Anxiety and Two Cognitive Forms of Resistance to the Idea of Death

1966 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen L. Golding ◽  
George E. Atwood ◽  
Richard A. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Differential ◽  
The Other ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Defense Model ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Affective Orientation

A relationship between affective orientation to death and two cognitive forms of resistance to the idea of death was hypothesized. Affect was measured by the Sarnoff Fear of Death Scale (Sarnoff & Corwin, 1959). One form of resistance was examined by using a perceptual defense model employing neutral- and death-related words; the other was connotative rigidity, a postulated associative inflexibility of death-related concepts. This rigidity was conceived as a clustering of death-related words on the Evaluative (E), Potency (P), and Activity (A) factors of the semantic differential (Osgood, Suci, & Tannenbaum, 1957), and was mathematically expressed as a variance score. Death-related words, presented tachistoscopically, proved significantly more difficult to recognize than neutral words ( p < .01). No significant relationships were demonstrated between affective orientation to death and the two forms of resistance. However, significant correlations between the measures of perceptual defense and connotative rigidity were obtained. In interpreting the results a defense model was used, according to which connotative rigidity and perceptual defense are derivatives of the same general factor.

Energy Approximation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Isett
Keyword(s):  
Main Lemma ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coarse Scale ◽  
Continuous Solutions ◽  
Material Derivative ◽  
Energy Variation ◽  
Energy Approximation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Derivatives Of

This chapter presents the equations and calculations for energy approximation. It establishes the estimates (261) and (262) of the Main Lemma (10.1) for continuous solutions; these estimates state that we are able to accurately prescribe the energy that the correction adds to the solution, as well as bound the difference between the time derivatives of these two quantities. The chapter also introduces the proposition for prescribing energy, followed by the relevant computations. Each integral contributing to the other term can be estimated. Another proposition for estimating control over the rate of energy variation is given. Finally, the coarse scale material derivative is considered.

Tourists’ and Residents’ Impressions of A Heritage Tourism Site: The Case of Kampong Taman Sari, Indonesia

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Ernawati ◽  
Gary T. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
The Other ◽  
Measuring Instrument ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The interface between tourism and built heritage is complicated because much built heritage is located in the middle of living communities. Questions arise about how to achieve a balance between the expectations of tourists and the community. To study this question, this paper reports on tourists’ and residents’ impressions of an international heritage tourism site, the Kampong Taman Sari in Indonesia. Using a linear-numeric semantic differential as the measuring instrument and nine consensus photographs of the site as stimuli, the study investigated similarities and differences in impressions between three groups: tourists (international and domestic) and residents. Three principal dimensions were found to underlie impressions of the site: Attractiveness, Organisation, and Novelty. Significant differences were found among all three groups in their impressions of Attractiveness. In terms of impressions of the Organisation of the site, international and domestic tourists have similar impressions but these differ significantly from the impressions of residents. On the other hand, domestic tourists and residents have similar impressions of the Novelty of the site, which is evaluated differently by international tourists.

The Semantic Differential as an Index of Traffic Sign Perception and Comprehension

1977 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Dewar ◽  
Jerry G. Ells
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Differential ◽  
The Other ◽  
Traffic Sign ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Valid Instrument ◽  
Paper And Pencil ◽  
Verbal Messages ◽  
Highly Correlated

There is a need to develop and validate simple, inexpensive techniques for the evaluation of traffic sign messages. This paper examines the semantic differential (a paper-and-pencil test which measures psychological meaning) as a potential instrument for such evaluation. Two experiments are described, one relating semantic differential scores to comprehension and the other relating this index to glance legibility. The data indicate that semantic differential scores on all four factors (evaluative, activity, potency, and understandability) were highly correlated with comprehension of symbolic messages. These scores were unrelated to glance legibility of verbal messages, but two factors (evaluative and understandability) did correlate with glance legibility of symbolic messages. It was concluded that the semantic differential is a valid instrument for evaluating comprehension of symbolic sign messages and that it has advantages over other techniques.

