Role of Reinforcement and Response Cost in Discrimination Learning

1983 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
James T. Trent
Keyword(s):  
Discrimination Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Response Cost ◽  
Facilitative Effect ◽  
High Anxiety ◽  
The People

Level of anxiety and condition of reinforcement or response cost separately affect the rate of discrimination learning. This study examined the extent to which discrimination learning by people reporting high anxiety or low anxiety was affected by reinforcement or response cost. 40 adults volunteered and were assigned to either the feedback-only, reinforcement-only, response cost-only, or reinforcement-response cost condition. Analysis indicated that people reporting low anxiety and receiving reinforcement for correct responses and response cost for incorrect responses learned the discrimination faster than people in the other groups. A weaker demonstration of the facilitative effect of reinforcement and response cost was noted in the people reporting high anxiety.

Covid-19 – rumours and facts in media

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 171-174
Author(s):  
Tarare Toshida ◽  
Chaple Jagruti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

The covid-19 resulted in broad range of spread throughout the world in which India has also became a prey of it and in this situation the means of media is extensively inϑluencing the mentality of the people. Media always played a role of loop between society and sources of information. In this epidemic also media is playing a vital role in shaping the reaction in ϑirst place for both good and ill by providing important facts regarding symptoms of Corona virus, preventive measures against the virus and also how to deal with any suspect of disease to overcome covid-19. On the other hand, there are endless people who spread endless rumours overs social media and are adversely affecting life of people but we always count on media because they provide us with valuable answers to our questions, facts and everything in need. Media always remains on top of the line when it comes to stop the out spread of rumours which are surely dangerous kind of information for society. So on our side we should react fairly and maturely to handle the situation to keep it in the favour of humanity and help government not only to ϑight this pandemic but also the info emic.

scholarly journals Coda: Ten Questions for a Diplomat

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Weisbrode
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
European Community ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Foreign Service ◽  
The People ◽  
Politics And Culture ◽  
Historic Change

AbstractThomas Niles served as a United States foreign service officer from 1962 to 1998. His service included three terms as ambassador: to Canada, the European Community, and Greece. He reflects here on the continuities in the diplomatic profession, and, in particular, on embassies, during a period of notable historic change. While many of the protocols and responsibilities of embassies remained more or less the same as they had been for over a century, there were hints that those, too, were about to change in unforeseen ways, even calling into question the central role of embassies as representing and serving the nation-state, as the other articles in this issue discuss. Nevertheless, to this ambassador, at least, even dramatic changes in technology, politics, and culture rarely happen all at once; and the institutions and the people adapting to them may be more cautious or durable than they sometimes appear in retrospect.

scholarly journals Text as Reflection of Multiple Ethnic Identity (on material of autobiographic novels by N. Mandela and P. Abrahams)

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-272
Author(s):  
Svitlana Pilishek
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
South African ◽  
The Other ◽  
National Cultures ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

The article deals with peculiarities of development and manifestation of multiple ethnicity of personality in conditions of polyethnic and multilingual environment that serves as a basis for transformation of both personality’s outlook and ethnic identity as a result of learning the second language. The current research is focused on studying the texts of autobiographic novels by Nelson Mandela (“A Long Walk to Freedom”) and Peter Abrahams (“Tell Freedom”) written in South African variant of English. Identification of original channels of culturally marked lexis that has been identified in the texts of autobiographies mentioned above has made it possible to confirm the facts multiple ethnicity that the authors possess. Language as a complex, evolutionary, hierarchically built megasystem undergoes changes at all levels while existing in a particular cultural and historical environment. The character and dynamics of such changes are predetermined by a range of factors including language contacts. The flexibility and cumulative character of the language system make it possible for the language to borrow culturally marked lexis from the “other” language. Such processes are predetermined by the fact that any language exists in close connection to the envorinment – the people; a language is a means of reality objectivation, a reflection of personality’s world. A personality learns another language, uses it in everyday life, absorbs elements of national cultures that are manifested in language through culturally marked lexis, builds own language picture of the world, and creates a network of multiple ethnicities that find their reflection in language. Interaction between a personality and representatives of other ethnic societies within a particular environment highlights both ethnic integrative and differentiating role of language.

scholarly journals Waśnie martyrologiczne Wielkiej Emigracji. Demokraci wobec Mickiewicza

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Makiko Kihara
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
National Narrative ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The People ◽  
Interesting Variation ◽  
Collective Imagination ◽  
Adam Mickiewicz

