between emotion and cognition with remarkable influence of the emotion on all sorts of cognitive process. Consequently, technologies that emulate human intelligent behavior cannot be thought completely intelligent without incorporating interference of emotional component in the rational reasoning processes. Recently, several researchers have been started working in the field of emotion modeling to cater the need of interactive computer applications that demand human-like interaction with the computer. However, due to the absence of structured guidelines, the most challenging task for the researcher is to understand and select the most appropriate definitions, theories and processes governing the human psychology to design the intended model. The objective of the present article is to review the background scenario and necessary studies for designing emotion model for a computer machine so that it could generate appropriate synthetic emotions while interacting with the external environmental factors.

The ‘blue leviathan’

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-347
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Stamatakis
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Mutual Relationship ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Institutional Legitimacy

There have been complaints against the Argentinian police for decades (CELS, 2013, 2015). The Argentinian police (either federal, national, prefectural or military) have been characterised as the ‘blue leviathan’ (Saín, 2008), being responsible for gross human rights violations and excessive violence committed against civilians. The present article focuses on youth, aiming to explore their perceptions regarding police violence and impunity based on past negative experiences in one of the most affected areas in the metropolitan region of Buenos Aires, the Mitre neighbourhood. The quantitative data gathered for this study furthers the discussion on institutional legitimacy and the mutual relationship between the development of confidence, obedience in law and procedural justice, in Argentina and beyond.

scholarly journals Existential and psychological problems connected with Threat Predicting Process

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 53-69
Author(s):  
Piotr Mamcarz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Normal Functioning ◽  
Human Integrity

Abstract The aim of the article is to present a very important phenomenon affecting human integrity and homeostasis that is Threat Prediction Process. This process can be defined as “experiencing apprehension concerning results of potential/ actual dangers,” (Mamcarz, 2015) oscillating in terminological area of anxiety, fear, stress, restlessness. Moreover, it highlights a cognitive process distinctive for listed phenomenon’s. The process accompanied with technological and organization changes increases number of health problems affecting many populations. Hard work conditions; changing life style; or many social and political threats have influence on people’s quality of life that are even greater and more dangerous than physical and psychological factors, which, in turn, have much more consequences for human normal functioning. The present article is based on chosen case studies of a qualitative analysis of threat prediction process

scholarly journals What Lies Beneath? An exploration of Secrets held by Urban Youth

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanti Shanker ◽  
Dilip M. Panikker
Keyword(s):  
Urban Youth ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Developmental Stages

Every day in life one may have myriad experiences, however, there may be some events or thoughts that an individual may choose not to share it with anyone. This ability to keep the information to ourselves, is not an easy process and is an active intentional cognitive process. Secrets is something that each individual has, however, there has been a lack of empirical interest in this topic. What may be the function of this process and does it have any links to developmental stages or does it inform any aspects of counseling? In an exploratory study, secrets from 172 participants were collected and analyzed. The results provide evidence that suggests secrets may have a developmental basis. Further, the feelings associated with secrets are negative, thus providing support for our contention that the events precipitating the secret have their source in the shadow archetypes.

Habit

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guopeng Yin ◽  
Ling Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Partial Least Squares ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Theoretical Development ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Continuance Usage ◽  
Pls Analysis

Most IS studies considered post-adoption behavior as a cognitive process but rarely took a habitual perspective. The present study developed a research model to investigate the antecedents and effects of users' habit in the context of social networking websites (SNW). It used a two-stage survey and partial least squares (PLS) analysis to test the model. It found that a user's habit of using an SNW is developed through his prior usage, enjoyment, social interaction ties, and satisfaction, and that his habit consequently affects his online self-presentation desire and actual continued usage of SNW. The model accounts for 46.5% of the variance in SNW habit, and 33.5% of the variance in SNW continuance usage, respectively. This is one of the first studies that integrate the essential construct of habit with traditional cognitive, affective, and intentional factors into an SNW continuance model. The findings not only contribute to the theoretical development of IS continuance, but also provide insights for SNW practitioners to understand users' habit and develop sustainable strategies accordingly.

