scholarly journals Psychosemantic Research into the Phenomenon of Risk

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
O Chalikova
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Psychological Aspect ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Affective Attitude ◽  
Differential Technique ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Subjective View ◽  
Semantic Differential Technique

The psychological aspect of risk constitutes one of the most discussed issues of modern interdisciplinary research. The profession of the psychologist implies a range of situations of risk for a specialist at various stages of career development. This article presents the results of a psychosemantics research into perceptions of the phenomenon of risk as seen by the students of the Department of Psychology. The findings clarify the peculiarities of the semantic sphere regarding the risks at the initial stage of acquiring the profession. The research was conducted in 2017. The sample comprised 60 students of the Department of Psychology. This research was based on the semantic differential technique modified by I.L. Solomin. We altered and extendedthe list of objects in accordance with the research goals. The results were processed by means of cluster and factor analysis. The analysis of individual clustering trees revealed rather significant semantic variability between the researched objects. A few subgroups of respondents were distinguished according to the individual peculiarities of semantic fields regarding the object ‘risk’. With the help of factor analysis, thespecifics of the affective attitude toward the object ‘risk’ were determined for both the whole sample and the individual subgroups of respondents. The psychosemantics approach completes the picture of the study into the psychological aspect of risk in professional activity and enables to identify the topics, which clarify the subtle nuances of the meaning of the notion ‘risk’ in the conscience of a specialist. Thus,there are vagueness and ambiguity of the subjective view of risk by psychology students, ambivalence of the affective attitude to risk, and a range of semantic subgroups toward the notion ‘risk’. Keywords: risk, professional risk, psychology of risk, risks of a psychology-related profession, situation of risk, subjective perception of risk, students, psychosemantics approach, semantic differential technique, semantic field

Semantic Differential Methodology for the Structuring of Attitudes

1973 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas O. Maguire
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Linear Model ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Differential Technique ◽  
Factor Matching ◽  
Semantic Differential Technique ◽  
Selection Of

The semantic differential technique can be used to structure attitude domains. In the present paper, the selection of scales and concepts and the format for administration are discussed in terms of an underyling linear model. Three methods of calculating correlations are evaluated with the method known as “stringing out” being preferred. Suggestions for factor analysis and factor matching are made. Some applications of the exploratory use of the semantic differential are described.

scholarly journals The optimum colour temperature for illumination of Japanese-style gardens in summer and winter

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Jia ◽  
T Misawa ◽  
M Takamatsu ◽  
S Hirobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Light Source ◽  
Image Recognition ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Evaluation Methodology ◽  
Colour Temperature ◽  
Differential Technique ◽  
Vegetation Water ◽  
Semantic Differential Technique

Japanese-style gardens offer a wealth of spiritual and cultural value. In this study, we attempt to determine the optimum colour temperature for lighting Japanese-style gardens at night. We analyse the influence of a change in light source colour temperature on image recognition using digitalization and quantification with the semantic differential technique. In addition, we propose a new evaluation methodology for the semantic differential technique and examine the statistical significance of the results. We find that in summer, impressions of the optimum colour temperature for each element (vegetation, water, stone and structure) differ significantly, but in winter, because of the effects of snow, differences in the impression of each colour temperature are not as distinct. Moreover, the colour of the natural environment or overall season affects peoples’ preferred light source colour temperature.

The Communicative Force of Wagner's Leitmotifs: Complementary Relationships between Their Connotations and Denotations

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Hacohen ◽  
Naphtali Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Integral Method ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Musical Work ◽  
Differential Technique ◽  
Ring Cycle ◽  
Semantic Differential Technique ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Significant Factors

Wagner's leitmotifs were intentionally constructed as compact, discrete musical units charged with extramusical meaning. Should they be considered merely as arbitrary signifiers, whose signifieds are discovered only through the dramatic context of their appearance? The research reported here rejects this possibility, demonstrating experimentally that the leitmotifs bear inherent meaning. It is this meaning that grants them their communicative potential and provides a basis for the specific message given them in the setting of the specific musical work. A selection of nine representative leitmotifs from Wagner's Ring cycle was played to subjects during the course of a two-part experiment. The first part, which was designed on the basis of the semantic differential technique, yielded several significant factors that defined an inclusive connotative space. The second part of the experiment was designed and evaluated according to the "semantic integral" method, which was developed for the purpose of adding a denotative dimension, using titles given to the leitmotifs by the subjects. The results substantiated the existence of complementary relations between the connotative and denotative aspects of the leitmotifs. Findings of this sort should assist in explaining how the leitmotifs function within the dramatic context. The methods applied, as well as the findings arrived at, disclose, we believe, essential characteristics of the semantic structure of music in general.

Nurses’ Attitudes Towards People with Dementia: the semantic differential technique

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-Gustaf Norbergh ◽  
Yvonne Helin ◽  
Annika Dahl ◽  
Ove Hellzén ◽  
Kenneth Asplund
Keyword(s):  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Measures Of Association ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Licensed Practical Nurses ◽  
Differential Technique ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Practical Nurses ◽  
Semantic Differential Technique

One important aspect of the nurse-patient relationship is nurses’ attitudes towards their patients. Nurses’ attitudes towards people with dementia have been studied from a wide range of approaches, but few authors have focused on the structure of these attitudes. This study aimed to identify a structure in licensed practical nurses’ attitudes towards people with dementia. Twenty-one group dwelling units for people with dementia at 11 nursing homes participated in the study. A total of 1 577 assessments of 178 patients were sent out to 181 respondents and 1 237 answers were returned. The semantic differential technique was used. The scale had 57 bipolar pairs of adjectives that estimate an unknown number of dimensions of nurses’ attitudes towards an identified patient. The assessments were analysed using entropy-based measures of association combined with structural plots. The analysis revealed four dimensions, which related to licensed practical nurses’ opinions of the patients: an ethical and aesthetic dimension; an ability to understand; an ability to experience; and an ability for social interaction. The results of the study indicated that, on the positive to negative attitude continuum, the nurses’ attitudes fell at the positive to neutral end. This is an important finding owing to the personhood perspective, from which it is reasonable to assume that, with a more positive attitude to people with dementia, the prerequisites for person-centred care will improve.

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