Today, the martyrological discourse is one of the most conspicuous traditions of Polish Romanti-cism. When searching for the genesis of this discourse, one cannot overestimate the importance of the literary and political activities of Adam Mickiewicz from the autumn of 1832 to the middle of 1833. However, little is known about the problem of the resonance of Mickiewicz’s martyrological language and about how this discourse functioned in various texts of the Great Emigration. This paper attempts to answer those questions in reference to left-leaning texts of Komitet Narodowy Polski (KNP) and To-warzystwo Demokratyczne Polskie (TDP) from the 1830s. A study of the writings of KNP has led the author to the conclusion that they represent a common martyrological code of the emigration’s logo-sphere, while the TDP publications constitute an interesting variation of the martyrological collective imagination. The original character of the martyrological expression of the democrats stems from their views on the role of the people in regaining independence. On the other hand, certain common traits existed between TDP and Mickiewicz, which demonstrates that democrats modified the martyrological framework as a national narrative established by Mickiewicz.

scholarly journals Rythm-forming, functional and pragmatic potential and immanence of repetitions in the modern Spanish language

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
E. S. Goncharenko
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
The Other ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Frequent Use ◽  
The People ◽  
Pragmatic Function ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis

This article offers the results of the investigation of repetitions in the modern Spanish language. To understand the role of the repetitions in a certain text, first of all, it’s necessary to determine whether they are immanent in the language or culture, and, therefore, unmarked, or, on the contrary, carry some charge: stylistic, rhythmic or pragmatic. Such differentiation is carried out by means of the analysis and synthesis of the theoretic material (А. Аlonso, E. А. Llorach, J. Nogeira, V. Iovenko, V. Vinogradov, etc.), contrastive and comparative analysis. The results show the redundancy of the Spanish language in comparison with Russian, which accounts for the numerous unmarked repetitions in Spanish. On the other hand, the frequent use of repetitions as stylistic, semantic or rhythmic device becomes evident too. For the analysis, we chose some official documents, characterized by the absence of stylistic devices, and some appellative and literary texts (poetry by A. Carvajal, a novel by S. Puertolas, etc.), which are apriori aimed at the form and pragmatic effect. This approach helps achieve the most objective conclusions concerning the nature of the repetitions in a text. We considered lexical and grammar repetitions, grammar, semantic and concept repetitions. Phonetic and lexical repetitions, as the basic stylistic devices, have not been subjected to analysis, as their markedness is evident. The results of the research, presented in the article, may be useful both for the people studying the Spanish language in order to speak it correctly and to understand the pragmatic function of repetition, and for translators to decide whether to follow the structure and rhythm of the text if repetitions are marked, or to omit them when they are in the original text, should they be immanent in the language and the culture.

scholarly journals PERAN DAN TANGGUNG JAWAB MAMAK DALAM KELUARGA: TINJAUAN TERHADAP NOVEL SALAH ASUHAN KARYA ABDOEL MOEIS (The Role and Responsibility of Mamak in Family: Review of Abdoel Moeis’ “Salah Asuhan”)

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Ninawati Syahrul
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tuition Fees ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Kinship System ◽  
The People ◽  
The Sacrifice

Sistem kekerabatan masyarakat Minangkabau menganut sistem matrilineal yang mengatur kehidupan dan ketertiban suatu masyarakat yan terikat pada jalinan kekerabatan dalam garis keturunan ibu. Sistem matrilineal dalam masyarakat Minangkabau membuat mamak memiliki kewajiban dan tanggung jawab yang besar terhadap kemenakannya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan realitas pandangan Abdoel Moeis dalam novel Salah Asuhan tentang peran mamak dalam tata pernikahan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif untuk memahami persoalan nilai budaya tradisional yang berlangsung secara turun-temurun, bahkan hingga pada masa kini. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada satu sisi pengarang menyukai pengorbanan mamak sebagai suatu realisasi dari tanggung jawabnya terhadap kemenakannya, seperti pengorbanan Sutan Batuah dalam membantu biaya sekolah Hanafi. Pada sisi lain, melalui tokoh Hanafi, tokoh mamak hanya penyebab ketidakbebasan generasi muda untuk menentukan jodoh atau pasangan hidupnya. Novel Salah Asuhan sarat akan nilai-nilai kehidupan seputar sistem kekerabatan. Peran dan tanggung jawab ninik mamak dan orang tua terkesan tergugat dari sudut pandang kehidupan modern sekarang ini. Melalui novel ini dikatakan bahwa pemaknaan adat-istiadat Minangkabau yang meliputi wujud kebudayaan, kompleks ide, gagasan, nilai, norma, dan peraturan berperan sebagai pengendali perilaku warga masyarakat, khususnya dalam hal pernikahan dan/atau pernikahan yang diadatkan.AbstrakThe kinship system of the Minangkabau community embraces a matrilineal system controlling the life and order of a society connected to the kinship network in the matrilineal lineage.The matrilineal system in the community makes the mamak has a great obligation and responsibility for her nephews. The aim of this research is to describe Abdoel Moeis’s view in “Salah Asuhan” novel about the role of the mamak in a marriage arrangement. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method in order to understand the problem of traditional cultural values which has been held from generation to generation, even to the present day.The result of the research indicates that, in one hand, the author understands the sacrifice of the mamak as the realization of his responsibility for her nephews, as the sacrifice of Sutan Batuah in helping Hanafi’s tuition fees. On the other hand, through Hanafi’s character, the mamak’s is just the cause of the young generations’ lack of freedom to choose their spouses. “Salah Asuhan” is full of values of life around the kinship system. The role and responsibility of ninik mamak and parents seems defendant from modern life point of view. Through this novel, the author shows that the meaning of Minangkabau customs includes the form of culture, complex of ideas, concepts, values, norms, and roles that act as controller the people behavior, especially in marriage and/or customarymarriage.

