SPECIAL ASPECTS OF COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY OF THE LABOUR MARKET MEMBERS OF NOVOSIBIRSK

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
O. A. Chikova ◽  
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E. V. Rasakhatskaya ◽  
I. V. Sartakov ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
And Control ◽  
Integral Indicator

The level of a person’s activity in the labour market mainly depends on the development of cognitive flexibility – mental ability characterizing the skill of an individual to transform cognitive attitudes adapting to new requirements of the present. The paper presents the results of measuring the cognitive flexibility of labour market members (on a sample of 380 professionally active residents of Novosibirsk). The authors measured cognitive flexibility using the Dennis & Vander Wal Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI) questionnaire adapted for the Kurginyan & Osavolyuk Russian-speaking sample. The respondents were interviewed using the Google Forms anonymous survey tool. The paper aims at the study of special aspects of cognitive flexibility of Novosibirsk labour market participants. The authors studied the relations between the personal data of labour market participants (gender, age, education, marital status, financial situation, degree of activity in professional self-development) and cognitive flexibility (integral indicator and Alternatives and Control scales. The study identified that the respondents of the senior generation had a higher degree of activity in professional self-development and family people had the lower one. The Cognitive Flexibility integral indicator is most positively associated with the level of material well-being of the respondents, their involvement in the professional self-development. The authors mention gender dependence of the respondents’ cognitive flexibility indicators: the integral cognitive flexibility indicator and the Alternative scale indicator are higher in women, and the Control scale indicator is higher in men.

Educational Professionally Oriented Tasks As a Mean of Stimulating Professional Self-Development of Future Teachers

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Pavlova
Keyword(s):  
Necessary Condition ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
Research Competence ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
And Control ◽  
Development Of Students ◽  
Future School

Teaching and research competence, as a complex multicomponent structure, is both the goal and the means of stimulating the professional self-development of students. The inclusion of students in the process of solving professionally oriented educational problems is a necessary condition for the implementation of a competency-based learning model. The article discusses examples of tasks related to the implementation of methodological and mathematical training of students. On the example of the assignment related to the design of the mathematical calendar, the capabilities of this assignment are demonstrated, reflecting its focus on the formation of educational and research competence of students. The consistent inclusion of future school teachers in the work on the described tasks contributes to the formation and control of the formation of their methodological and mathematical competence as a whole.

scholarly journals Dominant Mental State and Mood in People with Different Professional Self-Awareness

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 166-173
Author(s):  
S. V. Dukhnovsky ◽  
V. A. Mishchenko
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Activity Parameter ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Dominant State ◽  
Happy Mood ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Passive Attitude

The research featured the effect of dominant mental state on professional self-awareness. The survey was conducted as part of personnel audit and involved 113 employees of an agricultural holding with 1–5 years of experience. The empirical data were provided by two questionnaires: Professional Self-Awareness and Determining the Dominant State. The activity parameter reflected the level of claims and setting for professional self-development. As an indicator of professional selfawareness, it is connected with such parameters of mental state as "active (passive) attitude to the life" and "high (low) tonus". The positivity indicator defines one’s acceptance and perception of oneself as a professional. It is interconnected with "vigor" as a mental state indicator. In subjects with an active-positive professional self-awareness, synthonic and active types of mood prevailed. In situations where activity dominated over positivity, active mood also domineered. Synthonic mood dominated if positivity indicators were more pronounced than activity. Subjects with a balanced professional self-awareness demonstrated a happy and enthusiastic mood. Enthusiastic mood prevailed when activity dominated, a happy mood increased with increasing positivity. Passive-negative professional self-awareness was associated with a contemplative mood. The research can help to prevent tonic "risk conditions", e.g. overwork and asthenic conditions. In addition, the study can be used to develop an active-positive professional self-awareness in employees, as well as the sense of vocational and psychological well-being.