THOMAS D'AQUIN LECTEUR CRITIQUE DU GRAND COMMENTAIRE D'AVERROÈS À PHYS. I, 1

2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-223
Author(s):  
CRISTINA CERAMI
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Thomas Aquinas ◽  
Ancient Greek

AbstractThe present article aims to provide a reconstruction of the interpretation offered by Thomas Aquinas of the cognitive process described at the beginning of Aristotle's Physics and of his criticism of Averroes' interpretation. It expounds to this end the exegesis of ancient Greek commentators who opened the debate on this question; then, it puts forward a reconstruction of Aquinas' doctrine by means of other texts of his corpus, as well as an explanation of his criticism of Averroes' exegesis; it finally reconstructs Averroes' interpretation worked out in his Great Commentary to Phys. I, 1, in order to show that Aquinas' disapproval is partly due to an incorrect interpretation of Averroes' divisio textus of Phys. I, 1. It suggests as well that, concerning some fundamental points, Aquinas' exegesis doesn't diverge from the interpretation proposed by Averroes.

THE TACTICS OF ACCUSATION AS A MEANS OF EMOTIONAL MANIPULATION IN THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ONLINE MASS MEDIA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Екатерина Веселиновна Тенева
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
English Language ◽  
The Political ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Rhetorical Devices

Статья посвящена исследованию тактики обвинения, которая является одним из распространенных способов манипулятивного воздействия на аудиторию. В результате исследования доказано, что для реализации тактики обвинения авторы политического дискурса используют лексические средства с негативным оценочным значением, а также риторические приемы идентификации, самопрезентации или ссылки на авторитет. The present article is devoted to the study of accusation tactics which is one of the most common ways of manipulating the audience. In order to implement the tactics of accusation the authors of political discourse use the words with a negative meaning as well as the rhetorical devices of identification, self-presentation or references to authority.

Designing a Car-Driver's Cognitive Process Model for considering Degree of Distraction

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taku Harada ◽  
Kazuaki Mori ◽  
Akira Yoshizawa ◽  
Hirotoshi Iwasaki
Keyword(s):  
Eye Tracking ◽  
Production System ◽  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Tracking Data ◽  
System Framework ◽  
Cognitive States ◽  
Cognitive Distraction ◽  
Car Driving

A distracted state of a driver affects car driving state. The eye tracking can reveal an individual's psychological state. In this paper, we design a driver's cognitive process model by clearly indicating the relations between cognitive states, such as perception and memory, in the process to produce the driving action using the eye tracking data. It is important to consider degree of distraction. Therefore, we consider a cognitive distraction expressed both serially and quantitatively in the model. In this modeling, we utilize a production system framework, and the cognitive distracted state is managed by a module in the production system.

The experience of defeat: Applying Goffman to examine a football tournament for socially excluded homeless individuals

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 615-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Segura M Trejo ◽  
Michaël Attali ◽  
Jonathan Magee
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Football Programs ◽  
Socially Excluded ◽  
Symbolic Distance

The use of football programs as a vehicle for social change has increased exponentially in recent decades. This article utilizes Goffman’s sociology as a framework to approach the Homeless World Cup (HWC). Firstly, we examine how the participants interviewed refer to their journeys and how, throughout the HWC’s preparation, they were able to positively reconfigure their self-presentation. Secondly, we consider the frame of repeated defeats for participants whose expectations of success within this tournament were not fulfilled, reinforcing previously held feelings of stigma. Thirdly, the symbolic distance between winning and losing teams is discussed. Finally, we propose some reflections about the tournament’s format in order to remove, or at least reduce, negative experiences.

The German Post-Critical Belief Scale: Internal and External Validity

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Duriez ◽  
Claudia Appel ◽  
Dirk Hutsebaut
Keyword(s):  
Internal Structure ◽  
Present Article ◽  
External Validity ◽  
German Version ◽  
Dutch Version ◽  
German Sample ◽  
Belief Scale ◽  
Internal And External Validity

Abstract: Recently, Duriez, Fontaine and Hutsebaut (2000) and Fontaine, Duriez, Luyten and Hutsebaut (2003) constructed the Post-Critical Belief Scale in order to measure the two religiosity dimensions along which Wulff (1991 , 1997 ) summarized the various possible approaches to religion: Exclusion vs. Inclusion of Transcendence and Literal vs. Symbolic. In the present article, the German version of this scale is presented. Results obtained in a heterogeneous German sample (N = 216) suggest that the internal structure of the German version fits the internal structure of the original Dutch version. Moreover, the observed relation between the Literal vs. Symbolic dimension and racism, which was in line with previous studies ( Duriez, in press ), supports the external validity of the German version.

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