Passive Digital Phenotyping: objective quantification of human behaviour through smartphones

Human behaviour is constructed by unconscious drives and impulses. To Freud, thoughts are supposed to be guided by desires and these desires are the fundamental basis of humankind, life, and psyche. Not being expressed directly, they take other shapes in order to be expressible in personal and social situations. They are repressed because they could not be fitted into social norms and laws. Freud believes that many of our actions are motivated by psychological forces unknown to others which he calls ‘the unconscious’. The objective of the present paper is to read Munro's Runaway in the mirror of Sigmund Freud to detect the psychological aspects of the characters.

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Magistri Legis. Eine Studie zur dogmatischen Funktion im industriellen System

Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung ◽

10.28937/1000106342 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 69-112

Author(s):

Pierre Legendre

Keyword(s):

Social Function ◽

Modern Human ◽

Human Behaviour ◽

Cultural Reproduction ◽

Industrial System ◽

The West ◽

History Of ◽

History Of Law ◽

New Look

"Der Beitrag reevaluiert die «dogmatische Funktion», eine soziale Funktion, die mit biologischer und kultureller Reproduktion und folglich der Reproduktion des industriellen Systems zusammenhängt. Indem sie sich auf der Grenze zwischen Anthropologie und Rechtsgeschichte des Westens situiert, nimmt die Studie die psychoanalytische Frage nach der Rolle des Rechts im Verhalten des modernen Menschen erneut in den Blick. </br></br>This article reappraises the dogmatic function, a social function related to biological and cultural reproduction and consequently to the reproduction of the industrial system itself. On the borderline of anthropology and of the history of law – applied to the West – this study takes a new look at the question raised by psychoanalysis concerning the role of law in modern human behaviour. "

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The ‘Psychology’ of Polygraph’: Engendering Differential Salience - Concerns and Caveats

Journal of Psychological Research ◽

10.30564/jpr.v2i2.1465 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Friedo Herbig

Keyword(s):

Language Proficiency ◽

Human Behaviour ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Test Procedures ◽

Behaviour Modification ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Governing Body ◽

Per Se ◽

Emotional Salience ◽

Polygraph Examination

The ‘success’ of a polygraph examination is predicated on the establishment of differential or emotional salience (a ‘psychological set’) with an examinee. This, according to polygraph proponents, guarantees that an examinee will respond appropriately during the administration of the in-test (questioning) phase of the polygraph examination. However, polygraph procedure, as prescribed by its governing body, the American Polygraph Association (APA), is a static clinical Westernised process that does not make any provision for human multiplicity (culture/ethnicity, idiosyncrasies, level of education, language proficiency, ideologies, and so forth). Identical (one size fits all) test procedures are applied across the board – a highly controversial methodology. This article, instead of rigidly focusing on validity and reliability issues per se, explores the degree to which certain intentional and unintentional human behaviour modification strategies have the potential to counterbalance claimed polygraph rectitude from a metaphysical and discursive standpoint. The article exposes concerns (potential flaws) relating to polygraph theory in the context of the ‘psychological set’ and is intended to serve as a caveat regarding the unmitigated use thereof.

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A Case Study of Malaysian Pedestrian Walking Speed at Shopping Malls in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia using Human Behaviour Simulator (HBS)

International Journal of Integrated Engineering ◽

10.30880/ijie.2019.11.04.025 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Mohd Firdaus Mohamad Ali ◽

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Muhammad Salleh Abustan ◽

Siti Hidayah Abu Talib ◽

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Keyword(s):

Walking Speed ◽

Human Behaviour ◽

Shopping Malls ◽

Kuala Lumpur

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Smartphone sensing of social interactions in people with and without schizophrenia

10.31234/osf.io/qya7b ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Fulford ◽

Jasmine Mote ◽

Rachel Gonzalez ◽

Samuel Abplanalp ◽

Yuting Zhang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Social Functioning ◽

Social Activity ◽

Network Size ◽

Social Impairment ◽

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders ◽

Social Network Size ◽

Digital Phenotyping ◽

Ecological Momentary

Social impairment is a cardinal feature of schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SZ). Smaller social network size, diminished social skills, and loneliness are highly prevalent. Existing, gold-standard assessments of social impairment in SZ often rely on self-reported information that depends on retrospective recall and detailed accounts of complex social behaviors. This is particularly problematic in people with SZ given characteristic cognitive impairments and reduced insight. Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA; repeated self-reports completed in the context of daily life) allows for the measurement of social behavior as it occurs in vivo, yet still relies on participant input. Momentary characterization of behavior using smartphone sensors (e.g., GPS, microphone) may also provide ecologically valid indicators of social functioning. In the current study we tested associations between both active (e.g., EMA-reported number of interactions) and passive (GPS-based mobility, conversations captured by microphone) smartphone-based measures of social activity and measures of social functioning and loneliness to examine the promise of such measures for understanding social impairment in SZ. Our results indicate that passive markers of mobility were more consistently associated with EMA measures of social behavior in controls than in people with SZ. Furthermore, dispositional loneliness showed associations with mobility metrics in both groups, while general social functioning was less related to these metrics. Finally, interactions detected in the ambient audio were more tied to social functioning in SZ than in controls. Findings speak to the promise of smartphone-based digital phenotyping as an approach to understanding objective markers of social activity in people with and without schizophrenia.

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THE MANIPULATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Canadian Journal of Corrections ◽

10.3138/cjcor.4.4.257 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 257-258

Author(s):

Reginald G. Smart

Keyword(s):

Human Behaviour

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