A positive psychology study and intervention on the well-being of French PhD students in biology

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Marais ◽  
Rebecca Shankland ◽  
Pascale Haag ◽  
Robin Fiault ◽  
Bridget Juniper
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Reference Sample ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Human Costs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health And Well Being

In France, little data are available on mental health and well-being in academia, and nothing has been published about PhD students. From studies abroad, we know that doing a PhD is a difficult experience resulting in high attrition rates with significant financial and human costs. Here we focused on PhD students in biology at university Lyon 1. A first study aimed at measuring the mental health and well-being of PhD students using several generalist and PhD-specific tools. Our results on 136 participants showed that a large fraction of the PhD students experience abnormal levels of stress, depression and anxiety, and their mean well-being score is significantly lower than that of a British reference sample. French PhD student well-being is specifically affected by career uncertainty, perceived lack of progress in the PhD and perceived lack of competence, which points towards possible cultural differences of experiencing a PhD in France and the UK. In a second study, we carried out a positive psychology intervention. Comparing the scores of the test and control groups showed a clear effect of the intervention on reducing anxiety. We discuss our results and the possible future steps to improve French PhD students’ well-being.

Misapplication and Individuality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Institutional Constraints ◽  
Self Development ◽  
Paternalistic Intervention

This chapter critically examines two of John Stuart Mill’s consequentialist objections to paternalism: that paternalistic authority is likely to be misapplied or abused and that intervention in the self-regarding sphere threatens individuality and self-development. It is argued here that both objections can be resisted. Concerns about misapplication and abuse pose no challenge to intervention that is likely to succeed in achieving its benevolent aims, and attempts to avoid this problem by construing Mill’s arguments in rule-consequentialist terms are unconvincing. Concerns about Millian individuality or self-development leave considerable room for justified paternalism, both because individuality is not the only component of well-being and because paternalistic intervention can sometimes promote individuality. Mill’s arguments may show that there ought to be some institutional constraints on the government’s ability to intervene in the self-regarding sphere, but defenders of paternalism can happily accept this result.

Caregiving adversity during infancy and preschool cognitive function: adaptations to context?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Anne Rifkin-Graboi ◽  
Shaun Kok-Yew Goh ◽  
Hui Jun Chong ◽  
Stella Tsotsi ◽  
Lit Wee Sim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Cognitive Flexibility ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Maternal Sensitivity ◽  
Wald Test ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Framework Approach

Abstract From a conditional adaptation vantage point, early life caregiving adversity likely enhances aspects of cognition needed to manage interpersonal threats. Yet, research examining early life care and offspring cognition predominantly relies upon experiments including affectively neutral stimuli, with findings generally interpreted as “early-life caregiving adversity is, de facto, ‘bad’ for cognitive performance.” Here, in a Southeast Asian sample, we examined observed maternal sensitivity in infancy and cognitive performance 3 years later as preschoolers took part in three tasks, each involving both a socioemotional (SE) and non-socioemotional (NSE) version: relational memory (n = 236), cognitive flexibility (n = 203), and inhibitory control (n = 255). Results indicate the relation between early life caregiving adversity and memory performance significantly differs (Wald test = 7.67, (1), P = 0.006) depending on the SE versus NSE context, with maternal sensitivity in infancy highly predictive of worse memory for SE stimuli, and amongst girls, also predictive of better memory when NSE stimuli are used. Results concerning inhibitory control, as well as cognitive flexibility in girls, also tentatively suggest the importance of considering the SE nature of stimuli when assessing relations between the caregiving environment and cognitive performance. As not all approaches to missing data yielded similar results, implications for statistical approaches are elaborated. We conclude by considering how an adaptation-to-context framework approach may aid in designing pedagogical strategies and well-being interventions that harness pre-existing cognitive strengths.

scholarly journals DESIGN FOR CONTINUOUS USE OF PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 983-992
Author(s):  
Yutaro Nemoto ◽  
Hitesh Dhiman ◽  
Carsten Röcker
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Customer Acceptance ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Value Propositions ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
And Control ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
Product Service Systems

AbstractProduct-service systems (PSSs) have attracted researchers in engineering design for the past decades. Recent advances in digital technologies have expanded the potential functionalities that PSSs could deliver and designers' repertoire of tools and techniques to make new value propositions. The key to the success of new value propositions is to achieve customer acceptance and continuous use. However, little is known about the precise routes by which customers accept and use PSSs over time and its dynamics. This conceptual study aims to provide an enhanced view of customer acceptance and continuous use of PSSs by integrating multiple theories and literature streams. In this paper, we suggest three propositions based on the key concepts found in our literature review—well-being, trust and control—, and illustrate a conceptual framework that represents the dynamics of customer acceptance and continuous use of PSSs. Based on the proposed framework, we outline further research questions that could advance our knowledge about design for continuous use of PSSs.

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