A comparison of the Charolais, British Friesian and Hereford breeds as sires of crossbred singlesuckled calves for beef production

1973 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Haycock ◽  
D. A. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Weight Gain ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Grazing Period ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Breed Crosses ◽  
Selection Of

SUMMARYIn three successive years cows from an Aberdeen Angus cross Shorthorn herd were mated to pedigree Charolais, British Friesian and Hereford bulls. A comparison of the progeny of the three breeds of sire under controlled conditions was therefore possible using a random selection of dams for mating, and identical rearing of the calves. Results for live-weight gain of the suckled progeny were analysed and showed superiority of the Charolais breed over the other two when used in this form of beef cattle production.For birth weights and daily live-weight gains, particularly during the grazing period, the Charolais cross progeny showed superiority over the other two. There was a consistent although not always statistically significant tendency for these differences between the breed crosses to occur in the male calves only, the females showing little difference between breeds. The data also showed highly significant relationships between gestation period and birth weight, both within and between breed crosses.

scholarly journals II. Compounds isomeric with the sulphocyanic ethers.—I. On the mustard oil of the ethyl series

1868 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 254-258
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mustard Oil ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Derivatives Of

The results of my researches on the chloroform-derivatives of the primary monamines, which, as I have shown, are isomeric with the nitriles, could not fail to direct my attention to allied groups of bodies, with the view of discovering similar isomerisms. In a note communicated to the Royal Society some months ago, I expressed the expectations which even then appeared to be justified in the following manner:—“In conclusion, I may be permitted to announce as everv probable the existence of a series of bodies isomeric with the sulphocyanides. Already M. Cloëz has shown that the action of chloride of cyanogen on ethylate of potassium gives rise to the formation of an ethylic cyanate possessing properties absolutely different from those belonging to the cyanate discovered by M. Wurtz. On comparing, on the other hand the properties of the methylic and ethylic sulphocyamdes with those of the sulphocyanides of allyl and phenyl, it can scarcely be doubted that we have here the representatives of two groups entirely different, and that the terms of the methyl- and ethyl-series which correspond to oil of mustard, and to the sulphocyanide of phenyl, still remain to be discovered. Experiments with which I am now engaged will show whether these bodies cannot be obtained by the action of the iodides of methyl and ethyl on sulphocyanide of silver."

Thanatologists View Death: A 15-Year Perspective

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman Feifel ◽  
Stephen Strack
Keyword(s):  
Death And Dying ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
Death Attitudes ◽  
Basic Group ◽  
Time Points ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Personal Consequences ◽  
Differential Test

This study examined the death attitudes of a number of prominent thanatologists over a 15-year span. In 1973, 40 (30 men, 10 women) invited participants at a conference on death and dying were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward dying and death using Feifel's Death Attitudes Questionnaire, a Death Semantic Differential Test, and a Death Metaphors Test. Fifteen years later, 25 (62.5 percent) of these individuals again gave their responses to the three measures. Analyses were limited to basic group comparisons because the original raw data were unavailable. Respondents were primarily behavioral scientists (64 percent), but sizeable minorities were from medicine/nursing (24 percent) and religion/philosophy (12 percent). They were about equally divided in the religious (45 percent) versus non-religious (55 percent) categories, and rated themselves as being fairly satisfied with themselves and life in general. Almost two-thirds reported some fear of death (64 percent at both time points), and only 20 percent indicated that the idea of their own death was “easy to accept.” Most (60–64 percent) reported a fear of the personal consequences of death, including pain and an inability to have experiences or complete projects, with the next most pervasive fear (36–40 percent) being the consequences to loved ones, including pain, loss, and financial difficulties. Concerning what occurs after death, about half of the respondents (48–52 percent) indicated that death is the end of existence, another 24–30 percent were uncertain and 16–17 percent believed in the continued existence of a soul. Death attitudes were remarkably stable over the 15-year interval. The major difference found was a lessening of death fear from 1973 to 1988 ( p < .002), that subjects attributed primarily to their ongoing conversations about death and dying (56 percent), and the deaths of family and friends (32 percent).