Peran Organisasi dan Komunikasi bagi Pimpinan di Lingkungan Kerja

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-109
Author(s):  
Rima Rizki Syahputri ◽  
Suhairi Suhairi ◽  
Sri Aderafika Sani ◽  
Soibatul Aslamia Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
The People

This study aims to determine the role of organizational communication for leaders in the work environment. Communication activities within an organization aim to establish mutual understanding and equate experiences among members of the organization. With good communication, an organization can run smoothly. On the other hand, lacking or absent communication, organizations can fall apart. Therefore, leadership in organizational communication is very important because the presence of the leader is one of the spearheads of success in the organization. The results of the study concluded that communication in a leadership is a very important element in achieving the success of the goals to be achieved by an organization. Therefore, a leader should be good at communicating both verbally and non-verbally. Good communication will be able to increase motivation, so that the information conveyed can be well received and this will be able to improve performance and work control will also be carried out properly. In an organization the leader is a communicator. Effective leaders generally have effective communication skills, so that more or less will be able to stimulate the participation of the people they lead.  

The Role of Institution

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Chan
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The People ◽  
Life Problems ◽  
Democratic Societies ◽  
The Ideal

This chapter argues that although the Confucian ideal of the authoritative ruler–ruled relationship is an attractive ideal that would appear to be relevant even in contemporary democratic societies, in reality not all officials are trustworthy and genuinely care for the people. Here arises the challenge of how to properly handle the interplay between the ideal and reality. On one hand, there should be a social device that helps prevent officials from abusing power and removes bad officials from office; on the other hand, such a device must be able to express the Confucian ideal relationship and hopefully also promote it. The solution lies in the nature of institutions, which are devices that simultaneously perform socially useful tasks to tackle real-life problems and uphold standards of normative appropriateness that express ideal aspirations.

scholarly journals RETHINKING POPULIST DISCOURSE FROM LATIN AMERICA: ALGORITHMIC ACTIVISM AND THE CONSTITUTION OF A PEOPLE IN CHILE

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 469-490
Author(s):  
Juan Eduardo Bonnin
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
American History ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Latin American History ◽  
The People

ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to explore some of the ideological and empirical limits of studies on populism from a perspective based on Latin American history and theories, on one hand, and current ideas about digitalization and political discourse, on the other. I will first argue that studies on populism have a monolingual bias that conceals an ethnocentric view on academic research. As a consequence, when the term “populism” is applied to Latin American political discourse and history, it implies a pejorative view on democracies other than liberal European. Leaving aside this perspective, I will then present a different view of Latin American populisms, which allows for a richer, more complex perspective, including the key role of “the people” as a discursive actor that can even dispense with a populist leader, especially in the case of mediatized democracies. As a case study, I will analyze activism in Chile by observing Twitter’s Trending Topics (TT) during the first week of the mass protests in October 2019. The analysis of TT hashtags helped us to better desccribe this process as one of handcrafted algorithmic activism which developed at least four tactics: the formulation of explicit demands, off-hours tweetstorms, syntagmatic variation, and HT confrontation and appropriation.

From ‘the people’ to the crowd: The push for independence in Catalonia

2021 ◽  
pp. 053901842110213
Author(s):  
Esperança Bielsa
Keyword(s):  
Methodological Individualism ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Protest ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Protest Movements ◽  
The People ◽  
Unilateral Declaration ◽  
The One ◽  
Methodological Holism

This article examines the sociological value of Elias Canetti’s work on crowds and power. It explores crowd action and imagery in the push for Catalan independence through the analysis of materials published on Twitter by Tsunami Democràtic, which emerged to coordinate the response to the sentencing of Catalan political leaders after the unilateral declaration of independence. It then goes on to discuss how a crowd-based approach offers a supplementary perspective to contemporary studies of populism, on the one hand, and to accounts that primarily focus on the role of social media in organizing political protest movements, on the other. An analysis of crowds not only avoids both methodological holism and methodological individualism. It also helps to understand why so many people were mobilized beyond the power of concepts, ideologies and discourse.

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