ATTITUDES TOWARD HEALTH AMONG CHILDREN OF DIFFERENT RACES AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 422-426
Author(s):  
Carter L. Marshall ◽  
Khatab M. Hassanein ◽  
Ruth S. Hassanein ◽  
Carol L. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Health Personnel ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Black Children ◽  
The Other ◽  
Culture Of Poverty ◽  
White Children ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Health Institutions

The semantic differential, a means of measuring attitudes, was administered to 178 fourth grade students to compare attitudes toward health. One school was composed almost entirely of black children from the inner city, the other contained white children from upper middle class homes. When the children were divided into the two groups by sex, differences between the groups were not statistically significant but there were highly significant differences between the races. Generally, white children held more positive attitudes toward health personnel and health institutions than black children, while on the average black children were less concerned about sickness than white children. Whether these differences in attitude are in some way ethnically determined or based rather on a "culture of poverty" could not be determined from this study.

scholarly journals Awareness of fishermen for managing fish sanctuary in some selected areas of Jamalpur District in Bangladesh

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-345
Author(s):  
L Akter ◽  
MJ Hoque ◽  
MA Kashem ◽  
TD Nath
Keyword(s):  
Family Income ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
The Other ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Interview Schedule ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge

The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of awareness of the fishermen in managing fish sanctuary and to find out the relationships between the extent of awareness of the fishermen and their selected characteristics. Data were collected from 90 purposively selected fishermen (out of 105) from Ghosherpara Union of Melandah Upazila Under Jamalpur District. A pre-tested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the fishermen during the period of 19 March to 30 March, 2013. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents (74.5 percent) had medium awareness and 25.5 percent having high awareness. Out of ten selected characteristics, the fishermen’s age, level of education, fish culture experience, communication exposure and agricultural knowledge on fish sanctuary showed significant positive relationships with their extent of awareness in managing fish sanctuary. On the other hand, household size, farm size, annual family income, training exposure and credit received had no significant relationships with their extent of awareness in managing fish sanctuary. So, to increase awareness of the fishermen in managing sanctuary, proper guidance and strengthening fisheries extension service should be done by fisheries extension workers/ upazila fisheries officer through arranging different activities including training, field visit or using different communication media etc.Progressive Agriculture 27 (3): 339-345, 2016

The synthesis of the isomeric N-methyl derivatives of murexine

1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (8) ◽  
pp. 1739 ◽  
Author(s):  
CC Duke ◽  
JV Eichholzer ◽  
JK Macleod
Keyword(s):  
Imidazole Ring ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pharmacological Activities ◽  
Tautomeric Forms ◽  
Methyl Derivatives ◽  
Paramagnetic Ions ◽  
Nucella Emarginata ◽  
Derivatives Of

The two isomeric N-methyl derivatives of murexine have been synthesised by independent routes and shown to be different from an 'N- methylmurexine' reportedly isolated from the mollusc Nucella emarginata. 1H n.m.r. studies have shown a marked difference in the extent of binding to paramagnetic ions of the two N-methyl derivatives of murexine in water while pharmacological results show substantially different pharmacological activities of the two isomers. Both results can be rationalized in terms of the observed activities being associated with the presence of one or the other of the tautomeric forms of the imidazole ring.

Cleavage Reactions of 5-Arylazo Derivatives of 1-Methyl-2-benzyl-2-imidazolin-4-ones

1975 ◽  
Vol 30 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 603-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazmi Abdel Latif Kassab ◽  
Abdel Hamid Harhash ◽  
Sanna Osman Abd Allah
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Hydroxide Solution ◽  
Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ring Cleavage ◽  
Prolonged Heating ◽  
Aqueous Sodium Hydroxide Solution ◽  
Aqueous Sodium ◽  
Triazine Derivatives ◽  
Cleavage Reactions ◽  
Derivatives Of

The 5-arylazo-1-methyl-2-benzyl-2-imidazolin-4-ones (1 a-c) undergo ring cleavage with 1% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution affording α-arylhydrazono-phenacetyl-sarcosine amide (2). Prolonged heating of 1 and 2 with the same reagent yields the cyanamide (3). On the other hand, when 1 a-c were refluxed with acetic acid the triazinones (4) were obtained. The latter adds one mole of Grignards reagent to yield the 5-hydroxy-1,2,4-triazine derivatives (5).

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